Biomechanics of the golf swing in players with pathologic conditions of the forearm, wrist, and hand

Golf is an activity generally stressful to the hands and wrists and particularly can produce increasing symptoms in players with underlying problems such as hand and wrist arthritis or tendinitis. The purpose of this study was to quantitate wrist motion and club head/ball impact force in subjects with pathologic conditions of the hand, wrist, or forearm, within a laboratory environment. A regular straight-handled golf club was compared to a new BioCurve handle design that has a 19 degrees ulnar bend. We measured and compared the effect of the two grips on wrist motion, club head velocity, ball impact force, ball impact location, and isometric torsional strength in 20 subjects who had a variety of upper extremity disorders. This data was then compared to data collected in an identical fashion from golfers without such conditions. The results of our study show that there were no differences related to club handle design on impact force or impact location, club head velocity, or club head path and face angle. Wrist kinematic differences were minimal between handle designs. The differences that were significant (P less than 0.05) centered around the decreased ulnar deviation of the left hand that resulted when subjects used the BioCurve handle design, which also allowed greater resistance to torque than the straight grip club. In addition to collecting objective data, we asked subjects for their opinions of the two grips. As a whole, the normal group and the group with pathologic conditions noted more comfort, improved grip, and less shock transmission with the BioCurve handle.     

Colposcopic assessment in microinvasive carcinoma of the cervix

Forty of the 87 patients with microinvasive carcinoma (MIC) of the uterine cervix who underwent surgery were diagnosed colposcopically and the results were compared with the cytological and histological diagnoses. The cytology showed preinvasive carcinoma in 20 (50.0%) patients and invasive carcinoma in 19 (47.5%) patients. A correct colposcopic diagnosis was made in nine (22.5%) patients as having microinvasive carcinoma, 21 (52.5%) patients preinvasive carcinoma and eight (20%) patients invasive carcinoma, to sum up accuracy rate as 32.1%. The abnormalities most commonly observed in colposcopy were mosaic, punctuation and white epithelium. In microinvasive carcinoma, the triad co-existed in 43% of the patients. Atypical vessels, characteristic of invasion, were found in only one third of the patients. Microinvasion, therefore, may not be evident on colposcopy alone. It is therefore necessary to apply cone biopsy, prior to definite therapy, to make an accurate assessment of the maximum depth and extent of the invasion prior to definitive therapy.     

Immunization strategies for the production of rat monoclonal anti-idiotope antibodies

Anti-idiotypic antibodies are powerful reagents for the study of immunoregulation, and have potential interest as vaccines against tumors and infectious diseases. Three immunization strategies for the production of rat monoclonal anti-idiotope antibodies have been compared in this paper. Male Wistar rats were immunized i.p. and at multiple subcutaneous sites with 750 micrograms of purified monoclonal antibody against Plasmodium falciparum for three times and subsequently boosted by (1) intraperitoneal injection with 750 micrograms of the immunogen, (2) intravenous inoculation with 400 micrograms of the IgG, and (3) intrasplenic immunization with 200 micrograms of the idiotype. With the intraperitoneal boost method, the frequency of hybrids with anti-idiotope activity was 0.3-0.9% with 62.8-85.2% of the seeded wells containing hybrids. In the intravenous boost group, the percentage of hybrids demonstrating anti-idiotope activity increased to 11.0-13.3% with 80.2-97.9% of the hybrid efficiency. When immunized by the intrasplenic boost route, the frequency of anti-idiotope hybrids generated rose to 12.9-16.4% with 82.3-96.6% of the hybrid efficiency. There was no obvious effect of the boost immunizing methods on the generation of rat monoclonal anti-mouse IgG antibodies. These results indicated that the multiple-site immunization followed by intravenous or intrasplenic boost injection was an appropriate immunizing method for the production of monoclonal anti-idiotope antibodies.     

Effect of cisplatin chemotherapy on extracortical tissue formation in canine diaphyseal segmental replacement

The reconstruction of large bone and joint defects after the resection of malignant tumors remains a major challenge. Chemotherapy has significantly lowered the risk of metastasic disease, but complications associated with reconstructive techniques continue to result in late morbidity. In the present study, biomechanical torsion testing, gait analysis, and histomorphometric and scanning electron microscopic evaluations of 24 dogs were used to examine the effects of preoperative and postoperative administration of cisplatin on the biologic fixation of a porous-coated segmental replacement prosthesis. The chemotherapy consisted of four cycles of cisplatin administered at a dosage of 75 mg/m:² preoperatively or postoperatively. The healing was enhanced by use of an autogenous corticocancellous bone graft. The graft was placed evenly around the prosthesis and the adjacent femoral cortex. Mechanical analyses of torsional stiffness, yield strength, and maximum strength revealed no statistically significant differences between the groups at 12 weeks. Such lack of difference was mainly due to the penetration of highly organized fibrous tissue into the porous surface; this provided strong fixation of the implant to bone even in the absence of bone ingrowth. Although bone ingrowth into the prostheses was not affected, electron microscopic, histomorphometric, and radiologic analyses showed a clear difference in the formation of new bone around the prosthesis. Preoperative chemotherapy did not alter the formation of new bone, but specimens from animals treated postoperatively with cisplatin showed significantly less bone graft resorption and less new bone formation. Hence, the effect of cisplatin administration caused only a temporary delay, not a permanent effect, on extracortical capsule formation. The formation of extracortical bone and soft tissue might prevent debris-incised osteolysis and, therefore, prevent late complications by forming a tight capsule around the bone-prosthetic interface.     

Reoperative Thyroid Surgery

Reoperative thyroid surgery is an uncommon operation associated with a high complication rate. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 115 patients to study the incidence of complications after reoperative thyroid surgery. There were 107 women and 8 men (13.4:1.0) with an average age of 42.8 years (range 18–80 years). The most frequent indication for reoperation was completion thyroidectomy for a carcinoma identified by permanent sections (50 patients, 43.5%). Reoperative surgery was performed on 13 (11.3%) patients with recurrent thyroid cancer. The remaining 52 patients underwent reoperation for recurrent thyrotoxicosis (12 patients, 10.4%), recurrent nodular goiter (28 patients, 24.3%) or recurrent multinodular goiter (12 patients, 10.4%). Seven patients with recurrent nodular goiter and one patient with recurrent thyrotoxicosis underwent total thyroidectomy for the presence of malignancies that were identified by frozen sections. Overall, the interval between the initial and reoperative procedures ranged from 1 day to 33 years (2335 ± 272 days). The length of hospital stay was 5.8 ± 0.5 days. The length of time needed for reoperative thyroid surgery was 122.0 ± 6.2 minutes. There was no 30-day perioperative mortality. The postoperative complications consisted of transient hypoparathyroidism in six patients (5.2%), permanent hypoparathyroidism in two patients (1.7%), transient RLN palsy in 3 patients (2.6%), and permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy in two patients (1.7%). Reoperative thyroid surgery can be performed safely with little morbidity to the patient.     

Fracture of the porous-coated metal tray of a biologically fixed knee prosthesis. Report of a case

It has been assumed that, when properly implanted, a biologically fixed device is less prone to loosening and probably to fatigue failure as well. This case demonstrates that many of the known risk factors of loosening or fatigue fracture of cemented tibial replacement devices must be considered when using devices designed for biologic fixation. Age, weight, axial alignment, and bone substrate have been identified as probable contributing factors to failure in the case reported here. Manufacturing technique and changes in material properties associated with porous coating should also be carefully tested for factors predisposing the components to fatigue failure.     

Rupture of the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii. Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment

Twenty-seven shoulders (in 26 patients) that had surgical repair of a rupture of the long head of the biceps tendon between 1962 and 1981 were evaluated at three to 22 years after injury (mean, 13 years). Thirty similar patients had been treated nonsurgically and were evaluated two to 15 years (mean, 4.6 years) after tendon rupture. Biomechanical testing was performed on ten patients in the surgical group and 13 in the nonsurgical group. Residual arm pain was infrequent in both surgically and nonsurgically treated groups. Residual subjective weakness at the elbow was reported in four of the surgical group and in 20 of the nonsurgical group. Surgically treated patients returned to work later than nonsurgical patients; however, 11 in the nonsurgical group were not able to return to full work capacity, versus only two in the surgical group. On biomechanical testing, the nonsurgical group had lost a mean of 21% of supination strength and 8% of elbow flexion strength but had no weakness in grip, pronation, or elbow extension. The surgical group had lost no strength in any of these testing modes.     

黄连细胞二步法悬浮培养生产黄连生物碱类成分的探索

为提高用植物细胞培养生产镒生代谢产物的单位产量，作者对黄连细胞采用二步法悬浮培养生产黄连生物碱进行了探索。结果显示：黄连细胞采用一步法悬浮培养６周，细胞干，鲜重产率分别为２０．９６ｇ／Ｌ和１７４．９２ｇ／Ｌ，增重约７００％，细胞中总生物碱含量为１４．７９ｍｇ／ｇ．ｃｅｌｌ ｄｗ，培养基中生物碱量为１２．９６ｍｇ／Ｌ，每升培养液共可收获生物碱３２３ｍｇ。采用先在生长培养基中培养３周，在合成碱量为１２     

食管平滑肌瘤的微创手术治疗

目的探讨微创手术在食管平滑肌瘤治疗中的临床应用价值. 方法回顾性分析1996年9月～2002年10月26例食管平滑肌瘤采用微创手术治疗的临床资料. 结果电视胸腔镜食管平滑肌瘤摘除术23例,其中3例(2例胸膜腔紧密粘连,1例肿瘤无法定位)中转开胸(胸腔镜辅助小切口);经颈部食管平滑肌瘤摘除术2例;经食管镜食管平滑肌瘤切除1例.26例手术顺利,术后恢复平稳,无手术死亡及严重并发症,术后病理诊断均为平滑肌瘤.随访2～73个月,平均32.3个月,无复发. 结论电视胸腔镜肌瘤摘除术可作为食管固有肌层平滑肌瘤的首选治疗方法,对于食管粘膜肌层的平滑肌瘤,可考虑经食管镜切除.