Index finger polydactyly in a Turkish family is reported. The transmission of the malformation fits the pattern of regular autosomal dominant inheritance. Some of the affected individuals had one or two phalanges on their first digits, but all had triphalangeal second fingers. Subjects with polydactyly had very interesting dermatoglyphs, such as an extra a triradius under the super-numerary ind...

Melorheostosis is a rare chronic disease commonly affecting long bones of the lower extremity with typical imaging feature hyperostosis “candle wax pattern.” Typically associated pain, deformities, stiffness, and joint movement restriction (due to contracture fibrosis), it may also be asymptomatic. considered benign but can extremely debilitating, especially in pediatric context where progressi...

Intraosseous ganglion cyst of the carpal bones represents a rare cause of wrist pain. We report a case of a 42 year-old, right-handed female, who presented with pain of the right wrist following a fall on the palm of the hand. Clinical study revealed a moderate swelling over the mid-section of the palmar face and pain through extreme ranges of motion of the wrist. Plain radiographs and CT-scan ...

Neuromuscular ultrasound involves the use of high-resolution ultrasound to image the peripheral nervous system of patients with suspected neuromuscular diseases. It complements electrodiagnostic studies well by providing anatomic information regarding nerves, muscles, vessels, tendons, ligaments, bones, and other structures that cannot be obtained with nerve conduction studies and electromyogra...

Figure 1. Radiograph demonstration of a perilunate dislocation: The lunate maintains its normal articulation with the radius, whereas the capitated articular surface is dislocated from the lunate dorsally. Figure 2. Diagrammatic representation of the 3 carpal arcs of Gilula's lines. The first arc is a smooth curve outlining the proximal convexities of the scaphoid, lunate, and triquetrum. The s...

Background Four-corner arthrodesis, which involves fusing four carpal bones while removing the scaphoid bone, is a standard surgery for treatment of advanced stages wrist arthritis. Nowadays, it can be performed using dorsal approach by fixing plate to and new radial in development. To date, there no consensus on biomechanically optimal most reliable surgical construct four-corner arthrodesis. ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a condition in which the median nerve compressed between transverse ligament and carpal bones. There are various techniques used surgical treatment of CTS. The present study aimed to investigate reasons for reoperation by examining reoperated cases diagnosed with Patients who underwent surgery CTS at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Department Neurosurgery Jan...

As a theoretical basis for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and expanding upon part 1 of this study, the authors investigated the effects of static loading (weights) and dynamic loading (osteopathic manipulation [OM]) on 20 cadaver limbs (10 male, 10 female). This larger study group allowed for comparative analysis of results by sex and reversal of sequencing for testing protocols. In ...

We demonstrate a method for visualizing inter-bone distances in articular joints. Visualization of inter-bone distances has the potential to characterize 3D structures and spatial relations non-invasively in complex joints. Our method uses both implicit and parametric representations of bones. The two types of representation have complementary strengths for different types of calculations. The ...