Disease relevance of Tarsal Bones

• The peak favor VII level during surgical coverage with Factor VII Concentrate (neurosurgery, open reduction of ankle bones, dental surgery, pituitary adenoma surgery, closed liver biopsy) was approximately 100% in all cases, with trough levels ranging from 8 to 65% over treatment periods of 24 hr to 16 days using treatment intervals of 6-12 hr [1].
• MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Arch height and tarsal bone positions before and after a flatfoot deformity created by ligament sectioning; tarsal bone positions determined with a magnetic tracking system [2].
• The lesion was treated surgically, and multiple osteochondromas were excised, which had no continuity with any tarsal bone or joint cavity but did with the sheaths of the flexor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis longus [3].

High impact information on Tarsal Bones

• PARP has also been isolated from bovine articular cartilage, bovine fetal epiphysis, and nonossified human tarsal bones [4].
• When pregnant mice were given small doses of teratogens (cytosine arabinoside, mitomycin C, or busulfan) that did not induce anomalies of any other organs, a high incidence of carpal and tarsal bone anomalies still occurred [5].
• Stage specificity of Ara-C induced carpal and tarsal bone anomalies in mice [6].
• Almost all newborns with Ara-C-induced digital anomalies (oligodactyly or polydactyly) had anomalies of carpal or tarsal bones in the particular paw, while anomalies of carpal or tarsal bones could occur in the presence or absence of digital anomalies [7].
• The location of the ossification center within its cartilaginous anlage and the percentage of ossification of the cartilaginous anlagen of the talus, calcaneus, cuboid bone, and navicular bone were determined from coronal and sagittal images [8].

Biological context of Tarsal Bones

• Plantar-opening wedge osteotomy of the three cuneiform bones, preceded by selective plantar release, corrects forefoot pronation which is the primum movens of the deformity, and corrects the cavus at its apex [9].

Anatomical context of Tarsal Bones

• Surgical repair of a dislocated superficial digital flexor tendon and fractured fibular tarsal bone in a horse [10].
• A young llama evaluated for bilateral hind limb lameness was found to have cranially rotated tibial tarsal bones as well as bilateral carpus and tarsus valgus and a ventricular septal defect [11].

Gene context of Tarsal Bones

• In a comprehensive review of the literature, aneurysmal bone cysts are an infrequently reported neoplasm of the foot and ankle bones [12].

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