Do patient or provider characteristics impact management of diabetes?
Patient, but not provider characteristics, predicted glycemic control and therapy intensification. Improving systems of care such as disease management services may be a better use of resources than focusing on individual providers.
From an architectural point of view the PT is an excellent donor choice for transfer to the ECRB for restoration of wrist extension or to the EPL for restoration of thumb extension. Because there is fiber length heterogeneity within the PT, however, when the ulnar head is present it may limit the total excursion of the donor muscle. These data suggest that releasing the ulnar head of the PT before transfer may result in larger excursions of this important motor in tendon transfer surgery.