Aims. In patients with a failed radial head arthroplasty (RHA), simple
Aims. The aim of this study was to investigate whether on-demand
We have reviewed our experience of the
Aims. Open reduction and plate fixation (ORPF) for displaced proximal humerus fractures can achieve reliably good long-term outcomes. However, a minority of patients have persistent pain and stiffness after surgery and may benefit from open arthrolysis, subacromial decompression, and
Aims. The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome in patients undergoing implant
Aims. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the
We hypothesised that the
Methods. In this study of patients who underwent internal fixation without
fusion for a burst thoracolumbar or lumbar fracture, we compared
the serial changes in the injured disc height (DH), and the fractured
vertebral body height (VBH) and kyphotic angle between patients
in whom the implants were removed and those in whom they were not. Radiological
parameters such as injured DH, fractured VBH and kyphotic angle
were measured. Functional outcomes were evaluated using the Greenough
low back outcome scale and a VAS scale for pain. Results. Between June 1996 and May 2012, 69 patients were analysed retrospectively;
47 were included in the implant
Our aim was to compare the one-year post-operative
outcomes following retention or
We studied 55 patients who had undergone elective
We have had experience of an 18-month-old boy with a cardiomyopathy who died a few minutes after
Arthrodesis after the
Several authors have reported complications from screw
Twenty-nine patients with thirty pseudarthroses after
The incidence of refracture following the
We report four patients who sustained secondary fractures of the posterior wall of the tibial shaft during the
Total
The primary aim of this study was to define the standard minimum
follow-up required to produce a reliable estimate of the rate of
re-operation after radial head arthroplasty (RHA). The secondary
objective was to define the leading reasons for re-operation. Four electronic databases, between January 2000 and March 2017
were searched. Articles reporting reasons for re-operation (Group
I) and results (Group II) after RHA were included. In Group I, a
meta-analysis was performed to obtain the standard minimum follow-up,
the mean time to re-operation and the reason for failure. In Group
II, the minimum follow-up for each study was compared with the standard
minimum follow-up.Aims
Materials and Methods
Bone weakness leading to refracture is a recognised complication of the
1. A twenty-six-year-old woman was paraplegic because of a benign giant-cell tumour which had destroyed the body of the twelfth thoracic vertebra completely and the bodies of the eleventh thoracic and first lumbar vertebrae partially. The tumour had expanded into both pleural cavities and displaced the aorta forward and to the left. The extent and topography of the tumour were evaluated before operation by angiography. The function of the spinal cord had not been improved significantly by laminectomy. It was therefore decided to attempt extirpation of the tumour by removing all remaining parts of the three vertebrae involved. 2. After the