19 articles in this issue
Lise Van Gestel,Saskia Van Bouwel,Johan Somville
In this review article, the authors give an overview of the currently available soft tissue and bony procedures in the treatment of the adult acquired flexible flatfoot. Instead of starting from the classification for posterior tibial tendon dysfunc... see more
Daniel Soares,Pedro Leite,Pedro Barreira,Ricardo Aido,Ricardo Sousa
Periprosthetic joint infection is a devastating complication after total joint replacement. Prevention is mandatory and systemic antibiotic prophylaxis is nowadays a recognized cornerstone. Further addition of local antibiotics eluting from bone cement is... see more
Eun Young Rha,Min Cheol Lee,Jung Ho Lee,Suk Ho Moon,Jong Won Rhie,Deuk Young Oh
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a simple and intuitive treatment method using an 18-gauge needle for mallet fractures that involve more than one-third of the articular surface. We performed a retrospective review of 17 patients who underwent clo... see more
Mário Xavier Baptista
Calcaneus fractures are fairly common and clinically relevant due to their poor outcome. Thus, solving the controversy regarding treatment and outcome prediction should be a target. This study intends to evaluate the predictive ability of common radiologi... see more
Jeroen C. van Egmond,Stefan J.M. Breugem,Marcel Driessen,Daniel J. Bruijn
Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain. Diverse non-operative treatment options are available. The purpose of this study was to determine if a single platelet-rich-plasma injection at the origin of the plantar fascia in patients with plan... see more
Pedro Barreira,Pedro Leite,Pedro Neves,Daniel Soares,Ricardo Sousa
Periprosthetic joint infection is a frequent complication after total hip replacement. Two-stage exchange with the use of a temporary cement spacer is commonplace. Several complications are possible with its use. In addition to infection persistence, mech... see more
Yalkin CAMURCU,Osman Emre AYCAN,Devrim OZER,Yavuz ARIKAN,Yavuz Selim KABUKCUOGLU
This retrospective study reviewed unicameral bone cysts (UBCs) and aneurysmal cysts (ABCs) of bone with a total of 452 patients treated at Baltalimani Bone Diseases Education and Research Hospital, Turkey between 1981 and 2012. The aim of this study is to... see more
Gilles Thuysbaert,Akkie Ringburg,Steven Petronilia,Alex Vanden Berghe,Nadine Hollevoet
david van Schaik
This online questionnaire was initiated to investigate if a consensus on the treatment of distal radius fractures amongst orthopaedic surgeons in Belgium exist. Two cases were presented: an extra-articular fracture, with dorsal displacement (Frykman... see more
Andrzej Zyluk,Piotr Puchalski
The diabetes may cause damage many structures and organs of a human body and predispose to secondary disorders, including involvement of the hand. Carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger finger or Dupuytren’s disease occur more frequently in diabetic patients as ... see more
Qidong Zhang,Wanshou Guo,Zhaohui Liu,Liming Cheng,Debo Yue,Nianfei Zhang
This study was conducted to compare the differences of the outcome and surgical technique for minimally invasive unicompartmental knee arthroplasty(UKA) in treatment of osteonecrosis versus osteoarthritis. Twenty-nine spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee... see more
Ahmet Adnan Karaarslan
Our aim is to present our new method of compression, a compression tube instead of conventional compression screw and to investigate the difference of proximal locking screw bending resistance between compression screw application (6 mm wide contact) and ... see more
Yavuz Saglam
Grade 3C open femur fractures are challenging injuries with higher rates of complications. This is a retrospective review of grade 3C open femur fractures with vascular repair between 2002 and 2012. Outcomes included initial MESS score, additional injurie... see more
Sreenivas T,Ravi Kumar N,Nataraj AR
OMAR FAOUR MARTÍN,JOSE ANTONIO VALVERDE,Miguel Ángel Martín Ferrero,AURELIO VEGA CASTRILLO,PATRICIA ZUIL ACOSTA,César Suarez de Puga
Purpose:Younger patients with unicompartmental degenerative knee joint diseases present a therapeutic dilemma. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term results of theOxfordphase III unicompartmental knee replacement through a minimally invas... see more
Cemile Ayse Görmeli,Gökay Görmeli,Burak Yagmur Öztürk,Zeynep Özdemir,Okan Yildirim,Aysegül Sagir Kahraman,Harika Gözükara
Clemens Kösters,Benedikt Schliemann,Dieter Decking,Ulrich Simon,Matthias Zurstegge,Jens Decking
Aim of this study was to measure the clinical and radiological longterm outcome after acetabular revision arthroplasty using the Müller acetabular reinforcement ring. 96 patients with 103 revision arthroplasties and a mean age of 69 years (41 to 84) ... see more
Bruce E Dall,Sonia V Eden
Currently there is only one paper in the literature evaluating a bilateral sacroiliac joint fusion procedure. That paper presented poor results. The purpose of this study is to present another posterior surgical procedure for a bilateral sacroiliac ... see more
Simon BM MacLean,Scott Evans,Paul Pynsent,John O'Hara
The aim of our study was to assess survivorship and function in young patients with hip resurfacing for degenerative arthritis due to childhood hip diseases. Data was collected retrospectively using the institutional database and patient notes. Betwe... see more