J. Forst
RWTH Aachen University
15 Papers
82 Citations
J. Forst is an academic researcher from RWTH Aachen University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 15 publications.
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Papers
Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle: causal treatment by early core decompression
TL;DR: Core decompression by extra-articular drilling into the femoral condyle can be recommended as an effective treatment in initial osteonecrosis of the knee (still radiologically invisible), however, if radiologically a flattening of the affected femoral Condyle becomes apparent, progression of this disease cannot be avoided.
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Ipsilateral Peroneus Brevis Tendon Grafting in a Complicated Case of Traumatic Rupture of Tibialis Anterior Tendon
TL;DR: The case of a 28-year-old world-class female triathlete who sustained an open laceration of the tibialis anterior tendon from the bicycle chain guard is reported and she became the second European triathlon champion eight months later.
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Pain therapy following joint replacement.A randomized study of patient-controlled analgesia versus conventional pain therapy.
TL;DR: The conclusion is drawn that even if the patients feel satisfied by the pain therapy administered, the majority are objectively treated below their individual subjective pain threshold.
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Platelet function deficiency in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
TL;DR: It is concluded that this finding of deficiency of platelet function in DMD patients is of no importance in everyday life and minor operations, e.g. lower limb surgery, however, in major spinal surgery, the Platelet function deficiency occurs.
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Pathogenetic relevance of the pregnancy hormone relaxin to inborn hip instability.
TL;DR: The results indicate that hip instability frequently occurs with decreasing relaxin concentration, contradict the earlier assumption that hip stability coincides with increased relaxin concentrations in newborns.
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