A Retrospective Study on the Incidence of Pulmonary Embolism in Immobilized Spinal Cord Injury Patients.

Introduction The development of pulmonary embolism (PE) remains the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with spinal cord injuries. Multiple factors have been identified to predict the presence of PE in spinal cord injury patients, however, local data is scarce. The objective of this study is to evaluate the incidence of PE among spinal cord injury patients and analysis of predictive risk factors.

Clinical Efficacies of the Minimal Retroperitoneal Approach for Infectious Spondylodiscitis: A Clinical Case Series.

Introduction: An anterior surgical approach for severe infectious spondylodiscitis in the lumbar region is optimal but not always atraumatic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a minimal anterior-lateral retroperitoneal approach, also known as a surgical approach for oblique lumbar interbody fusion, for cases with severe infectious spondylodiscitis with osseous defects.

Methods: Twenty-four consecutive patients who underwent anterior debridement and spinal fusion with an autologous strut bone graft for infectious spondylodiscitis with osseous defects were reviewed retrospectively.

Modified Hemihamate Arthroplasty With Oblique Osteotomy of the Middle Phalanx Base to Reconstruct Proper Contour of the Articular Surface.

Treatments of unstable dorsal fracture dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint are very challenging. The authors performed modified hemihamate arthroplasty for these injuries in 13 patients (13 fingers). Our surgical technique was unique in the point that we put volarly oblique osteotomy in the coronal plane at the recipient site to create an adequate reconstruction of the volar lip of the articular surface of the middle phalanx.