A 23-year-old professional distance runner with several years of exertional calf pain was diagnosed with a unique mixed type III and functional popliteal artery entrapment syndrome(PAES).Surgical reduction of the obst...
BACKGROUND Ligamentum flavum cysts,which are most common in mobile junctional levels of the spine,can be a rare cause of spinal stenosis.There have been several case reports of ligamentum flavum cysts.However,there is...
This article explains the orthopedic approach to limping in children. This is a review article including a selected collection of new articles extracted from PubMed and Google Scholar searched for clinical points and ...
Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,No.2019JJ50324.
BACKGROUND Synovial chondromatosis(SC)is a rare benign lesion first reported by Ambrose Pare in 1558.It is most common in the knee joint,followed by the hip joint and elbow joint.It is characterized by the presence of...
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects 12% - 20% of the population over 65 years. PAD is a component of systemic atherosclerosis and is associated with increased rate of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular event...
Peripheral vascular disease with increasing prevalence rate is one among many conditions where a dependable cure is still elusive.Peripheral arterial disease(PAD),of which is a common form that results from atheroscle...
A narrative review of the data provided by Randomised Controlled clinical trials and meta-analyses was undertaken to assess how much reliance a clinician could place on these in selecting a treatment for patients with...
Typically situated posterolateral in the spinal canal, intraspinal facet cysts often cause radicular symptoms. Rarely, the midline location of these synovial or ganglion cysts may cause thecal sac compression leading ...
Background: Despite awareness about the impact of intermittent claudication (IC) on mobility, balance and quality of life;the underlying pathophysiology and alterations in muscle architecture secondary to the disease ...
Smoking should be stopped and hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and hypothyroidism be treated in elderly patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Statins reduce the incidence of intermittent claud...