Hyaluronic acid injections for chronic tennis elbow.

Background: For most patients, tennis elbow (TE) resolves within 6 months of onset. For those with persistent and painful TE, nonsurgical treatment options are limited. Thousands of studies have tried to find effective treatments for TE but have usually failed.

Efficacy of orthopaedic-inspired osteoporosis management: a secondary fracture prevention program after a fracture of the hip in a prospective randomized study.

Aims: Patients who present with fragility fractures are consistently under-evaluated and under-treated for underlying osteoporosis. This point-of-care represents a lost opportunity to prevent future fractures. This 2-arm study evaluated the success by an orthopaedic department in osteoporosis evaluation and initiating treatment.

Early benefits of a secondary fracture prevention programme.

Introduction: The most successful programme for secondary fracture prevention is the FLS (fracture liaison service) model. Our orthopaedic department carried out a prospective randomised study to measure the effectiveness of a 4-step intervention programme. The findings in this study reveal important additional clinical benefits to having an orthopaedic-based FLS programme and evaluates the usefulness of fracture risk tools.

A Rare Case of Median Nerve Entrapment within the Bone After Surgical Treatment of a Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture: A Case Report.

Case: We present the rare event of median nerve bony entrapment after a supracondylar distal humerus fracture in a child. The median nerve was both clinically and electrically still, partially intact at 2 years after the injury. The nerve was surgically extracted from the bone.

Wrist Ganglia in Children: Nonsurgical Versus Surgical Treatment.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of nonsurgical and surgical treatment of children with wrist ganglia.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of children with wrist ganglia treated at 2 separate institutions. In one, a clinic setting, children were treated with observation.

Spontaneous Rupture of the Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon With Repair and Contralateral Prophylactic Decompression: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Ruptures of the extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon are known to occur primarily from local mechanical causes at Lister's tubercle. Other reasons for ruptures have been proposed including local steroid or even distant steroid injections that might have weakened the tendon, leading to rupture. There have been rare cases in the literature that describe ruptures without any known causes.