Efficacy of Cal-Cemex as bone substitute for tibial plateau fractures.

Background: Various factors influence treatment and outcomes in tibial plateau fractures. Bone defects are among them. Many materials have been proposed to address this problem: allograft, bone-cements and various bone substitutes (BSM).

Evalutation of the perceived quality in the Orthopedics/Traumatology Unit at Carlo Poma Hospital in Mantova.

Unlabelled: The background and the aim of the work: The Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the "Carlo Poma" Hospital (Social Territorial Health Authority of Mantova), has pointed out in 2017, through the questionnaires survey over the citizens satisfaction, an appreciation decrease compared to the previous years. The obtained data were not sufficiently explanatory of the reasons for that kind of deterioration and also not enough specific to define possible corrective measures. The aim of this work was to identify the patients' perception regarding the hospitalization phases (from booking to follow up), taking into account five kind of operations and pathologies: 1st knee, shoulder and tibio-talar arthroscopy; 2nd hip and knee prosthesis; 3rd upper limb traumatology; 4th lower limb traumatology and 5th orthogeriatrics.

Surgical technique: articulated external fixator for treatment of complex knee dislocation.

Background: Knee dislocation is a severe but relatively uncommon injury caused by violent trauma that can result in long-term complications, such as arthrofibrosis, stiffness, instability, and pain. Perhaps owing in part to its rarity, treatment of this injury is controversial. We therefore describe a treatment approach for these complex cases involving a novel dynamic knee external fixator.

Percutaneous CT-guided vertebroplasty in the management of osteoporotic fractures and dorsolumbar metastases.

Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a minimally invasive, image-guided procedure consisting of an injection of acrylic cement into a vertebral body to reinforce the compressed segment and achieve pain relief. The use of PVP is a minimally invasive option in the treatment of osteoporotic or metastatic vertebral collapses. Our personal experience, using a CT-guided technique, confirms the efficacy and safety of PVP with a lower risk for complications compared with conventional fluoroscopic approaches because of a precise placement of the instruments in the vertebral body and an early detection of small cement leakages.

MRI versus scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled granulocytes in the diagnosis of bone infection.

Purpose: To assess the reliability of MRI and scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled granulocytes in the diagnosis of bone infection.

Materials And Methods: Between November 2001 and November 2003, 25 patients (16 men and 9 women; age range 22-72 years; mean age 48 years) with suspected bone infection were evaluated. The lower limbs were more frequently involved (20/25 cases).

Alignment and articular orientation of lower limbs: manual vs computer-aided measurements on digital radiograms.

Purpose: To compare the manual measurements of lower limbs on digital images with those obtained with dedicated software.

Materials And Methods: Forty patients with a clinical suspicion of lower limb deformity were enrolled. Eighty digital radiographs were produced with a remote-controlled radiography system (Philips Omnidiagnost).