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	<description>my thoughts and memory aids re: orthopedic surgery, with a bias toward hand and upper extremity surgery and exam relevant topics</description>
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		<title>Complex Regional Pain Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chronic progressive condition characterized by severe pain, swelling, and skin changes.
Subtypes

Type 1 (AKA RSD) : not associated with nerve injury, but may be associated with other trauma &#8211;
Type 2 (AKA causalgia): associated with nerve injury

Both types:

spontaneous pain or allodynia not limited to single peripheral nerve distribution &#8212; disporportionate to inciting event.
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		<title>Collagen tubes for digital nerve</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retro review
12 patients
9 have outcomes data. 12-22 months
2pt:  good/excellent 8/9
SW:  5 full/ dim lt touch 2 / dim prot.sens 1 / loss prot. Sens 1
BG:  collagen vs PGA tubes avail.
PGA tubes have head to head comparison with primary repair and grafting. &#8211;  weber 2000 randomized trial
Mat. &#38; Methods:
2 yr period
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		<title>The bow of the radius</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;it has a slight lateral convexity or bowing.&#8221;
&#8220;the body is concave anteriorly in its proximal three-fourths and flattened in its distal one-fourth.&#8221;

Clinically oriented Anatomy. 3ed  KL Moore p.555


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		<title>Saturday run</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[june 14Find more Runs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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		<title>running log</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Parallel Blog.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started posting notes on a parallel blog: orthoreview.wordpress.com
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		<title>Principles of Tendon Transfer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
correction of contracture
adequate strength
adequate amplitude (3/5/7 rule at hand &#38; wrist)
straight line of pull &#8212; artificial pulleys always attenuate
1 tendon : 1 function  (exception is FDS insertion allows natural split to 2 insertions &#8212; but definitely a fiddle)
synergism
expendable donor
tissue equilibrium

N.B. timing of transfers.

3 key questions:


What function is missing?
What can be sacrificed?
What does the patient need?


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		<title>probability &#8211; the briefest possible review.</title>
		<link>http://satyampatel.wordpress.com/2008/03/22/probability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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P(event A) = relative frequency of Event A / large number of events (where A is possible)
Conditional Probability = p(a) given that b has already happened.  P(a&#124;b)
independent events: event b has absolutely no effect on P(a).  P(a)= (a&#124;b)

if a and b are independent, P(A &#38; B) = P(B)P(A)


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		<title>Biostatistics and Epidemiological Methods</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Relative Risk = ratio of rate of disease in those exposed to that rate among those not exposed.

 e.g. RR(lung CA) = rate of lung CA in smokers / rate of lung CA in nonsmokers

Attributable Risk = rate of disease in exposed &#8211; rate of disease in non-exposed
Controlled Clinical Trial

 prospective study
split participants into 2 groups (usually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=satyampatel.wordpress.com&blog=892933&post=89&subd=satyampatel&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In case of no pulse&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://satyampatel.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/in-case-of-no-pulse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the ACLS Algorithm (2005)
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