Biomedical subjects

J W Sobel

Publications and source records attributed to J W Sobel.

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PubMed1985

Pulsatile irrigation in orthopedics.

A brief history of the use of irrigation fluids in the management of traumatic and surgical wounds is presented. The development of irrigation fluid as a debridement technique and some of the problems in controlling the fluid dynamic parameters are described. Orthopedics requires varied applications of irrigation devices, and a machine has been developed which combines irrigation lavage or pulsatile debridement technique with the rapid suction removal of effluent. The applications, technique, and precautions in using a Rapid Suction Removal System are described.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

PubMed1985

Charcot's arthropathy of the spine following spinal cord injury. A report of five cases.

Between 1955 and 1968, we treated five patients who had post-traumatic Charcot's arthropathy of the spine. All of the patients had a neurologically complete spinal-cord lesion. A laminectomy was implicated as the cause in four of the five patients. Spinal arthrodesis was used successfully to correct the deformity, stabilize the spine, restore sitting balance, and prevent complications resulting from neuropathic arthropathy of the vertebrae following complete spinal-cord injury.

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