PURPOSE The treatment of an unrecognized Monteggia lesion continues to pose a therapeutic challenge, as evidenced by the variety of surgical techniques described. Moreover, there are high complication and redislocation rates following surgery. This report concerns a surgical technique to reduce a chronic dislocation of the radial head utilizing an ulnar osteotomy and internal fixation. METHOD...

Wrist stiffness has been shown to have a greater effect on wrist dynamics than inertia and damping for all but the fastest wrist rotations [1]. Therefore, making coordinated wrist rotations requires that humans predict and compensate for the effects of wrist stiffness. Because wrist stiffness is anisotropic (with greater stiffness in radial-ulnar deviation than flexion-extension), some movement...

INTRODUCTION: Longitudinal radioulnar dissociation (LRUD) injuries occur when a violent compressive load to the wrist results in a triad of injuries consisting of a distal radial ulnar joint (DRUJ) disruption, an interosseous ligament complex (IOLC) tear, and a radial head fractu re. The forearm is rendered unstable causing progressive proximal migration of the radius with resultant decreased m...

In recent years, catheterization via the radial artery has been introduced as an alternative approach to diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures. Pain in the forearm, presumably as a result of radial artery spasm, is frequently reported, and may continue for some time after termination of the procedure. We report a case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome with the classical features of this...

The authors report this case of a 48-year-old male patient sustaining a complete tear of the biceps tendon and associated radial head subluxation. A restriction of supination-pronation of the forearm was noted as a result of the radial head subluxation. The complete tear of the biceps tendon was treated conservatively and the radial head subluxation corrected itself.

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of radial forearm osteocutaneous free flap in complex mandibular reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN A case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from January 1998 to January 2008. METHODOLOGY Patients having a small bony component and a large soft tissue mandibular defect requiring reconstruction were selected. These defects in...

We describe a lateral approach to the distal humerus based on initial location of the superficial branches of the radial nerve, the inferior lateral cutaneous nerve of the arm and the posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm. In 18 upper limbs the superficial branches of the radial nerve were located in the subcutaneous tissue between the triceps and brachioradialis muscles and dissected proxim...