19 articles in this issue
mohamed samy,Amr Darwish
Background : The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of fixation of clavicle alone in floating shoulder injury.From 2007to 2011 thirteen patients with floating shoulder injury (ipsilateral clavicle and scapular neck fra... see more
Hyun Il Lee,Keun Ho Lee,Kyoung Hwan Koh,Hee Jae Won,Hyung Kwon Cho,Min Jong Park
Vikki Wylde,Samantha Dixon,Laura Miller,Michael Whitehouse,Ashley Blom
The aim of this study was to determine outcomes and survivorship of the Triathlon knee replacement up to 5 years post-operation. A cohort of 266 patients receiving a Triathlon knee replacement were assessed before surgery and at 3 months, 1 year, 2 ... see more
Thomas Quirynen,Kristoff Corten,Olivier Segal,Jean-Pierre Simon,Jos Vander Sloten,Harry G. van Lenthe
It has been hypothesized that the interprosthetic gap between ipsilateral hip and knee replacements acts as a stress riser affecting bone fracture behaviour. The aim of this study was to quantify femoral strength and fracture morphology for a wide range o... see more
Juan Miguel Rodríguez-Roiz,josé roberto ballesteros-betancourt,Victor Antonio Rodríguez-Roiz,Raquel García-Tarriño,Sebastián García Ramiro
Pieter Reyniers,Luc De Smet,Ilse Degreef
Recurrence after primary resection of a dorsal wrist ganglion may necessitate a reintervention. A technique was introduced in 2004 in which a flap of the extensor retinaculum is used to cover the defect left in the wrist capsule following repeat radical e... see more
Alexander Van Tongel,Lieven De Wilde,Steven Huish,Frédéric Schuind
Jin Wu,Zhenqi Ding,Liang Zhou,Hui Liu,Zhida Chen,Wenrong Zeng
The posterior (P), antero-posterior (AP), and anterior approaches (A) were performed on 64 patients with lumbosacral tuberculosis respectively and the efficacies of the three approaches were compared in our study. Related data were then collected and comp... see more
RAMJI LAL SAHU
The purpose of this study was to evaluate functional outcome, fracture healing, and the complications of distal femoral intra-articular fractures using locking compression plates. This prospective study was carried out at Orthopaedics departme... see more
Ben Molenaers
When bunionette deformities are not responding to conservative treatment, several surgical procedures are available. Recently, minimal invasive techniques have been proposed with good results. We present a retrospective review on 20 percutaneous dis... see more
Mehmet Kocaoglu,F. Erkal Bilen,I. Levent Eralp,Feridun Yumrukcal
We reviewed our results following cosmetic lengthening by the lengthening over nail technique (LON) in terms of the importance of patient selection process, bone and soft tissue complications, and functional and subjective clinical outcomes. The stud... see more
Johan Vanlauwe,Pierre Paul Casteleyn,Thierry Scheerlinck
Long term results of this prosthesis were satisfying but a large number of serious adverse events led to abandonment of the TRAC-prosthesis.
Riazuddin Mohammed,Sreenivasulu Metikala,Prabhudheer Bhogadi
Our study evaluates differences in fracture healing, clinical outcome and donor site morbidity between iliac crest bone graft and contra lateral proximal tibial bone graft utilized for internal fixation of displaced tibial plateau fractures. In 34 patient... see more
Thomas Luyckx,Arne Decramer,Lucas Luyckx,Jan Noyez
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and the effectiveness of a new modified anconeus transfer technique in revision surgery for refractory lateral epicondylitis of the elbow.A modified anconeus muscle transfer was performed in nine patien... see more
Asli Tanrivermis Sayit
AHMET EMRAH AÇAN
The theoretical risk of medialisation of the knee joint and the lateral shift of the lower extremity mechanical axis is present, due to lengthening of the femur along its anatomical axis. With this new technique described in this study we aimed to prove t... see more
Lining Zhang,Hongyu Xiao,Yuan Gao,Hao Zhang,Lihai Zhang,Peifu Tang
Pieter-Jan Verhelst
The rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament is one of the most common orthopaedic injuries. This review gives an overview of the surgical treatment of the ACL rupture. A correct knowledge of the anatomy of the ACL is crucial in treating this injury. Rec... see more
Simon Koulischer
Introduction: Greater trochanteric pain syndrome is characterized by pain at or around the greater trochanter. Numerous management modalities have been proposed, with varying success.Study selection: Cochrane and Pubmed database have been searched from 19... see more