Publications by authors named "Aharon Chechick"
Background: Successful treatment of intertrochanteric femoral fractures was reportedly influenced by the position of the fixation devices, by reduction quality and by fracture type.
Methods: The records of 227 patients with intertrochanteric fractures treated by intramedullary hip screws were analysed retrospectively. The angle and distance from the femur head apex were transformed into Cartesian coordinates.
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- MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a promising noninvasive treatment showing effectiveness in alleviating pain from bone metastases in cancer patients.
- A multicenter study involving 31 patients demonstrated a significant reduction in pain scores (from 5.9 to 1.8) and decreased opioid usage after treatment, with 72% of patients reporting pain improvement.
- The procedure was found to be safe, with no severe device-related complications recorded, indicating that MRgFUS could be a viable palliative option for managing cancer-related pain.
The conventional procedure for displaced fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus uses straight pins inserted from the lateral aspect towards the head of the humerus. The objective of this study was to compare the mechanical properties of fixation by contoured (curved) pins to those fixed with regular straight pins. A transverse osteotomy was made in 30 fresh-frozen sheep humeri in the proximal metaphyseal bone region, and pins were inserted using either three parallel straight pins or three contoured pins in different planes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe clinical use of massive bone allografts in orthopaedic surgery has become common practice in tumour operations and primary and revision total joint replacement. In certain special clinical situations associated with large bone loss, such as trauma, limb-length discrepancy repair or even infection, massive bone allografts can be successfully used. We present our treatment results of 47 patients who suffered from major bone loss due either to trauma, limb-length discrepancy repair, or infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previously reported results of total hip arthroplasty in patients under the age of 30 indicate a high complication rate and questionable durability.
Objectives: To estimate the results of THA in extremely young patients.
Methods: We report the results of 69 THA procedures in 56 patients who were under the age of 30 at the time of surgery (mean age 23.
Background: Open reduction and internal fixation are the current trends of treatment for comminuted calcaneal fractures. Assessing treatment results is often difficult due to discrepancy between objective parameters such as range of movement, and subjective results such as pain.
Objectives: To test the reliability of footprint analysis as an adjuvant method of postoperative assessment of patients who sustained calcaneal fractures.