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INTRODUCTION: 'Burning Feet Syndrome' affected up to one third of Far Eastern Prisoners of War in World War 2. Recently discovered medical records, produced by RAF Medical Officer Nowell Peach whilst in captivity, are the first to detail neurological examinations of patients with this condition. METHODS: The 54 sets of case notes produced at the time were analysed using modern diagnostic criteria to determine if the syndrome can be retrospectively classed as neuropathic pain. RESULTS: With a history of severe malnutrition raising the possibility of a peripheral polyneuropathy, and a neuroanatomically plausible pain distribution, this analysis showed that Burning Feet Syndrome can now be described as a 'possible' neuropathic pain syndrome. CONCLUSION: After 70 years, the data painstakingly gathered under the worst of circumstances have proved to be of interest and value in modern diagnostics of neuropathic pain.
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Doenças do Pé/história , Neuralgia/história , Prisioneiros de Guerra/história , Ásia Oriental , Doenças do Pé/diagnóstico , Doenças do Pé/etiologia , Doenças do Pé/terapia , História do Século XX , Humanos , Desnutrição/complicações , Desnutrição/história , Registros Médicos , Medicina Militar/história , Neuralgia/diagnóstico , Neuralgia/etiologia , Neuralgia/terapia , Exame Físico/métodos , SíndromeAssuntos
Doenças do Pé/história , Doenças do Pé/terapia , História Antiga , Humanos , Mesopotâmia , TraduçõesRESUMO
The purpose of our study was to summarize all the knowledge concerning the innovative pioneer in the field of orthopaedic surgery, Nicholas J. Giannestras (1908-1978). A thorough study of texts, medical books and reports, in the field of history of medicine, together with a review of the available literature in PubMed, was undertaken. Giannestras left his mark in the history of orthopaedics with his clinical work and his publications, mainly his treatise "Foot Disorders: Medical and Surgical Management" (1973), while his name lingers in Greece with the introduction of spine fusion with the use of metallic implants. He was an eminent university clinical professor of orthopaedics who had harmonically combined academic writing, teaching and clinical research in every field of orthopaedic surgery.
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Doenças do Pé/história , Procedimentos Ortopédicos/história , Ortopedia/história , Fusão Vertebral/história , Doenças do Pé/cirurgia , Grécia , História do Século XX , Humanos , Procedimentos Ortopédicos/instrumentação , Procedimentos Ortopédicos/métodos , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The authors have developed an endoscopic approach to a plantar fasciotomy. This technique would minimize the surgical trauma that is normally induced with a conventional type of heel spur surgery. The authors believe that this new technique will provide an earlier return to normal ambulation, less loss of work, and earlier, overall increased patient comfort.
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Articulação do Tornozelo/cirurgia , Artroscopia/história , Fasciotomia , Doenças do Pé/história , Artroscopia/métodos , Cadáver , Doenças do Pé/cirurgia , História do Século XX , HumanosRESUMO
The causes of laminitis are many-often interrelated, sometimes direct opposites. The history of laminitis has been a search for the cause or causes of laminitis and for effective treatment. Going in and out of fashion, many treatments have lasted for centuries, some for millennia, but very few have been proven.
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Doenças do Pé/veterinária , Casco e Garras , Doenças dos Cavalos/história , Inflamação/veterinária , Animais , Doenças do Pé/história , História do Século XV , História do Século XVI , História do Século XVII , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , História do Século XXI , História Antiga , História Medieval , Cavalos , Inflamação/históriaAssuntos
Artrite Gotosa/história , Doenças do Pé/história , Alemanha , Hallux , História Medieval , HumanosAssuntos
Doenças do Pé/história , Pé , Medicina Militar/história , História do Século XX , Humanos , Sapatos/história , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Pathological abnormality (neuroma) related to the painful foot condition commonly called "Morton's metatarsalgia" was first observed in 1835 by Filippo Civinini (1805-1844) of Pistoia, in course of a cadaverous dissection, and clearly described in the anatomic letter entitled "Su un nervoso gangliare rigonfiamento alla pianta del piede" ("On the neural ganglion swelling of the foot sole"). In this study a brief review on the history of Morton's metatarsalgia is carried out, and the importance of Civinini in the discovery of the neuroma of the III intermetatarsal web is underlined.
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Anatomia/história , Doenças do Pé/história , Neuroma/história , Cadáver , Dissecação , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , Humanos , Itália , Metatarsalgia/história , Dedos do Pé/inervação , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Current medical nomenclature is often based on the early history of the condition, when the true etiology of the disease or condition was not known. Sadly, this incorrect terminology can become inextricably woven into the lexicon of mainstream medicine. More important, when this is the case, the terminology itself can become integrated into current clinical decision making and ultimately into surgical intervention for the condition. "Morton's neuroma" is perhaps the most striking example of this nomenclature problem in foot and ankle surgery. We aimed to delineate the historical impetus for the terminology still being used today for this condition and to suggest appropriate terminology based on our current understanding of its pathogenesis. We concluded that this symptom complex should be given the diagnosis of nerve compression and be further distinguished by naming the involved nerve, such as compression of the interdigital nerve to the third web space or compression of the third common plantar digital nerve. Although the nomenclature becomes longer, the pathogenesis is correct, and treatment decisions can be made accordingly.
