Osteochondral lesion of the talus: could age be an indication for arthroscopic treatment?
In contrast to some of the previous studies on this topic, we found that increased age was not an independent risk factor for poor clinical outcome after arthroscopic treatment for OLT. We did find that older patients were less likely to have a history of trauma and had a longer duration of symptoms, had smaller osteochondral defects, and had more associated intra-articular lesions.
Low amounts of long-chain n-3 and n-6 PUFAs in umbilical vessels of preeclamptic women with adequate n-6 status may indicate insufficient transplacental transfer of long-chain PUFAs. The low amounts of 20:4n-6, high amounts of 20:3n-9, and high ratio of 20:3n-9 to 20:4n-6 in umbilical arteries may unfavorably affect local prostacyclin production. Low amounts of 20:3n-6 in umbilical arteries and veins and low amounts of 20:5n-3 in maternal platelets may contribute to the dominance of eicosanoids derived from 20:4n-6.