We studied the safety of
An account is given of 38 patients with complicated tibial fractures who were treated by the Portsmouth method of
We have compared the outcomes of the use of
We present a retrospective study of patients suffering from a variety of benign tumours in whom external fixators were used to treat deformity and limb-length discrepancy, and for the reconstruction of bone defects. A total of 43 limbs in 31 patients (12 male and 19 female) with a mean age of 14 years (2 to 54) were treated. The diagnosis was Ollier’s disease in 12 limbs, fibrous dysplasia in 11, osteochondroma in eight, giant cell tumour in five, osteofibrous dysplasia in five and non-ossifying fibroma in two. The lesions were treated in the tibia in 19 limbs, in the femur in 16, and in the forearm in eight. The Ilizarov frame was used in 25 limbs, the Taylor Spatial Frame in seven, the Orthofix fixator in six, the Monotube in four and the Heidelberg fixator in one. The mean follow-up was 72 months (22 to 221). The mean
From 1987 to 1993 we treated 33 patients with 29 phalangeal and seven metacarpal fractures by
Fifty patients with complex distal radial fractures treated by primary
We reviewed 15 patients, nine girls and six boys, with chronic anterior dislocation of the radial head which was treated by ulnar osteotomy,
Two protocols for the operative technique and care of the pin-site with
Aims. Anatomical atlases document classical safe corridors for the
placement of transosseous fine wires through the calcaneum during
circular frame
Patients infected with HIV presenting with an open fracture of a long bone are difficult to manage. There is an unacceptably high rate of post-operative infection after internal fixation. There are no published data on the use of
A minimally-invasive procedure using percutaneous reduction and
We performed a prospective, randomised trial to evaluate the outcome after surgery of displaced, unstable fractures of the distal radius. A total of 280 consecutive patients were enrolled in a prospective database and 88 identified who met the inclusion criteria for surgery. They were randomised to receive either bridging
We present a prospective study of the treatment of 32 unstable Colles’ fractures by
We have carried out a retrospective review of 20 patients with segmental fractures of the tibia who had been treated by circular
We conducted a randomised controlled trial to compare
The traditional techniques involving an oblique
tunnel or triangular wedge resection to approach a central or mixed-type
physeal bar are hindered by poor visualisation of the bar. This
may be overcome by a complete transverse osteotomy at the metaphysis
near the growth plate or a direct vertical approach to the bar.
Ilizarov