Trigger Finger 扳機指
2023/8/14Patients often complain that they cannot straighten their fingers after bending and have to use the other hand to straighten it up. Patients can also feel a lump at the base of the side of the palm. This is the so-called trigger finger.
Spinal Stenosis 脊椎狹窄
2023/8/14Spinal stenosis occurs when bone and ligament proliferates due to lumbar degenerative disease and narrows the spinal cord cavity to compress the nerves and lead to intermittent claudication or sciatica.
Spondylolisthesis 脊椎滑脫
2023/8/14Spondylolisthesis occurs when vertebral body moves forward, backward, or to either side, causing the vertebral body is not aligned with the next vertebral body.
Limb Preservation Surgery for Bone Cancer 骨癌之肢體保全手術治療
2023/8/14In the past, the most common treatment for bone cancer was amputation, which made patients step back from treatments. However, with the progress of various medical technologies, many types of “limb preservation surgery” are available.
Can Bone Cancer Be Cured? 骨癌可以治癒嗎？
2023/8/14“Bone cancer” refers to the malignant tumor occurs in bones, and is generally classified as primary bone cancer and metastatic bone cancer.
Herniated Intervertebral Disc 椎間盤突出
2023/8/14Intervertebral disc is a structure between the vertebral bodies in spine. Herniated intervertebral disc occurs when the outer fibrous ring ruptures due to degeneration or trauma, causing the nucleus pulpous of intervertebral disc to protrude to spinal cord cavity and compress the nerves, which leads to lower limb pain and sciatica.
Prevent Fall Injuries Avoid Fractures 預防跌倒受傷 避免骨折
2023/8/14Osteoporosis is clinically defined as low bone quality and weakened bone tissue mechanical structure that cause bone tissues to become fragile and prone to fractures.
Who Needs Bone Mass Density Test? 誰需要接受骨質密度檢測
2023/8/14Current statistics indicate that males start bone mass loss later and slower than females because their bones are bigger than those in females.
Extra-corporal High Dose Irradiation Autograft Bone Reconstruction體外高劑量放射線照射後自體骨骼重建手術
2023/8/14After surgical removal of the tumor from the bone, high dose irradiation (20,000 – 30,000 rads) is used to kill all cancerous cells and then the bone is implanted back patient’s body for reconstruction. Such “autograft” bone reconstruction does not have concerns of cross infection, risks of hepatitis or AIDS infections, insufficient source of allograft bones, or not being able to find allograft bone match.
De Quervain’s Disease 淺談媽媽手
2023/8/14Many new mothers feel the pain on the sides of both thumbs near wrist joints and the pain worsens when holding their babies. This disease is nicknamed “Mama’s hand”. Its official medical term is stenosing tenosynovitis of radial styloid, or De-Quervain’s Disease.
