38 articles in this issue
Bas L. Fransen,Marco J.M. Hoozemans,Stan J. Vos
Early research shows several advantages of the Direct Anterior Approach (DAA) in total hip arthroplasty (THA), although no studies evaluated the DAA on a regular operating table without using fluoroscopy. We compared the outcome of this variation of the D... see more
laurent WILLEMOT,Redouan ELFADALLI,Kjell C JASPARS,Mark H AWH,Jeff PEETERS,Nick JANSEN,Geert DECLERQ,Olivier VERBORGT
The aim of this study was to assess radiological and clinical outcome after arthroscopic all-suture anchor labral repair. 20 patients treated for anterior and superior labral instability (mean age 29, range 14-51 years) were assessed at a minimum follow-u... see more
Sokratis E Varitimidis,Zoe H Dailiana,Dimitrios Christou,Katerina Grafanaki,Maria G Ioannou,Costas Stathopoulos,Konstantinos N Malizos
Abolfazl Bagherifard
Triceps avulsions are reported to be among the least common tendon avulsions and associated injuries are not well understood. The study aim was to describe characteristics of triceps avulsions and it associated injuries. In this case series three patients... see more
Yuan Wu,Peiyang Shang,Lingbin Che,Tingjun Ye,Lei Wang,Shijing Qiu
In order to minimize the bias of Constant score, we modified the allocation of strength subscore. One hundred and two patients with 3- and 4-part proximal humerus fractures were treated using locking plate fixation and followed up for >1 year. The clin... see more
aysha s rajeev,nezar tumia,kaushalendra karn,shankar kashyap,david mayne
The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of bolus local anaesthesia, infusion in to the surgical site and nerve blocks with femoral nerve catheter and its functional outcome.A prospective audit of 114 patients undergoing total knee arthroplas... see more
Ludo Ivar Folmer Penning,Rob A. de Bie,Pieter Leffers,René E. Weijers,Geert H.I.M. Walenkamp
This study tries to validate the empty can test and drop arm test for cuff-rupture when assessed before and after subacromial injection of a corticosteroid with lidocain against ultrasound. 50 Patients with subacromial impingement entered... see more
RU Jiang-ying,NIU Yun-fei,CONG Yu,KANG Wen-bo,CANG Hai-bin,Zhao Jian-ning
Aim of the present study was to compare the outcomes between ERN and ACP in treatment of femoral shaft nonunion after IMN retrospectively. 178 patients(180 cases )with femoral shaft nonunion after IMN received therapy with either ERN (n=8... see more
Yi-xing Huang,Xian-hong Yi,Jun Pan
The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with posteromedial tibial plateau fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) through a posteromedial approach.Thirty-six patients with posteromedial tibial plate... see more
benoit robert zachee
Frederik VERSTREKEN,Ilse DEGREEF,Arne DECRAMER,Katleen LIBBERECHT,Wim VANHOVE,Alexandru DATCO,Jeroen VANHAECKE,Didier CLERMONT,Joris DUERINCKX
Dupuytren’s disease is a connective tissue disorder leading to contractures. It can be treated surgically or through injections of collagenase Clostridium histolyticum (CCH). Patients with Dupuytren’s contracture (>20°) and a palpable cord were include... see more
Emanuel Van Hoecke,Arne Van de Vyver,Francis Van Glabbeek
Introduction: Treatment of complex radial head fractures remains a subject of controversy. Replacement of the radial head with a prosthesis is considered treatement of choice but long-term results are scarce. We report our mid to long-term (mean 9,4 ... see more
Joris Jan Jeannine Beckers
Jesse W.P. Kuiper,Stan (C.J.) Vos,Bart J. Burger,Sascha Colen
Recently, guidelines regarding diagnosis and treatment of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) have been published, but it is unknown how well these are followed in the Netherlands and Belgium. Therefore, a survey study was performed in the Netherlands an... see more
Stefano Gumina,Vittorio Candela,Daniele Passaretti
Jian Fan
The aim of the study was to analysis soft-tissue complications of volar plate fixation and it’s prevention strategies along with exploring clinical effects of preserving pronator muscle. Sixty-five patients (30 patients with PQ quadratus ,35 pa... see more
Yuki Fujihara,Masahiro Tatebe,Nasa Fujihara,Hiromasa Tanaka,Hitoshi Hirata
The aim of this study was to identify the fragment’s shape by evaluating olecranon fractures. We examined the CT images of 48 olecranon fractures (28 women and 20 men).Mean age was 59.9 years. On the olecranon’s posterior surface, we measured the distance... see more
Robert W Jordan,Rahil Naeem,Saqiba Jadoon,Kuntrapaka Srinivas,Gunaratnam Shyamalan
The aim of this study was to report the success of maintaining reduced distal radius fractures with cast immobilisation and analyse risk factors for redisplacement. A retrospective analysis of distal radius fractures manipulated between April 2011 and 201... see more
Asterios Dramis,Robert J Grimer,Konstantinos Malizos,Roger M Tillman,Adesegun Abudu,Lee Jeys,Simon R Carter
We are reporting our experience on patients with pelvic Ewing’s Sarcoma treated in our unit. We retrospectively reviewed a series of patients with non-metastatic pelvic Ewing’s sarcoma treated between 1977 and 2009. Treatments included surgery, radiothera... see more
Huseyin OZKAN,Tolga EGE,Kenan KOCA,NURAY CAN,Yuksel YURTTAS,Servet TUNAY
Sivaraman Subramanian,Martyn Parker
Atypical femoral fractures have been associated with long term use of bisphosphonates. Our study plan was to report the outcome of treatment for a series of patients with an atypical femoral fracture and to compare the characteristics of those patients wi... see more
Nicola Stadler,Klemens Trieb
A large number of short stem prostheses for hip arthroplasty have been introduced in the past years. Although there is a large increase of publications about short stems, there is still little data available about survival and revision rates. We report pr... see more
Masahiro Tatebe,Hitoshi Hirata,Kenji Tanaka,Takeshi Oguchi,Shiro Urata
The purpose of this study was to review the clinical results of carpal ligaments injuries with scaphoid nonunion. We hypothesized that scaphoid nonunion with carpal ligament injury is associated with clinical result. We retrospectively reviewed 60 cases o... see more
Ruiduan Liu,Zhaoxu Li,Anmin JIN
Jung Ho Noh,Hee Soo Kyung,Kyoung Ho Yoon,Young Hak Roh
We compare clinical outcomes of two different supplementary tibial fixation in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using free tendon Achilles allograft. Eighty subjects underwent ACL reconstruction using Endobutton CL for femoral fixation and ... see more
Gopalakrishna Pemmaraju,James William Bassett,Raad Abbas,Amit Kotecha,Sanjiv Chugh,Ejaz Mughal
Background: Patellofemoral instability is multifactorial and is associated with pathomechanics secondary to anatomical variance. Surgical management of this problem must be tailored to each patient and a thorough clinical and radiological assessment of th... see more
Jie-Feng Huang,Jun-Jie Chen,Jian-Jian Shen,Wen-Xi Du,Fu-Cun Liu,Pei-Jian Tong
The Unified Classification System has expanded and updated the Vancouver Classification System and applied treatment principles to all periprosthetic fractures. This study assessed the reliability and validity of the Unified Classification System for femu... see more
Qibin YE,Guanjun WANG,Zhengda KUANG,Mingkui DU,Huiru JI,Xinyu ZHANG
The purpose of this study is to report the effectiveness of transpedicular enucleation and Plate-Rod System for Scoliosis (PRSS) fixation for the ... see more
Sascha Hopp,Reiner Wirbel,Ishaq Ojodu,Antonius Pizanis,Tim Pohlemann,Jörg Fleischer
The aim of this study was to compare two proximal femur nails with regard to the complication rate and midterm clinical outcome: the InterTAN nail (ITN) versus the third generation gamma nail (GN).78 patients older than 60 years with an unstable intertroc... see more
Barakat Sayed El-Alfy,Ayman Mohamed Ali,Abdelrahman Ahmed El-Ganiney
The aim of this study is to describe the morphology of the posteromedial fragment in the setting of bicondylar tibial plateau fractures and to use it as a base for selection of the method of fixation. Twenty two patients with bicondylar tibial plate... see more
Andreas F. Mavrogenis,Zinon Kokkalis,Christos Vottis,Loukia Papatheodorou,Panayiotis Papagelopoulos,Dean Sotereanos
Nerve wrap protectors are bioabsorbable synthetic materials made of collagen or extracellular matrix that provide a non-constricting encasement for injured peripheral nerves. They are designed to be used as an interface between the nerve and the sur... see more
dr satish kumar,dr gagan naresh CHADHA
Anne Karelse
Purpose: We evaluate our experience with arthroscopic interpositioning arthroplasty as a treatment of the young degenerative shoulder joint.Material and Methods: Between 2007 and 2009 ten patients were treated with either a dermal allograft or a meniscal ... see more
Sorin Daniel IORDACHE,Diane NAM,Jacques PEYLAN,Terry AXELROD
We present the outcome of four-corner wrist arthrodesis using two headless compression screws for fixation. The study group consisted of 27 patients who underwent arthrodesis from 1998 through 2007. Data on demographic parameters, diagnosis, range of moti... see more
Nikola Vucinic,Mirela Eric,Mirjana Savic
This study was designed to find a possible correlation between the presence of the palmaris longus and function of the fifth flexor digitorum superficialis. We examined 300 participants to assess the absence of palmaris longus and flexor digitorum superfi... see more
Oliver Hauschild,Martin Lüdemann,Monika Engelhardt,Daniel Baumhoer,Tobias Baumann,Tania Elger,Norbert P. Südkamp,Georg W. Herget
The aim of this study was to describe treatment options and develop a follow-up regime for the aneurysmal bone cysts, a neoplastic bone lesion with a noticeable recurrence rate. Reports of 28 patients and a mean follow-up of 42.2 months treated multidisci... see more
Michel Jean Le Duff,Sandeep Kaur Bhaurla,Kohtaroh Brian Takamura,Harlan Cabot Amstutz
Introduction: There is a paucity of information regarding the clinical performance of the fully cementless metal-on-metal hip resurfacing designs. We compared the biomechanical reconstruction between the two hips of a group of patients treated with a hybr... see more
stanley jones,Matthew Hampton,Naidu Maripuri,Sumukh Khandekar,Stephen Giles,James Fernandes
The purpose of this study is to present our experience of treating adolescent femoral fractures using a locked intramedullary nail with a lateral trochanteric entry point. We retrospectively reviewed 15 femoral fractures in 13 adolescents who were treated... see more