On 11/14/17 I met Mr. Rasak at the office of Dr. Marquart. Mr. Rasak arrived with his wife. He walks using a cane. We had an extremely long wait. Mr. Rasak moved his right leg frequently getting up and walking at times. He reports the injection done on 9/7/17 did not help for the first few days. Then it seemed to “kicking”. He said it helped then seemed to peak before not helping at all with pain. He did report though that the pain is not as severe as it was before the injection. Dr. Marquart took time to review the prior x-rays. He showed Mr. Rasak the fracture alignment. Mr. Rasak asked if the bone had slipped out of place. He was told no that the bone healed just off the mark. There is a lot of post-traumatic arthritis in the …show more content…
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He said that Mr. Rasak is a high-risk surgery candidate. He fears that with his heart, edema to the extremity that he is at high risk for a surgery not healing and risking an amputation. He would not recommend any surgery. He said that he has another injection that also included Toradol that may help to give him more relief for a longer period of time. He can have the injections every 3 to 4 months. He also told Mr. Rasak that he is leaving the practice moving to another State so another physician in the practice who specializes in ankles will take over his care. We also discussed the possibility that he may be helped with the pain with some other medications such as Mobic. He was told to speak with his primary care provider since he knows his history and all of the medications he takes. In the meantime, he can take Tylenol Arthritis. The injection was performed at the office and a new
appointment was made. RETURN TO WORK ACTIVITY Mr. Rasak is allowed to work sitting down work only with limited stairs. Ms. Castle updates the employer of his work status. The work restrictions are now permanent. ASSESSMENT Mr. Rasak had some relief from h ankle pain with the prior injection and hopes the new injection with additional medication will help. He really doesn’t want to have any surgery but would like more relief from his pain. PLAN/RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Contact Mrs. Rasak every 4 weeks to obtain an update on Mr. Rasak’s medical progress. Ascertain the outcome of the injection done on 11/14/17. 2. Attend appointment with the new provider on 3/16/18. 3. The adjuster will update employer on the current work status and medical status.
Intra articular fractures of calcaneus occurs following eccentric loading of the talus on the calcaneus.(fig 5.1) The severity, type and location of fracture are determined by the position of the foot, the direction and magnitude of applied force and quality of bone 49.
Norvell, J. G. (2013, June 11). Tibia and Fibula Fracture Clinical Presentation. Retrieved from http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/826304-clinical
Increasing number of arthroscopies being performed worldwide (1,000,000 per year), the total number of complications is significant. The percentage of complications after arthroscopy oscillates about 2%. The most common complications are: intraarticular damage, neurological injury, vascular injury etc. [1]
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Once school was out last year, I had done something to my foot. I don’t know what happened to it, but I know a general time frame it happened in. At first, I thought it was just my foot getting used to the new summer conditioning. After about three weeks, the pain had moved towards my achilles tendon. Once that happened, I only had pain when I pointed my toes, or pushed through my toes. The pain was to a point where my coach was noticing a change in tumbling, so she had me go to a doctor to make sure everything was
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Total Hip Replacement (THR) is a surgical procedure that relieves pain from most kinds of hip arthritis, thus helping to improve the quality of life for the majority of the patients that undergo the operation. Arthritis simply means "inflammation of a joint." Arthritis can occur in any joint in the body. The main symptom of arthritis is pain which usually worsens with activity and weight bearing. This pain may be relieved most of the time through rest. There are over 100 types of arthritis but less than a handful account for over than 95 percent of the hip replacements that are performed. Some of these include Osteoarthritis (causes deterioration of the cartilage and the growth of bone spurs), Rheumatoid arthritis and Osteonecrosis of the femoral head. Doctors suggest that before considering hip replacement surgery for arthritis that the patient tries a number of non-operative interventions. Your doctor may have you consider little things such as weight loss (most arthritis is caused due to the weight bearing on a joint), activity modification or even the use of a cane. Patients should consider THR when daily living activities become harder to accomplish due to the pain. These activities would include walking, climbing stairs or other moderate pastimes. Anti-inflammatory medications which will help reduce the inflammation from the arthritis and reduce your pain may also be prescribed by the patient's doctor.
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This Preusser (2008) case study involves a 75 year old female, S.P., who fell at home and is admitted to the orthopedic ward for an intracapsular fracture of the hip at the femoral neck (p. 183). Assessment data includes her height is 5’3”, weight is 118 lbs, blood pressure...
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This is his first admission to the ward after having his second episode of the same pain. The first episode was 10 days prior to his admission. The first episode was relieved after taking pain killer at the clinic.
Aim of the treatment should be to mobilize these patients early. To achieve this anatomical reduction of comminuted fracture and stable fixation by PFN will restore the neck shaft angle and preserve patients hip joint, which gives lesser pain ,patients will walk better postoperatively, thus patients can be rehabilitated better and early. Because of some demeritis of PFN, hemiarthroplasty
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