Prenatal origins of carpal fusions.

The study of arterial supply of the carpal joint in one-humped camel (Camelus dromedrus)

BACKGROUND: There is little information about blood supply of the carpal joint in one- humped camel, while there is extensive data about cow and equine species. In order to perform surgeries and diagnostic techniques in carpal region, information about the elements of the joint such as its arteries is necessary. OBJECTIVES: This study aims at describing the origins, arrangements, and branches o...

Prenatal malnutrition and subsequent foetal loss risk: Evidence from the 1959-1961 Chinese famine

BACKGROUND Scientists disagree on whether prenatal malnutrition has long-term influences on women’s reproductive function, and empirical evidence of such long-term effects remains limited and inconsistent. METHODS Using the retrospective pregnancy history of 12,567 Chinese women collected in a nationally representative sample survey in 2001, this study conducted difference-indifferences analyse...

Childhood body mass index at 5.5 years mediates the effect of prenatal maternal stress on daughters' age at menarche: Project Ice Storm - ERRATUM.

1. Duchesne A, Liu A, Jones SL, Laplante DP, King S. Childhood body mass index at 5.5 years mediates the effect of prenatal maternal stress on daughters’ age at menarche: Project Ice Storm. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Published online by Cambridge University Press 28 December 2016, https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174416000726. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health ...

Origins of Cardiorenal Syndrome and the Cardiorenal Connection

The total wrist arthroplasty

Traditional management of wrist arthritis consists of proximal row carpectomy, partial carpal fusions, or, in the event of pancarpal arthritis, total wrist fusion. Although proximal row carpectomy and partial wrist fusions preserve some motion at the wrist while relieving pain symptoms, the quality of results obtained from these procedures is not predictable or optimal in many instances. Total ...