In our institution lateral ankle ligament injuries are classified into three grades according to the extent of instability found on physical examination and/or stress X-rays. Grade I and II lesions are taped, while treatment of grade III lesions consists of operative reconstruction of the ruptured ligaments. In 1989 we published the results of 1012 patients after 9 months' follow-up. About 30% had...... hiện toàn bộ
Systemic effects of Co-Cr alloy/polyethylene hip joint prostheses were investigated using instrumental neutron activation to determine the concentrations of up to 16 elements. First, in a prospective study whole blood and serum taken from 10 patients from 1 day before to 90 days after implantation were analyzed. Secondly, in a retrospective study whole blood and serum from 23 patients who had had ...... hiện toàn bộ