28 articles in this issue
Anthony T Gough,Paul M Guyver,Marieta D Franklin,Andrew J Murphy
The Latarjet is a successful primary and revision option for anterior shoulder instability. However, recent reports have highlighted varying complication rates. Our study prospectively collected clinical, functional and radiological outcomes of patients u... see more
Hazem Hosny,Sreebala Srinivasan,Matthew Hall,Jonathan Keenan,Helmy Fekry
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Joris Arnold Jansen
High vitamin D deficiency prevalence has been found in hip and knee osteoarthritis, and a correlation between low vitamin D levels and worse functional outcome after hip arthroplasty was published before. Our goal was to examine the relation between vitam... see more
Nobuhiro Kaku,Masashi Hirakawa,Katsutoshi Hara,Tomonori Tabata,Hiroshi Tsumura
A mechanical study was conducted on the shell-cement interface in order to construct an acetabular metal shell, and to fix a polyethylene liner with the bone cement. Six types of models were tested. All cementations were performed under the similar condit... see more
Yüksel Özkan,Yavuz Akalin,Nazan Çevik,Gökhan Cansabuncu,Alpaslan Öztürk
Rupert Rupert Schupfner,Herman J. Stoevelaar
Osteoporosis-related vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) are commonly seen in clinical practice. Treatment choice is often challenging due to heterogeneity of the patient population. A European multidisciplinary expert panel developed patient-specific ... see more
Dirk P.H. van Oostveen,Olivier PP Temmerman,Steven J. Verberne,Marco J.M. Hoozemans,Bart J. Burger,Harm C.A. Graat,Daniel Hoornenborg,Michiel H.J.M. van de Rest,Didi Gubler,Arthur van Noort
Throughout literature a number of glenoid classification systems have been described but lack clear correlation with the fracture patterns found in clinical cases. This study aimed to evaluate the intra- and interobserver agreement for fracture classifica... see more
Felix Wilhelm Arnaud Waibel,Elias Bachmann,Arnd F Viehöfer,Katharina Schürholz,Jess G Snedeker,Sandro F Fucentese
Horizontal meniscal tears are often treated by partial meniscectomy. Some clinical studies have shown successful repair. The purpose of this study was to show that axial loading causes less horizontal displacement in partial than in total horizontal lesio... see more
Chi-Chuan Wu
Non-surgical decrease of knee mechanical loads by some techniques may be effective in treating early primary knee osteoarthritis. Thirty-six consecutive patients with bilateral early primary knee osteoarthritis and genu varum were treated with unilateral ... see more
Ali Turgut
Cem Yalin Kilinc
Sorin Daniel Iordache,Natalia Goldberg,Lior Paz,Jacques peylan,Ran Ben Hur,Adam Steinmetz
To investigate exposure to radiation we identified a cohort of 312 patients who underwent standardized CT of an upper limb within a three years period. The effective dose per dose length product coefficient was used to calculate the effective doses of rad... see more
Knud Foubert
David Figueroa,Francisco Figueroa,Rafael Calvo,Nicolás Zilleruelo,Gonzalo Serrano,Sergio Arellano
Objective: To evaluate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in patients who underwent an Osteochondal Autograft (OA) and correlate them with their clinical results. Methods: 33 patients (mean age 32 years) undergoing OA were retrospectively evaluated. All pat... see more
Jin Goo Kim,Yong Seuk Lee,Sang Jin Yang,Hyun Woo Lim
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Marno van Lieshout,Guy Putzeys,Stefan Goemaere,Catherine Van Der Straeten,Emmanuel Audenaert
In recent years, bisphosphonates and RANK-ligand inhibitors have become the mainstay of treatment for multiple types of osteoporosis, as well as several other metabolic bone diseases. Although rare, atypical femoral fracture is a recent but clearly define... see more
nienke van egmond
Purpose The short-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of two different valgus unloading braces were compared in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) and a varus leg alignment.Methods A RCT was performed in 100 patients (50 Bledsoe Thrus... see more
David Cesar Noriega,Gianluca Maestretti,Thomas Mittlmeier,Paul Duffort,Peter-Jürgen Meeder,ANtonio Krüger
Deformation of the spine following vertebral compression fracture (VCF) can be associated with severe spinal dysfunction. Anatomical restoration is described as the complete reduction and stable fixation of the fracture with the goal to restor... see more
Christos Koutras,Stavros A. Antoniou,Marcus Jäger,Hansjoerg Heep
Aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence and type of acute injuries sustained by 137 racing drivers. An ad hoc questionnaire was developed and was completed by 137 drivers with a mean age (SD) of 42 (15) years. Approximately half of the ... see more
shabir dhar
Seung-Ju Kim,Hyun-Soo Park,Dong-Woo Lee,Jae Won Lee
We conducted a systematic review of published studies to evaluate the clinical results of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the treatment of nonunion and delayed union. Four electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Cochrane library) were... see more
Dominik Gruszka,Sven-Oliver Dietz,Romy Brodt,Daniel Wagner,Pol Maria Rommens,Raphael Kuechle
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes in patients with intracapsular femoral neck fractures treated with the novel Targon FN implant. Sixty two patients (mean age: 57 years) were included. The clinical and radiological results were ... see more
Onur Kocadal,Murad Pepe,Zafer Gunes,Ertugrul Aksahin,Semra Duran,Cem Nuri Aktekin
In this biomechanical study, the strength of five different fixation techniques -anterior tension band wiring with K-wires, separate vertical wiring, headless compression screws with anterior tension band wiring, cannulated screws with tension band wiring... see more
Keerthy Chandra Bassetty
Keywords : Tibial pilon fractures; Column concept; ORIF; Distal tibia LCP
Kocturk YILDIRIM,Abdulhamit MISIR,Turan bilge KIZKAPAN,Mustafa OZCAMDALLI,Fuat DUYGULU
Diagnosis in prosthetic joint infections is challenging. Currently most of the diagnostic tests are non-specific. As these tests have high sensitivity but low specificity. Thus, specific tests, as alpha defensin, are needed to distinguish bacterial infect... see more
Ahmet Murat Bülbül,Ersin Kuyucu,Adnan Kara,Ferhat Say,Mehmet Erdil
There is not any study in the literature comparing the outcomes of fixed and mobile unicompartmental prostheses which are applied in the obese patients. Objective of this study was to compare outcomes of ourcations and revision are higher in the obe... see more
Turan Bilge KIZKAPAN,Abdulhamit MISIR,Erdal UZUN,Mustafa OZCAMDALLI,Emre YURDAKUL,Mahmut ARGUN
Introduction: To compare radiological and clinical outcomes of posterior wallacetabulum fractures and posterior wall fracture dislocations.Materials and methods: Data were retrospectively gathered from one universityhospital including 52 acetabulum fractu... see more
Sanjay Meena,Ananya Hooda,pankaj sharma,Samarth Mittal,Jyoti Sharma,Buddhadev Chowdhury
The objective of this meta-analysis was to compare the efficacy and safety of open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) vis-a-vis conservative management.Relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing operative and non-operative intervention for... see more