[Infection of the urinary tract in the paraplegic adult. Study of 200 records].
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The authors have observed a number of cases of ectopic ossification in patients in a rehabilitation centre for paraplegia. They review the clinical features of the condition, its frequency and its localization. The time of onset and the spontaneous evolution of the condition was found to be variable. Operations were performed on 35 joints - 16 hips, 13 knees and 6 elbows. The results are described. The authors emphasize the value of serial scintigrams before surgery to assess the maturation of ossification. Operations based on the results of such investigations appear to have been followed by a lower rate of recurrence.
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We studied the effects of verapamil and diltiazem on regional myocardial blood flow (RMBF, tracer microspheres) and function during ischemia in 18 open-chest dogs. Instrumentation included left ventricular and aortic pressure transducers, an electromagnetic flowmeter, and a hydraulic occluder on the circumflex coronary artery; sonocardiometry measured shortening of severely ischemic, moderately ischemic, and nonischemic subendocardial segments (% delta L). Measurements were made in the control state, 10 min after subtotal coronary stenosis, and 10 min later in control (n = 6, group I), verapamil-treated (0.3 mg/kg i.v.) (n = 6, group II), and diltiazem-treated (0.3 mg/kg i.v.) (n = 6, group III) dogs. The effects of coronary stenosis were similar in all three groups and after 20 min of coronary stenosis there were no further modifications of any parameter in group I. Verapamil and diltiazem produced similar reductions in heart rate and mean aortic pressure. In severely ischemic zones, RMBF was similarly decreased [0.22 +/- 0.03-0.12 +/- 0.04 ml/min/g, p less than 0.01 (verapamil) and 0.21 +/- 0.02-0.12 +/- 0.02 ml/min/g, p less than 0.01 (diltiazem)] without any change in function. In moderately ischemic zones, verapamil did not modify RMBF and function while diltiazem increased RMBF from 0.43 +/- 0.05 to 0.96 +/- 0.18 ml/min/g (p less than 0.05) and % delta L from 3.5 +/- 1.2 to 6.2 +/- 1.2 (p less than 0.05). In nonischemic zones, although RMBF was increased by 42.9 +/- 13.6% (p less than 0.05) with verapamil and 156.9 +/- 33.8% (p less than 0.01) with diltiazem, % delta L remained unchanged. Thus, (a) diltiazem and verapamil, although increasing flow, do not affect function in nonischemic areas; (b) diltiazem and verapamil exert almost no effects either on flow or on function in severely ischemic areas; and (c) while verapamil shows no effects on flow and function, diltiazem increases both parameters in marginal areas demonstrating its ability to preserve the viability of this zone.
The aut horsdescribe the technique and the first results of para-sphincteric anaesthetic infiltrations of the striate sphincter of the urethra in paraplegics. These infiltrations may decrease, or even cause to disappear altogether, dysuria as long as the striate sphincter is alone responsible and that the straite sphincter muscle is not the process of fibrosis. In certain special cases, this simple technique may have a durable effect which makes it possible to avoid definitive procedures such as endoscopic or surgical section.
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