Biomedical subjects

B Paus

Publications and source records attributed to B Paus.

14 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1981

The piriformis muscle syndrome. Sciatic nerve entrapment treated with section of the piriformis muscle.

The piriformis muscle syndrome, a term applied to an abnormal condition of the piriformis muscle, is characterized by symptoms and signs due to sciatic nerve entrapment at the greater sciatic notch. Two patients with this syndrome, successfully treated with section of the piriformis muscle, are reported. The piriformis muscle syndrome should be suspected as part of the differential diagnosis in cases of low back and hip or thigh pain.

Adult↗

PubMed1979

The recurrence of pain following operation for herniated lumbar disc: fresh herniation or extradural scar tissue?

The clinical findings, the appearance of the myelogram and the findings at re-operation are described in 34 patients who had persistent or recurrent pain following operation for removal of a herniated lumbar disc. An attempt was made to distinguish before re-operation whether the residue symptoms were due to recurrence of, or a fresh disc herniation, or to extradural scarring. Persistence of pain after the initial operation or the time interval before pain re-appeared did not help to distinguish the causative pathology. A recurrent disc herniation was found if a different disc was involved, but was else best distinguished by myelographic demonstration of a short indentation in the contrast column at the level of a disc or a short root sleeve with a thickened associated nerve root. An absence of indentation in the column suggested extradural scarring. At re-operation disc herniation and extradural scarring without herniation were found in approximately equal numbers of patients.

Cicatrix↗

PubMed1977

The changed pattern of bone and joint tuberculosis in Norway.

The reduced incidence of bone and joint tuberculosis in Western countries and the change in the age groups afflicted are well known facts. In addition, there are other less conspicuous changes: multiple lesions and involvement of the spine and sacro-iliac joints are rarer than before, while trochanteric involvement is becoming more frequent. In spinal cases the lesion is now more often localized to the dorsal region. All these changes may be due to the change in age distribution of the patients.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1975