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  2. Bone hemostasis - Wikipedia

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    Bone hemostasis is the process of controlling the bleeding from bone.. Bone is a living vascular organ containing channels for blood and bone marrow. [1] When a bone is cut during surgery bleeding can be a difficult problem to control, especially in the highly vascular bones of the spine and sternum.

  3. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    trauma surgery: penetrating pelvic trauma: bimanual palpation of foreign object lodged in pelvis with one digit in an incision lateral to the anus and the other digit inserted in the rectum Dahlén–Fuchs nodules: Johan Dahlén, Ernst Fuchs: ophthalmology: sympathetic ophthalmia: granulocytic infiltrate of the uvea: Dahl's sign: K.V. Dahl ...

  4. Paroxysmal hand hematoma - Wikipedia

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    Paroxysmal hand hematoma, also known as Achenbach syndrome, is a skin condition characterized by spontaneous focal hemorrhage into the palm or the volar surface of a finger, which results in transitory localized pain, followed by rapid swelling and localized blueish discoloration.

  5. Hematoma - Wikipedia

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    A hematoma, also spelled haematoma, or blood suffusion is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery [1] and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries.

  6. Hand surgery - Wikipedia

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    Hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity (commonly from the tip of the hand to the shoulder) [1] including injury and infection. [2] Hand surgery may be practiced by post graduates of orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery and MCh Hand surgery. [1]

  7. Paresthesia - Wikipedia

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    Paresthesias of the hands, feet, legs, and arms are common transient symptoms. The briefest electric shock type of paresthesia can be caused by tweaking the ulnar nerve near the elbow; this phenomenon is colloquially known as bumping one's "funny bone". Similar brief shocks can be experienced when any other nerve is tweaked (e.g. a pinched neck ...

  8. Hand injury - Wikipedia

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    Hand injuries when not treated on time can result in long term morbidity. [6] Simple hand injuries do not typically require antibiotics as they do not change the chance of infection. [7] Many hand injuries need surgery, but the time from injury to surgery (delays of up to 4 days) doesn't increase the chance of infection [8]

  9. Shoulder surgery - Wikipedia

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    A dislocated shoulder can be treated with: arthroscopic repairs; repair of the glenoid labrum (anterior or posterior) [1] In some cases, arthroscopic surgery is not enough to fix the injured shoulder. When the shoulder dislocates too many times and is worn down, the ball and socket are not lined up correctly.