Zorab, P. A., Clark, S., Cotrel, Y., and Harrison, A. (1971). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 46, 828. Bone collagen turnover in idiopathic scoliosis estimated from total hydroxyproline excretion. The turnover of bone collagen is reflected by the 24-hour excretion of urinary total hydroxyproline. In idiopathic scoliosis there is an increase above normal in the turnover of bone collagen throug...

Thirty-one patients have been reviewed four and a half to thirteen years after total excision of the patella for fracture. This operation did not give the uniformly excellent results previously reported by some authors. The type of incision used was unimportant in the long term. Immobilisation in plaster-of-Paris for any period between one and eight weeks after operation had no adverse effect o...

Orthopaedic surgeons use a variety of instruments to help correct, treat, and heal bone disease. The development of these instruments mirrors the history of orthopaedic surgery. The history of bonesetting, the treatment and replacement of joints, and of those who performed these techniques, appears to originate deep in antiquity. Changing ideas within medicine and surgery over the last 200 year...

This paper presents the preclinical evaluation of a novel immobilization system for patients undergoing external beam radiation treatment of head and neck tumors. An immobilization mask is manufactured directly from a 3-D model, built using the CT data routinely acquired for treatment planning so there is no need to take plaster of Paris moulds. Research suggests that many patients find the mou...

PURPOSE To report the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of sleeve patellar fractures in children. METHODS Records of a consecutive series of patients with sleeve patellar fractures were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS Of the 11 children (8 boys and 3 girls; mean age, 12 years), 6 had minimally displaced fractures (1-2 mm) and were managed by cylindrical plaster of Paris immobilisation, w...

Controlled Environment Treatment is a new approach to wound management--for the first time it provides the surgeon with the means of controlling and optimizing the wound environment for the duration of the healing period. Equipment is commercially available and the technique is now being applied internationally; the technique has been established for the treatment of limbs--application to the t...

Local rest of actively involved joints in plaster of paris splints plays an important part in the conservative treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It has been accepted practice for many years that such joints should be rested, but considerable disagreement exists as to how complete this immobilization should be. Although lip-service is paid to the concept of continuously splinting an active join...

BACKGROUND Clinicians are constantly seeking for the most ideal option in the management of Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV), especially among infants. OBJECTIVE This case report presents the outcome of a one year Physiotherapy management of an infant with Congenital Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV). METHODS Management commenced 48 hours after birth. During the first three months, passive ...

We present the main results of a complete study driven in cooperation with the "Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet" in Paris concerning a chinese horse bronze statuette, 20 centuries old. The visual appearance of bronze is studied, depending on their metallurgical composition and state of surface in normalized illumination and visualisation conditions. The results are presented on an exa...