We investigated the long-term changes in the Harris Hip and Knee Society scores (HSS and KSS) to determine whether they result from overall functional decline rather than actual changes in the condition of the prosthesis. The HHS for 106 total hip arthroplasties with a minimum follow-up of ten years, no medical complications after operation and no evidence of radiological loosening, and the KSS...

Despite continuing controversy, it is widely assumed that children with known or suspected myopathies are at increased risk for malignant hyperthermia (MH) (1). Previous reports have suggested a relationship between MH risk and a variety of neuromuscular disorders including Duchenne type muscular dystrophy (DMD), osteogenesis imperfecta, myotonia congenita, the Schwartz-Jampel syndrome, and oth...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to describe a child with an incomplete form of Kearns-Sayre syndrome who presented profound cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) folate deficiency and his response to folinic acid supplementation METHODS CSF 5-methyltetrahydrofolate was analyzed by HPLC with fluorescence detection and mitochondrial DNA deletions by southern blot hybridization. RESULTS Cranial magnetic resonance i...

The present study of sleepiness and accident risk in a HI-FI car simulator aimed to provide subject-level relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for different levels of subjective sleepiness measured with the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS), 1 = very alert, 9 = very sleepy, fighting sleep, an effort to staying awake. Five male and five female shift workers, mean age 37 years, ...

PURPOSE The Korean Knee score (KKS) was designed to reflect the floor-sitting lifestyle that necessitates high knee flexion. The purpose of this study is to assess whether the KKS reflects the floor-sitting lifestyle more accurately than the previously developed Knee Society clinical rating system. In addition, the presence of ceiling effects was compared between the two rating systems. MATER...

BACKGROUND The mobile bearing designs have not yet been shown to improve clinical outcome of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In this prospective randomized study, we compared the short-term clinical results of a mobile bearing implant with those of the fixed bearing version of the same implant. METHODS We randomized 100 knees into two double-blind groups who received either the fixed (FB, 52 k...

BACKGROUND A description of the diagnostic features of Miller Fisher syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION The clinical presentation, investigation, and subsequent progress of our patient with clinical unilateral external ophthalmoplegia. CONCLUSION Our case demonstrates the presentation of clinical unilateral external ophthalmoplegia as part of the full triad of Miller Fisher syndrome.