Long-term follow-up results of femoral varus osteotomy in the treatment of Perthes disease, and comparison of open-wedge and closed-wedge osteotomy techniques: A retrospective observational study.

In this retrospective observational study, I aimed to report long-term follow-up results of femoral varus osteotomy in the treatment of Perthes disease patients who were between 6 and 8 years old at the onset of the disease with Herring B and C hip involvement. I also aimed to compare 2 different osteotomy techniques: open-wedge and closed-wedge femoral varus osteotomies.Patients with Perthes disease treated with femoral varus osteotomies were invited for final examination.

Prognostic factors in sensory recovery after digital nerve repair.

Objective: The prognostic factors that affect sensory nerve recovery after digital nerve repair are variable because of nonhomogeneous data, subjective tests, and different assessment/scoring methods. The aim of this study was to evaluate the success of sensory nerve recovery after digital nerve repair and to investigate the prognostic factors in sensorial healing.

Methods: Ninety-six digital nerve repairs of 63 patients were retrospectively evaluated.

The effects of dabigatran etexilate on fracture healing in rats: An experimental study.

Background: Deep vein thrombosis leading to pulmonary embolism is one of the major complication after fracture. After a fracture occurs, the coagulation cascade activates thrombin, a protease that finally generates clotting. Dabigatran etexilate reduce clot formation by inhibiting thrombin.

Subacromial osteochondroma: A rare cause of impingement syndrome.

Introduction: Subacromial impingement syndrome is one of the most common disorders of shoulder. Scapula is a very rare site for osteochondromas, and osteochondromas arising under the acromion cause impingement syndrome.

Presentation Of Case: We presented 34-year old female patient with subacromial impingement syndrome secondary to osteochondroma.

Immediate versus delayed primary nerve repair in the rabbit sciatic nerve.

It is well known that peripheral nerve injury should be treated immediately in the clinic, but in some instances, repair can be delayed. This study investigated the effects of immediate versus delayed (3 days after injury) neurorrhaphy on repair of transected sciatic nerve in New Zealand rabbits using stereological, histomorphological and biomechanical methods. At 8 weeks after immediate and delayed neurorrhaphy, axon number and area in the sciatic nerve, myelin sheath and epineurium thickness, Schwann cell morphology, and the mechanical property of nerve fibers did not differ obviously.

[Biomechanical examination of patellar tendon ruptures repaired with a tendon graft: an experimental study].

Objectives: This study aims to perform an experimental examination of the patellar tendon grafts repaired using an interference screw and free tendon graft.

Material And Methods: Twelve knees of the lower limbs which were amputated due to circulatory disease were included in this study. The knees were removed from all soft tissues including patellar tendons.

Primary aneurysmal bone cyst of the distal tibial epiphysis: a case report.

Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a benign lesion that commonly involves the metaphysis or metadiaphyseal region of long bones in children. The WHO defined ABC as an expansile osteolytic lesion consisting of blood-filled spaces and channels that are divided by connective tissue septa that may contain osteoid tissue and osteoclast-like giant cells. ABCs are usually treated with intralesional procedures, and variables including surgeon technique, young patient, juxtaphyseal tumors, and tumor location have been associated with recurrence.

Long-term outcome of medial open reduction in developmental dysplasia of hip.

Introduction: Long-term outcome of medial open reduction (MOR) was examined. We aimed to evaluate the effects of MOR on hip development in developmental dysplasia of hip (DDH).

Methods: One hundred and ten hips of 74 patients that admitted to our clinic were evaluated.

Effects of leptin on fracture healing in rat tibia.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate possible effects of leptin on fracture healing.

Materials And Methods: Between November 2009 and May 2010, 54 male Sprague Dawley rats with a mean age of 16 weeks and a mean body weight of 323 g (range; 295-352 g) were included and randomly divided into three equal groups. Standardized tibial fractures were created to all rats.

[The long-term results of brace treatment in Perthes disease].

Objectives: We evaluated the long-term radiological outcomes of the patients with Perthes disease who were conservatively treated with brace.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-three hips of 27 skeletally mature patients (21 males, 6 females; mean age 25.2±3.

Comparison between conservative and surgical treatment in Perthes disease.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the results of conservative and surgical treatment in a homogeneous group constituted by patients between 6 and 8 years of age at onset of the Perthes disease with Herring B involvement.

Methods: Twenty-seven hips of 25 patients were evaluated radiologically and clinically. Patients were divided into two groups in terms of treatment type.

Bucket-handle tear of medial plica.

Plicae are synovial folds, classified according to their anatomical relationship to the patella. The medial patellar plica is normally asymptomatic, but it may cause symptoms when it becomes thickened and fibrotic. We describe three cases of bucket-handle tear of the medial patellar plica.