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PRACTICE POINTS:
Diagnostic features of undisputed TOS:
- Cervical Rib or long transverse process of C7.
- Wasting of hand and forearm muscles.
- Venous/Arterial thrombosis or aneurysm.
Even in True TOS, traumatic causation may be in doubt.Nonspecific TOS has no unassailable clinical findings and is sometimes a substandard misdiagnosis.
In the absence of clear diagnostic criteria, major complications of surgery may be difficult to defend.
Other related links:
Medical Multimedia Group
Dr. M. R. Patel
National Institutes of Health
Medicine Net
Issues of Injury
Kenny, et al; American Journal of Surgery
Wheeless Textbook of Orthopedics
AVASCULAR NECROSIS
PRACTICE POINTS:
Excessive alcohol intake may predispose to the development of steroid-induced avascular necrosis through a common mechanism.Negligence may be found when the regular dose of steroid prescribed is clearly and persistently more than was necessary to control the disease.
Other related links:
Medicine Net
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics
Dr. David A. Bluemke
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
PRACTICE POINTS:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is common in the healthy and in the normal postoperative population.As an expression of emotional distress IBS may be factored into a claim for damages arising from medical negligence.
Other related links:STROKE SURGERY
Medicine Net
PRACTICE POINT:
If spontaneous bleeding into the brain was treated neurosurgically, it is not likely that delay in referral altered the outcome.Other related links:PRACTICE POINTS:
Medicine Net
Excessive alcohol intake may predispose to the development of steroid-induced avascular necrosis through a common mechanism.
Negligence may be found when the regular dose of steroid prescribed is clearly and persistently more than was necessary to control the disease.
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