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L M Kingma

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PubMed1981

Traumatic instability of the proximal tibiofibular joint.

Proximal tibiofibular instability, seems to be an infrequently diagnosed abnormality, which occurs in isolation or in combination with fractures of the leg and ankle. Four types of instability are distinguished: subluxation, anterolateral dislocation, posteromedial dislocation and superior dislocation. The method of treatment depends on the type of dislocation and on the presence or absence of dysfunction of the peroneal nerve. The methods of treatment are described. Ten patients treated for this instability are presented. The use of radiographs to define the lesion is discussed. Radiographs, taken at follow-up, showed degenerative changes in the proximal tibiofibular joint in 8 of the 10 patients.

Adolescent↗
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Chest radiography in acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta.

Of 123 patients who had suffered blunt trauma to the chest traumatic aortic rupture was eventually confirmed in 61 and absent in 62 patients. The chest radiographs of these patients were examined for 15 signs reported in the literature as being associated with traumatic aortic rupture. Although many individual signs were significantly more frequent in the aortic rupture group they were not useful in differentiating between patients with and those without rupture of the aorta. By using discriminant analysis combining 2 or 3 signs, patients were classified as having aortic rupture or not. The best discrimination between the two groups was obtained using the combined signs of a widened paratracheal stripe, an opacified pulmonary window, a widened right paraspinal interface and a displaced nasogastric tube.

Aorta, Thoracic↗