Transplantation medicine has made another step forward! This time a person, who had been doomed for a wheelchair, was given a chance to walk on new legs. The simultaneous transplantation of two legs was conducted by dr Pedro Cavadas from Spain. Read full text »

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a common disorder which makes moving hand difficult and causes large discomfort. Until now one of the method of treatment included cutting the skin and decompression of median nerve whose tightness caused the symptoms of disorder. Scientists, however, have formulated a method which to large extend minimizes disturbing continuity of skin and other tissues. The method described by Stephen B. Gunther from Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital together with associates is to decompress the nerve percutaneously  together with the use of nerve conduction procedure. Read full text »

There seems to have appeared an alternative to surgery for patients suffering from Dupuytren’s contracture. Pharmaceutical company, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. produces Xiaflex, which will be known in Europe as Xiapex. The medicine has been proven effective in a broad range of patients (1). Treatment with Xiaflex significantly reduced the angle of contracture in both metacarpophalangeal (MP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints, with clinically meaningful responses in both less severe and more severe contractures (2). Almost a year ago the medicine was approved by Food & Drug Administration as the only pharmacological method of treating Dupuytren’s contracture. Read full text »