The acromioclavicular joint is commonly affected by trauma to the shoulder girdle due to its subcutaneous position. Athletes who participate in contact sports, such as hockey, football, rugby, and soccer, are particularly susceptible to such injuries. These injuries, however, also occur during noncontact sports such as baseball, skiing, and cycling. The majority of acromioclavicular injuries oc...

This study was designed to evaluate the results of treatment of joint contractures (6 patients) and dislocations (2 cases) with an Ilizarov device. Six patients with restricting joint contractures were successfully treated and after gradual scar expansion they achieved a significant improvement in their range of motion. One patient with elbow instability after closed dislocation achieved 5 degr...

PURPOSE Many different surgical techniques for the treatment of chronic recurrent temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation have been described. This article discusses a technique of autologous blood injection to the TMJ for treatment of chronic recurrent TMJ dislocation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five patients diagnosed with chronic recurrent TMJ dislocation were treated by bilateral inje...

In our surgical text-books and monographs attention is given to the alteration in shape which the articulation of the shoulder-joint undergoes in old cases of dislocation. Such changes have usually been ascribed to absorption caused by disturbed pressure relations consequent on the new position of the bony surfaces concerned. Alterations and irregularities seen in the glenoid fossa of the scapu...

DESCRIPTION A 26-year-old right-handed man presented with pain in his right ring finger after a physical altercation. Deformity and swelling in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint was evident. There was no open injury or sensory loss; flexion and extension were limited secondary to pain. X-ray showed posterior dislocation of the ring finger DIP joint without fracture.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Long-term outcome after surgery for grade-V acromioclavicular joint dislocation has not been reported. We performed a retrospective analysis of functional and radiographic outcome 15-22 years after surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS We examined 50 patients who were treated at our hospital between April 1985 and December 1993. Various methods of stabilization were used: K-wir...

at?4) Put your thumb in his injured armpit, over the displaced head of the bone, and pass the fingers below and behind the shoulder so as to grasp ,t. rS) Tell the patient to sit down. If for any reason he does not do so, press him down with your other ha?6) When he does so, the weight of his body acts extending force and the bone is found to leave its new place and then can be easily guided wi...

The metacarpophalangeal (MP) joint is resistant to injury due to its strong capsuloligamentous structures, which include the volar plate and deep transverse metacarpal and collateral ligaments. Complex MP joint dislocations are, by definition, irreducible by closed means and require open reduction, as the volar plate becomes entrapped between the metacarpal head and proximal phalanx. The dorsal...

Dislocation of multiple metatarsophalangeal joint is an uncommon injury. The mechanism of injury is a high energy force distal to proximal with foot in hyperextension at the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. The acute hyperextension of the toe at the moment of injury causes avulsion of the plantar part of the capsule from the junction of head and neck of the metatarsal. If the collateral ligamen...