Closed rupture of the middle slip of the extensor hood of a finger is easily missed until the late appearance of a buttonhole deformity. Early diagnosis gives the best chance of satisfactory treatment, but Boyes' test becomes positive only at a late stage. A new test is described in which, from a 90 degree flexed position over the edge of a table, the patient tries to extend the proximal interp...

The results of a study after 1 and 2 years of a prospective randomised trial of operative versus conservative treatment of ankle ligament rupture, demonstrate that purely functional orthotic therapy is the method of choice. This relates both to patient need and economical considerations. The trial demonstrated that without an operation it was possible to achieve a high degree of mechanical stab...

Inflammation is important at many stages of atherosclerotic plaque development. We highlight several imaging modalities that can quantify the degree of plaque inflammation noninvasively. Imaging of this type might allow testing of novel antiatherosclerosis drugs, identification of patients at risk of plaque rupture, and deeper insight into the biology of the disease. The imaging modalities are ...

Abstract Objectives Loss of cytoplasmic molecules including protein controls, due to cell membrane rupture can cause errors and irreproducibility in research data. Previous results have shown that during the washing a monolayer cells with balanced salt solution, fluid force causes on some areas flasks/dishes. This fact shows non-uniformity polystyrene surface terms culture. There is at present ...

Little is known about mechanics underlying the interaction among platelets during activation and aggregation. Although the strength of a blood thrombus has likely major biological importance, no previous study has measured directly the adhesion forces of single platelet-platelet interaction at different activation states. Here, we filled this void first, by minimizing surface mediated platelet-...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Blunt cardiac rupture is an exceedingly rare injury. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of blunt cardiac trauma in a 43-year-old Caucasian German mother with pectus excavatum who presented after a car accident in which she had been sitting in the front seat holding her two-year-old boy in her arms. The mother was awake and alert during the initial two hours after th...

conclusions delusional infestation or parasitosis may be detected in context and secondary to schizophrenia with nihilistic delusion and may create a high degree of suffering for patients, ultimately cause mortality, because of threatening behaviors toward the self. introduction delusions of parasitosis or ekbom syndrome are a psychotic disorder that causes a patient to suffer from the substant...

where _ cgm is the viscous shear stress, with _ c the shear rate and gm the matrix viscosity, Do is initial droplet diameter, and G is the interfacial tension. A steady applied shearing flow that is not so fast as to lead to droplet rupture will eventually stretch a droplet into a roughly ellipsoidal steady-state shape, and the steady-state degree of deformation, defined as the deformation para...

Peroneal tendon pathology can range from simple longitudinal tears of one unit, to signifi cant compromise of one of both units, to complete rupture. Repair techniques may differ based on the degree of tendon damage and the personal philosophy of the surgeon relative to their views regarding tendon augmentation. The purpose of this article is to describe techniques that have been employed for p...

Isolated rupture of the infrarenal segment of the inferior vena cava due to blunt trauma is relatively rare. It may be missed clinically and even diagnostic peritoneal lavage may prove negative. The mainstay of diagnosis remains a high degree of clinical suspicion together with sectional imaging. If the patient is haemodynamically stable after initial resuscitation and there is no other indicat...