A Comparison of Silastic Prostheses (Yeoman design) with Excision Arthroplasty in the Metacarpophalangeal Joints of the Hand Mr. I. M. Pinder (Bath) described a new operative technique for the insertion of a silastic prosthesis. A direct comparison was made of metacarpo-phalangeal replacement in rheumatoid arthritis with excision arthroplasty. Thirty-two replacement arthroplasties had been carr...

In the abstracts that follow the author who presented the paper is marked with an *. The last two abstracts were poster demonstrations and the remainder were clinical papers. The X-ray quiz was won by Mr. D. Halpin of Torbay and the SWOC Prize certificate was won by Miss D. Eastwood of Bristol. The Pridie Memorial lecture entitled "South West Orthopaedics 1948-91" was given by Mr. A. H. C. Ratliff

s of papers given at the meeting in Bristol November, 1983. PRIDIE MEMORIAL LECTURE 'Modern Trends in the Management of Brachial Plexus Lesions' Dr. C. B. Wynn Parry, Director of Rehabilitation, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Dr. Wynn Parry gave an excellent Pridie Memorial Lecture based on his large experience of patients with brachial plexus injuries. He described the types of injury, th...

to cobalt with negative results for chromium, nickel and cement. Both prostheses were removed and the joints were sterile but contained grey pultaceous material with a relatively high cobalt and chromium content; there were multiple acetabular fractures on each side and the acetabular wall was paper-thin. Following the removal of the second prosthesis she became cobalt-negative and her urinary ...

Abstract Background Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is an autosomal recessive congenital bleeding disorder with deficiency or dysfunction of von Willebrand factor (VWF). The gene encoding for the VWF is located on chromosome 12, which is 178 Kb with 52 exons. Various mutations of this gene is responsible for the clinical features of VWD, but some single nucleotide polymorphisms make the molecu...

A MORI poll earlier this year indicated that nearly 4 million people in the United Kingdom are incontinent. These patients have yet to appear in large numbers for investigation and treatment mainly because of reticence on their part, but also because of failure of doctors in general to understand that incontinence can be investigated and treated successfully in a majority of cases. Also some gy...

s of Papers RESULTS AND COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY W. D. Jeans, Bristol The technique of dilatation of narrowed and occluded segments of artery by an intra-arterial catheter having a distensible balloon in its distal end was first described in 1974 by A. Gruntzig. Its use has gradually increased and is now widely accepted. One report (Motorjeme et al., 1980) suggests...

Recent advances have proved advantageous in paediatrics and renal transplantation. Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) facilitates dialysis of low weight children including babies. The beneficial effects of pretransplant blood transfusions are appreciated, likewise donor specific blood transfusions in the case of living donors. DR typing has a stronger correlation with graft succes...

A Meeting of the Club was held at Yeovil District Hospital on Saturday, 11th May 1974. There was a very excellent demonstration of Clinical Cases. These included several patients with severe flaying injuries of the forearm and hand which occurred to workers in the leather industry. Most of these had been treated very successfully with abdominal skin flaps, together with later tendon reconstruct...