Aims: To examine the short-term effects of transradial percutaneous coronary interventions on the upper extremities function. Method and results: This is an interim analysis of the Effects of trAnsRadial perCUtaneouS coronary intervention on upper extremity function (ARCUS) study. Out of 191 patients evaluated at 2 weeks after they had undergone a transradial percutaneous coronary intervention,...

OBJECTIVES Little is known about local access-site complications and upper extremity dysfunction after transradial percutaneous coronary procedures (TR-PCP). This systematic review study aimed to summarise the current knowledge on the incidences of access-site complications and upper extremity dysfunction after TR-PCP. METHODS Two independent, trained investigators searched MEDLINE, EMBASE an...

conclusions ultrasonography seems to be a safe and cost effective method to evaluate foreign bodies, especially radiolucent objects, in patients with penetrating trauma and suspicious of foreign bodies that may remain undiagnosed in radiography. availability of bedside ultrasound for emergency physicians is an important issue, since it is not possible to access the radiologist at any time of th...

arthrogriposis is a disorder in which two or more joints in more than one limb of body, place in a stable position and malformation status that usually is the result of joints' immobilization during fetal period. problems resulting from this congenital deficit can occur in difference places, in upper and lower limbs, trunk, and even in face. it occurs in 3 of 1000 births, in two-third of t...

hand ischemia is a rare complication of diabetes and some other chronic vascular diseases. critical hand ischemia causes painful limbs and disability and requires urgent revascularization. there have been a few reports of successful trans-brachial percutaneous angioplasty in the upper extremity in the radial or ulnar artery. herein, we report the results of the endovascular treatment of a 68-ye...

Pulmonary embolism is a serious complication, which is well known in patients undergoing total hip or total knee arthroplasty or lower extremity fracture surgery. But, there are few literatures concerning pulmonary embolism after upper extremity surgery. Pulmonary embolism after minor upper extremity fracture surgery is extremely rare. We report a case of 66-year-old female patient that develop...

conclusions the study indicated advantages of this modified bier's block compared to the traditional one including ability to perform surgery on upper limb bones and considerable pain relief at surgical and tourniquet sites during the operation until one hour thereafter. results this study showed the presence of analgesia at surgical and tourniquet sites during the operation in 96% of patients,...

conclusions postural stress among female machinists can increase the level of si to fairly risky and dangerous. also, changes in rating hand/wrist qec scores with hand/wrist si score were proportional in the studied samples. the si can increase under the influence of noise above 85 db, although it is not statistically significant. results there was no significant difference between work experie...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy for deep venous thrombosis (DVT). DESIGN A retrospective analysis. SETTING Tertiary academic medical center. PATIENTS Thirty patients with DVT who underwent percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy. INTERVENTIONS Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy of upper or lower extremity DVT. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Thrombus removal, patency, ...

horse shoe shaped lipoma of the upper extremity is a very rare entity. we present a case of 45 years old female who presented with painless progressive swelling over the distal forearm and tingling and numbness over the ulnar nerve territory. mri and surgical exploration showed a horse shoe shaped multilobulated lipoma encasing the distal ulna. the mass was excised in toto, and the sensory alte...