July 5, 2023
By Vipul Kella, M.D., MBA. FACEP Expert Witness Case Review: Compartment Syndrome Case: A 17-year-old was injured while playing indoor soccer. He presented to the ER with a broken left and underwent surgery the same night. He began complaining of pain, numbness, and burning to the leg after discharge but was discharged home. Six days later
April 12, 2023
Shaw scalpel use for recurrent laryngeal nerve dissection: safety parameter findings from continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring in swine models Authors: Dawon Park, Ji Young You1, Hsien Wen Yang, Ralph P. Tufano, Hoon Yub Kim
December 30, 2022
Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome: More than Shin Splints Case History State champion, female high school gymnast, Lacey Scheid was diagnosed with Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS). For months, her trainer and doctors treated her condition as shin splints, reducing her training and recommending that she wear a walking boot. The delayed diagnosis resulted in lost
December 30, 2022
Patient Profile | Maddie CECS C2Dx Case Study Case History Female collegiate soccer player, Maddie Fouts discovers that what she thought was years of recurring shin splints is actually Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS). The delayed diagnosis cost her years of additional pain and anxiety.
September 16, 2022
Treating Pain with Heat and Cold Authors: Ana Gotter, Medically reviewed by Judith Marcin, M.D. We treat everything from arthritis to pulled muscles to inflammation with ice packs or heating pads. Treating pain with hot and cold can be extremely effective for a number of different conditions and injuries, and easily affordable. The tricky part
September 9, 2022
Nare Obstruction Due to Massive Rhinophyma Treated Using the Shaw Scalpel Authors: Vinny Seiverling, MD and Isaac M. Neuhaus, MD
September 7, 2022
Mavor first described chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS) in 1956 in which there was increased pressure within a specific muscle compartment of the leg, which causes pressure on vessels and nerves causing the symptoms. Abstract Increased tissue pressure within a fascial compartment may be the result of any increase in volume within its contents or
September 6, 2022
The number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 5% from 2018 to 2019 and has quadrupled since 19991. Over 70% of the 70,630 deaths in 2019 involved an opioid. From 2018 to 2019, there were significant changes in opioid-involved death rates: Opioid-involved death rates increased by over 6%. Prescription opioid-involved death rates decreased by
April 16, 2022
Opioid complications and side effects Authors: Ramsin Benyamin, Andrea M Trescot, Sukdeb Datta, Ricardo Buenaventura, Rajive Adlaka, Nalini Sehgal, Scott E Glaser, and Ricardo Vallejo Medications which bind to opioid receptors are increasingly being prescribed for the treatment of multiple and diverse chronic painful conditions. Their use for acute pain or terminal pain is well
March 13, 2022
Shaw scalpel in revision Cochlear implant surgery Authors Thomas J. Roland, Andrew J. Fishman, Susan B. Waltzman, Noel L. Cohen