Vessel rupture is a rare complication of angioplasty and stent placement of the supraaortic arteries occurring in two (1.1%) of 180 vessels treated at our institution. Many different approaches to the management of this complication have been proposed. In this report, we present our experience with conservative management in two cases in which vessel rupture occurred and review the relevant lit...

This guideline has been discussed by the SOSORT guideline committee prior to the SOSORT consensus meeting in Milan, January 2005 and published in its first version on the SOSORT homepage: http://www.sosort.org/meetings.php. After the meeting it again has been discussed by the members of the SOSORT guideline committee to establish the final 2005 version submitted to Scoliosis, the official Journ...

BACKGROUND Schedule-based and in-season factors (e.g., competition type) have been shown to be associated with symptom reporting patterns and injury severity in sport-related concussion (SRC). To determine if acute neurocognitive and symptom presentation following SRC differ by time point within a high school football season. METHODS Multicenter ambispective cohort of high school football pla...

Cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition. We report a case of cervical ectopic pregnancy describing the ultrasound diagnosis and successful conservative management with methotrexate. Ultrasound findings and management options are discussed.

A case of multidirectional voluntary shoulder dislocation developing at the age of seven is reported. The authors present the process that leads to the diagnosis of voluntary shoulder dislocation. The treatment of young patients with this condition is difficult. If no underlying pathology exists, most authors agree it should consist of conservative treatment and skillful neglect. The role of su...

Posterior shoulder instability, although relatively rare in the general population, is more commonly seen in athletes, especially those in contact sports. Although nonoperative treatment has been associated with satisfactory results in the setting of posterior shoulder instability, conservative management may ultimately fail and lead to recurrence particularly in young, male patients. Both arth...

The trial on endovascular management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (TEAM), a prospective randomized trial comparing coiling and conservative management, initiated in September 2006, was stopped in June 2009 because of poor recruitment (80 patients). Aspects of the trial design that may have contributed to this failure are reviewed in the hope of identifying better ways to successfully co...

BACKGROUND Rupture of membranes is an uncommon complication of genetic amniocentesis. The risk of ruptured membranes is reported as 1-1.2%. CASE Genetic amniocentesis complicated by ruptured membranes was diagnosed in a 31-year-old woman. The membranes resealed after 48 hours with conservative management and the pregnancy ended with a favorable outcome. CONCLUSION Spontaneous reseal of rupt...

A patient with a spontaneous cervical spinal epidural haematoma is described. Surgical decompression is generally regarded as mandatory. There was complete clinical and radiological resolution with non-operative treatment. This is the fifth recorded case of spontaneous resolution of spinal epidural haematoma. In selected patients with incomplete and non-progressing deficit, conservative managem...

Post-traumatic parotid sialocoele is a subcutaneous extravasation of saliva from the parotid gland secondary to traumatic disruption of its duct or parenchyma. Currently, there is no consensus regarding the best therapy for parotid sialocoele, as it is resistant to conservative management. The present paper puts forward a relatively simple, safe and effective technique for the treatment of paro...