Is there a treatment protocol in which platelet-rich plasma is effective?

Aim: We aimed to reveal whether there are prospective suggestions for effective and standard platelet-rich plasma applications.

Methods: We searched for clinical trials and traced all the references of incorporated documents.

Results: In literature, there was no study indicating which disease is treated by which mechanism of action, how much dose and content are prepared and applied, when the treatment is applied and how many cures are applied.

Comparison of four different reduction methods for anterior dislocation of the shoulder.

Background: Shoulder dislocations account for almost 50% of all major joint dislocations and are mainly anterior.

Objective: The aim is a comparative retrospective study of different reduction maneuvers without anesthesia to reduce the dislocated shoulder.

Methods: Patients were treated with different reduction maneuvers, including various forms of traction and external rotation, in the emergency departments of four training hospitals between 2009 and 2012.

Osteoblastoma of the trapezoid bone and triquetral bone: report of two cases.

Osteoblastoma is a benign local aggressive tumor mostly localized in the vertebra or long bones. Carpal location and recurrence are extremely rare. Treatment options include either curettage or wide en bloc resection which causes functional disability in the hand and wrist and should be reserved only for recurrence.

Bullet in hip joint.

Recently, hip arthroscopy has become more popular in the diagnosis and extraction of intraarticular foreign bodies compared to open surgery. If a foreign object such as a bullet is not extracted from the hip joint, it may cause mechanical arthritis, infection and systemic lead toxicity. We present the arthroscopic excision of a bullet from the hip joint of a 33-year-old male patient who sustained a gunshot injury.

Glucosamine-sulfate on fracture healing.

Background: The aim of this study is to determine whether glucosamine-sulfate has any effects on bone-healing.

Methods: A unilateral fracture was created in the tibia of sixty-one female rats. Rats were given no drug or 230 mg/kg glucosamine-sulfate daily.

Glove perforation time and frequency in total hip arthroplasty procedures.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate glove perforation rate and time and evaluate the factors affecting glove perforation in total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Methods: Nine hundred seventy-nine gloves used in 57 THA procedures were assessed according to the perforation. Forty-four (77.

Anger scale and anger types of patients with fifth metacarpal neck fracture.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate aggressive and angry behavior in patients with fifth metacarpal neck fracture and to analyze the anger management style of these patients and their response to psychological support.

Methods: This study included 30 patients (mean age: 24.8 years) who presented to the emergency room with fractures of the fifth metacarpal neck and 30 healthy control subjects (mean age: 28.

Evaluation of the reliability of classification systems used for distal radius fractures.

The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the reliability of classification systems by determining inter- and intraobserver agreement in displaced distal radius fractures. Radiographs of 32 patients (21 men and 11 women with a mean age of 41.6 years) who presented with a displaced distal radius fracture were classified by 9 orthopedic surgeons (5-25 years experience) using 5 different classification systems (Fernandez, AO, Frykman, Melone, and Universal Classification systems) twice with 20-day intervals.

[Isolated carpometacarpal dislocation of the thumb: a case report].

The traumatic fracture-dislocation of the first carpometacarpal joint is not frequent, isolated dislocation being even more uncommon. A twenty-five-year-old male patient was diagnosed as having carpometacarpal dislocation of the thumb by means of radiologic and physical examination findings. After immediate reduction, the thumb was immobilized in a short thumb spica cast for six weeks, after which he was enrolled into a rehabilitation program.