Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty has been performed with promising results in rotator cuff tear arthropathy. However, the global complication of the reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is relatively higher than that of the conventional total shoulder arthroplasty. Neurologic complications after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty are rare but there are sometimes remaining sequelae. The cause of the neurologic complication is multifactorial, including arm traction, position and the design of the implant. Most cases of neurologic palsy following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty occur in the axillary nerve and the radial nerve. The authors report on a case of a 71-year-old man with isolated musculocutaneous nerve palsy after reveres total shoulder arthroplasty with related literature.
Aged ; Arm ; Arthroplasty* ; Humans ; Musculocutaneous Nerve* ; Paralysis* ; Radial Nerve ; Rotator Cuff ; Shoulder* ; Tears ; Traction

We examined a male infant with transient increase in alkaline phosphatase(ALP) activity. The 25-month-old infant was admitted to a local hospital because of pneumonia of unknown etiology. Initial laboratory investigation revealed a serum ALP of 11,260U/L, which was comparable to that of bone isoenzyme on the electrophoresis pattern, There was no evidence of hepatitis, skeletal or intestinal diseases. The hyperphosphatasemia disappeared 3 months later. We report a case of transient hyperphosphatasemia diagnosed inci- dentally in the course of management of pneumonia. (J Korean Pediatr Soc 2000;43:856-860)
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Child, Preschool ; Electrophoresis ; Hepatitis ; Humans ; Infant ; Intestinal Diseases ; Male ; Pneumonia

Retear patterns after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair are classified into two patterns according to retear location. Type 1 is when the retear pattern occurs directly on the tendon at the bone repair site using the suture anchor repair method. Type 2 is when the retear pattern occurs at the musculocutaneous junction with a healed footprint in patients who undergo the suture bridge method. Here, the authors report another retear pattern, which was identified as a type 2 retear on magnetic resonance imaging in patients who had undergone arthroscopic rotator cuff repair by the suture-bridge technique. This pattern was different from the type 2 retear and occurred at the portion of the cuff away from the healed rotator cuff under the view of the arthroscope.
Arthroscopes ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Methods ; Rotator Cuff* ; Suture Anchors ; Sutures ; Tendons

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Child* ; Humans ; Proteinuria*

Dislocation involving tarsal navicular is a extremely rare injury compare to dislocation of other tarsal bone. One case of the tarsal navicular dislocation associated with subluxation of the midtarsal joint treated by open reduction and arthrodesis was reported.
Arthrodesis ; Dislocations ; Joints ; Tarsal Bones

This article was withdrawn by the authors' request.

This article was withdrawn by the authors' request.

Forty five cases of adult tibial shaft fractures were treated with flexible intramedullary nails under image intensifier at the department of orthopaedic surgery, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital during between April 1986 to July 1988. The results were summarized as follows: 1. 45 cases were all male, the average age was 24.3 years and the most common cause of fractures was sports injury(20 cases) and the second most common cause was traffic accident(18 cases). 2. 11 cases out of 45 cases were open fracture and 34 cases were closed fracture. Eight cases of open fraeture were grade I and three cases were grade II. Twenty eight cases were comminuted fracture. The most common level of the fracture was middle third of the tibial shaft. 3. Average interval from injury to Ender nailing was 13.5 days and the mean duration of permission to full weight bearing was 9.2 weeks. 4. Out of 2 cases of delayed union, the average time of clinical bone union was 9.7 weeks and that of roentgenological bone union was 14 weeks. 5. 11 cases of complication were noted among the 45 cases of tibial shaft fracture which were treated by PGP nailing such as angulation, rotation, ankle joint stiffness, delayed union, shortening, and soft tissue infection. 6. PGP nailing is considered to be a valuable method in treating tibial shaft fracture because of their relative ease of nailing, allowing early weight bearing and decreased complication.
Adult ; Ankle Joint ; Arm ; Fractures, Closed ; Fractures, Comminuted ; Fractures, Open ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Male ; Methods ; Soft Tissue Infections ; Sports ; Tibial Fractures ; Weight-Bearing

Dislocation of the clavicle at its sternal end is relatively rare, as compared with acromioclavicular dislocation. Among them, the posterior dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint was extremely rare. So, not more than fifty cases had been reported in the literature. Of these three main typesanterior, superior, and posterior-the anterior one is by far the most common. Most authors have stressed the difficulty in confirming the diagnosis with routine radiographs. We experienced a case of traumatic posterior dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint treated successfully by manipulative reduction. So, we report it with review of literature.
Clavicle ; Diagnosis ; Dislocations ; Sternoclavicular Joint

Epidermolytic keratosis palmaris is a rare disease which shows clinical findings of Unna Thost keratoderma and histopathologic of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. We report herein a case of epidermolytic keratosis palmaris et plantaris in a 16-month-old female baby. Light microscopy shows marked hyperkeratosis, large irregular keratohyalin granules, and large clear spaces in the granular and upper spinous layers. Eletron microscopic findings shows that the clear spaces are areas of cytoplasm filled with a fibrillar material and cellular organelles. Abnormal clumping of tonofilament and keratohyalin is also present.
Cytoplasm ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperkeratosis, Epidermolytic ; Infant ; Intermediate Filaments ; Keratoderma, Palmoplantar* ; Keratosis* ; Microscopy ; Organelles ; Rare Diseases