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F R Lynch

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PubMed1987

Non-ghetto gays: a sociological study of suburban homosexuals.

This ethnographic study is focused upon the lifestyles of white, suburban, middle-class homosexuals. Interview data on some two dozen individuals obtained in the spring of 1982 was increasingly supplemented and supplanted by continued field observation and other techniques of data-gathering through the summer of 1985. The data on the coming-out experiences were largely congruent with models of homosexual identity formation, especially those of Plummer (1975) and Troiden (1979). As expected, older subjects generally progressed through coming-out stages at a slower pace than their younger counterparts. The middle-class orientation and the suburban socio-cultural environment were also seen as inhibiting homosexual identity formation. The advent of AIDS seemed to have little obvious impact on behavior until the last months of the study. Suburban homosexuals in this study were strongly oriented to their work and career-building, to suburban home ownership, and to obtaining a long-term love relationship with another male. Suburban homosexuals were also strongly individualistic and assimilationist, rather than oriented towards collective action or organizational membership based on shared sexual identity. While the fortunes of the two friendship groups differed, friendship bonds among suburban homosexuals compare favorably with male friendships in the general population. The findings in this study suggest that suburban homosexuals, like many other Americans, are finding suburban life increasingly attractive and that the lure of large cities and gay ghettos has faded.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1984

The Ganley splint. Indications and usage.

The Ganley splint has been discussed in detail. The author has set forth a reliable protocol for the treatment of pediatric orthopedic deformities and has addressed the role of the Ganley splint in this regard. Finally, the use of the splint in specific disorders is discussed and suggestions for the practitioner have been made.

Foot Deformities, Congenital↗
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Applications of the opening wedge cuneiform osteotomy in the surgical repair of juvenile hallux abducto valgus.

Juvenile hallux abducto valgus is a complex deformity of multifactoral etiology. The vast majority of cases, however, present as symptomatic or progressive misalignment of the first metatarsophalangeal joint with accompanying: 1) flexible flatfoot with anterior-medial imbalance, 2) medial column adductus, and 3) metatarsus primus adductus as a result of hyperobliquity of the first metatarsocuneiform joint (Lynch, F. R. Applications of the opening wedge cuneiform osteotomy in the surgical repair of juvenile hallux abducto valgus. Podiatry Tracts 5:173-187, 1987). Biplane cuneiform osteotomy, in conjunction with bicorrectional first metatarsal head osteotomy, was carried out a total of 48 times, in 44 patients, over a 5-year period of time. Patients averaged in age from 11 to 16 years old, with an average age of 13.2 years old. There were 44 females and no males, and the procedure was performed 18 times on the left foot, and 30 times on the right. Postoperative observations include decrease in the first intermetatarsal angle and hyperobliquity of the first metatarsocuneiform joint, decrease in medial column adductus, and stabilization of the anteromedial imbalance associated with the flexible flatfoot. Accordingly, the use of the biplane cuneiform osteotomy addresses the deformity at its apex and eliminates the primary contributory and etiologic factors responsible for its occurrence. It is thus invaluable in the surgical repair of juvenile hallux abducto valgus.

Adolescent↗