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E Sherry

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PubMed1984

Skiing injuries in Australia.

A prospective study of 1850 skiing injuries which occurred during the 1983 skiing season in Australia is presented. To date, it is the largest prospective review of skiing injuries in Australia. All injuries were seen and treated by the same medical practitioner. In contrast with previous reports, upper extremity injuries and lower extremity injuries were almost equally represented (36% and 42% of the total number of injuries, respectively); injuries to the head, face and neck accounted for 17% of the total number of injuries. The injury rate of 3.80 per 1000 skiers establishes skiing as a safe sport. Attention is drawn to the high incidence of facial lacerations and of disruption of the ulnar collateral ligament of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb ("skier's thumb"). It is recommended that both competitive and recreational skiers wear helmets with attached visors. With adequate medical personnel and facilities, over 90% of injuries can receive definitive primary treatment on location; this results in minimum patient discomfort, complications, and hospital costs.

Arm Injuries↗
PubMed1980

Factors influencing the diagnostic sensitivity of the exercise test in coronary artery disease.

A continuous multistage bicycle ergometer test was performed on 50 patients with coronary artery disease. Selective cinecoronary angiography and left ventriculography were performed within a week of the test in all patients. Overall, 62% had a positive ischemic response, defined as 1 mm or greater depression of the ST segment. Patients with 75% or greater stenosis in any vessel and those with triple-vessel involvement had a higher incidence of positive tests. Those with low systolic ejection fractions and areas of asynergy had fewer positive tests than patients with normal ejection fractions and normal or minimal segmental wall motion abnormalities. The level of exercise, location of arterial disease and the presence of collateral blood supply to the diseased vessels did not appear to influence the sensitivity of the exercise stress test.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Pyloric obstruction caused by aspirin: case report.

A case of pyloric obstruction caused by ingestion of enteric-coated aspirin tablets is presented. The patient was predisposed by previous pyloric stenosis. A barium meal study was diagnostic. The patient later had a massive gastro-intestinal haemorrhage requiring surgical repair. The hazards of aspirin ingestion in such a patient are discussed.

Aged↗
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Growth and transplantation of a custom vascularised bone graft in a man.

BACKGROUND: A major goal of research in bone transplantation is the ability to avoid creation of secondary bone defects. We aimed to repair an extended mandibular discontinuity defect by growth of a custom bone transplant inside the latissimus dorsi muscle of an adult male patient. METHODS: Three-dimensional computed tomography (CT) scanning and computer-aided design techniques were used to produce an ideal virtual replacement for the mandibular defect. These data were used to create a titanium mesh cage that was filled with bone mineral blocks and infiltrated with 7 mg recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 7 and 20 mL of the patient's bone marrow. Thus prepared, the transplant was implanted into the latissimus dorsi muscle and 7 weeks later transplanted as a free bone-muscle flap to repair the mandibular defect. FINDINGS: In-vivo skeletal scintigraphy showed bone remodelling and mineralisation inside the mandibular transplant both before and after transplantation. CT provided radiological evidence of new bone formation. Postoperatively, the patient had an improved degree of mastication and was satisfied with the aesthetic outcome of the procedure. INTERPRETATION: Heterotopic bone induction to form a mandibular replacement inside the latissimus dorsi muscle in a human being is possible. This technique allows for a lower operative burden compared with conventional techniques by avoiding creation of a secondary bone defect. It also provides a good three-dimensional outcome.

Activin Receptors, Type I↗
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Project Orbis.

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Aircraft↗
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Deaths associated with skiing in Australia: a 32-year study of cases from the Snowy Mountains.

We present the first study of skiing-related deaths in Australia--a 32-year study of skiing-related deaths in the Snowy Mountains. We have reported 29 such cases; eight subjects died of trauma, 15 subjects died of cardiovascular causes, and six subjects died of hypothermia. The over-all incidence of death was 0.87 deaths per million skier-days; the specific incidence for trauma-related deaths was 0.24 deaths per million skier-days; for cardiac-related deaths was 0.45 deaths per million skier-days; and for hypothermia-related deaths was 0.18 deaths per million skier-days. These findings compare most-favourably with US figures. Death that is associated with skiing in the Snowy Mountains is a rare event.

Adolescent↗