Camptodactyly: early nonoperative treatment

A new camptodactyly syndrome.

Nonoperative treatment of biliary tract disease.

The rise of minimally invasive surgical techniques during the past 20 years has been one of the more dramatic developments in modern medicine. Minimally invasive procedures are now widely accepted for treatment of diseases involving many different organ systems. Minimally invasive procedures may be more common and more accepted in the treatment of diseases of the biliary tract than in any other...

Nonoperative Treatment in Lumbar Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis

CONTEXT Both spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis can be diagnosed across the life span of sports-participating individuals. Determining which treatments are effective for these conditions is imperative to the rehabilitation professional. DATA SOURCES A computer-assisted literature search was completed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and EMBASE databases (1966-April 2012) utilizing keywords related to non...

Evaluation of treatment for camptodactyly: retrospective analysis on 40 fingers☆☆☆

OBJECTIVE to retrospectively assess the results from cases treated in the hand surgery service, starting from a preestablished protocol; and to conduct a critical analysis on the results achieved, with separation of the cases into their respective subgroups. METHODS twenty-three patients and a total of 40 fingers were evaluated between January 2004 and December 2011. We correlated the altered...

Role of nonoperative treatment of subacromial impingement.

Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) occurs when the rotator cuff is compressed by the overlying acromion during shoulder flexion resulting in shoulder pain. The objective of this study was to demonstrate significant relief of symptoms and improved function from physical therapy over long-term follow-up. Eighty-one patients were followed. Patients had subjective and strength assessments at th...