New Closed Skin Bone-Anchored Implant: Preliminary Results in 6 Children With Ear Atresia.
New closed skin bone-anchored implant: preliminary results in 6 children with ear atresia.
Otol Neurotol. 2013 Feb; 34(2): 275-81
Denoyelle F, Leboulanger N, Coudert C, Mazzaschi O, Loundon N, Vicaut E, Tessier N, Garabedian EN
To report preliminary results of a new closed-skin, transcutaneous bone conduction device (BCD) in 6 children with high-grade ear atresia.Tertiary care center; prospective study; we evaluated the gain with masking of the contralateral ear and the benefit of hearing rehabilitation with the transcutaneous BCD in noise: speech-in-noise tests, conducted in real life condition (with contralateral ear unmasked and fitted with a hearing device if done before implantation), with and without BCD, with determination of the speech reception threshold (SRT). Children and parent’s satisfaction was assessed.Patients’ ages ranged from 6 to 9 years. All had high-grade ear atresia with a preoperative mean pure-tone average (PTA) loss of 71.46 +/- 6.59 dB on air conduction and 14 +/- 4.98 dB on bone conduction. At M6, all children used the implant 5 to 12 hours daily (mean, 10) without pain or cutaneous complications. At M6, the mean air conduction PTA with transcutaneous BCD was 28.45 +/- 1.68 dB, the mean gain 43 +/- 6.96 dB, and the mean SRT gain 33.33 +/- 10.75 dB. Using speech-in-noise tests in real-life conditions, the mean SRT was statistically improved with the transcutaneous BCD (-8 +/- 2.83 dB, p = 0.0313). Both children and parents reported being satisfied or very satisfied.These preliminary results show satisfactory functional gain, cutaneous tolerance, and patients’ satisfaction with the new transcutaneous BCD. HubMed – rehab
Reproducibility of tender point examination in chronic low back pain patients as measured by intrarater and inter-rater reliability and agreement: a validation study.
BMJ Open. 2013; 3(2):
Jensen OK, Callesen J, Nielsen MG, Ellingsen T
To evaluate the reliability and agreement of digital tender point (TP) examination in chronic low back pain (LBP) patients.Cross-sectional study.Hospital-based validation study.Among sick-listed LBP patients referred from general practitioners for low back examination and return-to-work intervention, 43 and 39 patients, respectively (18 women, 46%) entered and completed the study.The reliability was estimated by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and agreement was calculated for up to ±3 TPs. Furthermore, the smallest detectable difference was calculated.TP examination was performed twice by two consultants in rheumatology and rehabilitation at 20 min intervals and repeated 1 week later. Intrarater reliability in the more and less experienced rater was ICC 0.84 (95% CI 0.69 to 0.98) and 0.72 (95% CI 0.49 to 0.95), respectively. The figures for inter-rater reliability were intermediate between these figures. In more than 70% of the cases, the raters agreed within ±3 TPs in both men and women and between test days. The smallest detectable difference between raters was 5, and for the more and less experienced rater it was 4 and 6 TPs, respectively.The reliability of digital TP examination ranged from acceptable to excellent, and agreement was good in both men and women. The smallest detectable differences varied from 4 to 6 TPs. Thus, TP examination in our hands was a reliable but not precise instrument. Digital TP examination may be useful in daily clinical practice, but regular use and training sessions are required to secure quality of testing. HubMed – rehab
The transition between work, sickness absence and pension in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors.
BMJ Open. 2013; 3(2):
Carlsen K, Harling H, Pedersen J, Christensen KB, Osler M
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on the transitions between work, sickness absence and retirement in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors.Register-based cohort study with up to 10 years of follow-up.Population-based study with use of administrative health-related and socioeconomic registers.All persons (N=4343) diagnosed with colorectal cancer in Denmark during the years 2001-2009 while they were in their working age (18-63 years) and who were part of the labour force 1 year postdiagnosis. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: By the use of multistate models in Cox proportional hazards models, we analysed the HR for re-employment, sickness absence and retirement in models including clinical as well as health-related variables.1 year after diagnosis, 62% were working and 58% continued until the end of follow-up. Socioeconomic factors were found to be associated with retirement but not with sickness absence and return to work. The risk for transition from work to sickness absence increased if the disease was diagnosed at a later stage (stage III) 1.52 (95% CI 1.21 to 1.91), not operated curatively 1.35 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.63) and with occurrence of postoperative complications 1.25 (95% CI 1.11 to 1.41). The opposite was found for the transition from sickness absence back to work.This nationwide study of colorectal cancer patients who have survived 1 year shows that the stage of disease, general health condition of the individual, postoperative complications and the history of sickness absence and unemployment have an impact on the transition between work, sickness absence and disability pension. This leads to an increased focus on the rehabilitation process for the more vulnerable persons who have a combination of severe disease and a history of work-related problems with episodes outside the working market. HubMed – rehab
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