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Dialysis
Researchers at National Taiwan University, Medical Department publish new data on dialysis
June 1st, 2009
According to a study from Taipei, Taiwan, "Total or near-total rupture of the pectoralis major muscle is rare. It has mainly occurred in male patients between 20 - 40 years of age while performing weight-lifting." "Major tendon rupture is a rare but well-documented complication of long-term dialysis. However, rupture of pectoralis major in dialysis patients had never been reported before. Here, we present a pectoralis major rupture in an elderly patient receiving maintenance hemodialysis. Both old age and long-term dialysis could be risk factors of rupture," wrote L.C. Ho and colleagues, National Taiwan University, Medical Department. The researchers...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2009-06-01)
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