Aims. Displaced
Aims. Virtual
Aims. There has been an evolution recently in the management of unstable
fractures of the ankle with a trend towards direct fixation of a
posterior malleolar fragment. Within these
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare the rate of mortality and
causes of death in Korean patients who undergo surgery for a fracture
of the hip, up to 11 years after the injury, with a control group
from the general population. Materials and Methods. National cohort data from Korean Health Insurance Review and
Assessment Service – National Sample Cohort were used. A ratio of
1:4 matched patients with a
Aims. This feasibility study investigates the utilization and cost of health resources related to formal and informal care, home adaptations, and physiotherapy among patients aged 60 years and above after hip
Aims. Type IIIB open tibial
The use of tourniquets in lower limb trauma surgery to control bleeding and improve the surgical field is a long established practice. In this article, we review the evidence relating to harms and benefits of tourniquet use in lower limb fracture fixation surgery and report the results of a survey on current tourniquet practice among trauma surgeons in the UK.
Ten cases of a complication of Garden screw fixation of subcapital
An 81-year-old woman presented with a fracture
in the left femur. She had well-fixed bilateral hip replacements
and had received long-term bisphosphonate treatment. Prolonged bisphosphonate
use has been recently linked with atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal
femoral
This study describes the epidemiology and outcome
of 637 proximal humeral fractures in 629 elderly (≥ 65 years old) patients.
Most were either minimally displaced (n = 278, 44%) or two-part
fractures (n = 250, 39%) that predominantly occurred in women (n
= 525, 82%) after a simple fall (n = 604, 95%), who lived independently
in their own home (n = 560, 88%), and one in ten sustained a concomitant
fracture (n = 76, 11.9%). The rate of mortality at one year was
10%, with the only independent predictor of survival being whether
the patient lived in their own home (p = 0.025). Many factors associated
with the patient’s social independence significantly influenced
the age and gender adjusted Constant score one year after the
We treated 22 children with a supracondylar
Aims. The aim of this study was to compare patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and the Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation (SANE) score in patients treated with a volar locking plate for a distal radial
Periosteum is important for bone homoeostasis
through the release of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) and their
effect on osteoprogenitor cells. Smoking has an adverse effect on
fracture healing and bone regeneration. The aim of this study was
to evaluate the effect of smoking on the expression of the BMPs
of human periosteum. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed
for BMP-2,-4,-6,-7 gene expression in periosteal samples obtained from
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Aims. Identifying predictors of compartment syndrome in the foot after
a
Objectives. As well as debridement and irrigation, soft-tissue coverage, and osseous stabilization, systemic antibiotic prophylaxis is considered the benchmark in the management of open
The posterior malleolus component of a fracture
of the ankle is important, yet often overlooked. Pre-operative CT scans
to identify and classify the pattern of the
Objectives. The PROximal
Different calcaneal plates with locked screws were compared in an experimental model of a calcaneal
Aims. The aim of this paper was to investigate the prognostic factors for local recurrence in patients with pathological
Aims. A lack of supporting clinical studies have been published to determine the ideal length of intramedullary nail in fixation of trochanteric