It is unclear whether there is a limit to the amount of distal bone required to support fixation of supracondylar periprosthetic femoral fractures. This retrospective multicentre study evaluated lateral locked plating of periprosthetic supracondylar femoral fractures and compared the results according to extension of the
1. Senile osteoporosis is one of the common causes of morbidity in old people. Its distribution in European and American populations has been deduced from epidemiological studies of its major complications, such as
Symptomatic cobalt toxicity from a failed total
hip replacement is a rare but devastating complication. It has been reported
following revision of
We undertook a multicentre, prospective study of a series of 112 unstable trochanteric
Prospective data on hip
The proximal femoral nail (PFN) is a recently introduced intramedullary system, designed to improve treatment of unstable trochanteric
Antegrade intramedullary nailing of
Periprosthetic
We have determined the quality-adjusted-life-years and cost of such in several types of hip
In a series of 450 patients over 70 years of age with displaced
A classification of Smith's
Objectives. We aimed to further evaluate the biomechanical characteristics
of two locking screws versus three standard bicortical
screws in synthetic models of normal and osteoporotic bone. Methods. Synthetic tubular bone models representing normal bone density
and osteoporotic bone density were used. Artificial
1. Two cases of bilateral
In three consecutive years 462 patients over the age of 60 years presented at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, with a
Twenty-six children conservatively treated for
There remains uncertainty about the most effective surgical approach in the treatment of complex
Many orthopaedic surgeons believe that obese patients have a higher rate of peri-operative complications and a worse functional outcome than non-obese patients. There is, however, inconsistency in the literature supporting this notion. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on injury characteristics, the incidence of complications, and the functional outcome after the operative management of unstable ankle
1 . A series of 343 tibial shaft
The aim of this study was to analyse the functional outcome after a displaced intracapsular
The