Aims. Displaced femoral neck
We are currently facing an epidemic of periprosthetic
fractures around the hip. They may occur either during surgery or
post-operatively. Although the acetabulum may be involved, the femur
is most commonly affected. We are being presented with new, difficult
fracture patterns around cemented and cementless implants, and we
face the challenge of an elderly population who may have grossly
deficient bone and may struggle to rehabilitate after such injuries.
The correct surgical management of these
Aims. The degree of displacement of a
Options for the treatment of subcapital femoral
neck
Aims. Open wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) for medial-compartment
osteoarthritis of the knee can be complicated by intra-operative
lateral hinge
In this paper, we critically appraise the recent
publication of the United Kingdom Heel
Filling the empty holes in peri-articular locking
plates may improve the fatigue strength of the fixation. The purpose of
this in vitro study was to investigate the effect
of plugging the unused holes on the fatigue life of peri-articular distal
femoral plates used to fix a comminuted supracondylar
Aims. Our aim was to examine the Elixhauser and Charlson comorbidity indices, based on administrative data available before surgery, and to establish their predictive value for mortality for patients who underwent hip arthroplasty in the management of a femoral neck
Aims. We chose unstable extra-capsular hip
Hip
The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy
of placement of pelvic binders and to determine whether circumferential
compression at the level of the greater trochanters is the best
method of reducing a symphyseal diastasis. . Patients were identified by a retrospective review of all pelvic
radiographs performed at a military hospital over a period of 30
months. We analysed any pelvic radiograph on which the buckle of
the pelvic binder was clearly visible. The patients were divided
into groups according to the position of the buckle in relation
to the greater trochanters: high, trochanteric or low. Reduction
of the symphyseal diastasis was measured in a subgroup of patients
with an open-book
Aims. We examined risk of developing acute renal failure and the associated
mortality among patients aged >
65 years undergoing surgery for
a
In this retrospective observational cohort study,
we describe 17 patients out of 1775 treated for various
In this study we quantified and characterised
the return of functional mobility following open tibial fracture
using the Hamlyn Mobility Score. A total of 20 patients who had
undergone reconstruction following this
The results of the DRAFFT (distal radius acute
fracture fixation trial) study, which compared volar plating with
Kirschner (K-) wire fixation for dorsally displaced
Objectives. “Virtual
Aims. We present an audit comparing our level I major trauma centre’s
data for a cohort of patients with hip
A suspected