Background: Artemisia spp. have been used for millennia in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments, including malaria. Extracts of Artemisia afra and A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVascularized bone flaps from the hand and wrist are an alternative to free bone transfer. Their obvious advantages recommend them for routine use. Indications and techniques should be known by hand surgeons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Isolated bone tumors of the glenoid are exceedingly rare occurrence and pose a substantial surgical challenge. 3D printing technology has been proved to be a reliable tool to reconstruct complex anatomical part of the skeleton. We initially used this technology to reconstruct the glenoid component of the shoulder in a hemiarthroplasty configuration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOrthop Traumatol Surg Res
August 2024
Background: Vasospasm (VS) in microsurgery is a source of surgical complications, repeat operations, stress for the patient and the surgical team, as well as increased length of stay. Various risk factors have been identified but knowledge regarding the implicated mechanism remains limited.
Hypothesis: Our objective was to determine if the harvesting conditions for microsurgical toe transfers could increase the risk of VS.