Relationship of Patellofemoral Angles and Tibiofemoral Rotational Angles With Jumper's Knee in Professional Dancers: An MRI Analysis.

Background: Jumper's knee is a type of tendinopathy affecting the distal insertion of the quadriceps tendon (25% of cases) or the patellar tendon. It has been shown that frontal-plane measurements, such as genu valgum, genu varum, an increased quadriceps angle, a protuberant tibial tuberosity, patella alta, and short hamstring muscles, may be related to jumper's knee.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of tibiofemoral rotational angles and patellofemoral (PF) angles on the development of jumper's knee in professional folk dancers.

Traumatic knee injury patterns in Anatolian folk dancers: a case series and literature review.

Lower extremities, especially the knee region, are susceptible to traumatic injuries because of long-lasting hard landings and impacts. Most of the injuries described in the literature are associated with ballet. In this review study, the authors tried to present the traumatic knee injury patterns of the Anatolian folk dance.

The ANK nail treatment of lateral malleolar fractures with syndesmosis injury: Clinical outcomes at 10 years of follow-up.

Background: Lateral malleolar fractures associated with syndesmotic injuries are common. Various surgical implants may be used for the management of syndesmosis injury. One of these is ANK nail.

Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) in diaphyseal humerus and proximal humerus fractures.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the results of minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) using locking plates in diaphyseal humerus and proximal humerus fractures.

Methods: Nine patients who underwent open reduction and MIPO for the treatment of diaphyseal and proximal humerus fractures between June 2006 and October 2009 were included in this study. One S3(®) and 8 PHILOS(®) plates were used.

Simultaneous repair of chronic full-thickness rotator cuff tears during fixation of proximal humerus fractures and clinical results.

Objectives: We investigated the incidence of chronic rotator cuff tears encountered during fixation of proximal humerus fractures with locking plate-screw systems, and evaluated the functional results of simultaneous surgical repair of these injuries.

Methods: A total of 111 patients underwent surgical treatment for proximal humerus fractures. Of these, nine patients (8 females, 1 male; mean age 73 years; range 56 to 84 years) who had concomitant chronic full-thickness rotator cuff tears were included in the study.

Complications encountered in proximal humerus fractures treated with locking plate fixation.

Objectives: We evaluated the complications encountered following locking plate fixation of proximal humerus fractures.

Methods: The study included 103 patients (70 females, 33 males; mean age 62 years; range 21 to 90 years) who were treated with open reduction and locking plate fixation for proximal humerus fractures between September 2005 and April 2009. Fixation was performed using the PHILOS locking plate in 93 patients, and S3 humerus plate in 10 patients.

[Surgical treatment of elbow dislocations accompanied by coronoid fractures].

Objectives: We evaluated the results of surgical treatment for elbow dislocations accompanied by Regan-Morrey type 2-3 coronoid fractures.

Methods: Eight patients (6 males, 2 females; mean age 44 years; range 23 to 76 years) underwent surgical treatment for elbow dislocations accompanied by a coronoid fracture. Three patients had Regan-Morrey type 2, five patients had type 3 coronoid fractures.

[The results of internal fixation of proximal humeral fractures with the PHILOS locking plate].

Objectives: Proximal and diaphyseal humeral fractures are common especially in the elderly, presenting as a challenging problem due to their high complication rates following surgical treatment. In this prospective study, we evaluated the results of patients treated with the PHILOS (Proximal Humeral Internal Locking System) locking plate, a new technique recently developed by the AO/ASIF.

Methods: Forty-one patients who were treated with the PHILOS plate for proximal humeral fractures were evaluated in two age groups.

[Occult scapholunate ganglion in patients with dorsoradial wrist pain].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the results of surgical treatment of patients who had complaints of chronic wrist pain and were diagnosed as having an occult dorsal scapholunate interosseous ganglion, despite the presence of a normal x-ray and absence of trauma.

Methods: Thirteen wrists of 12 patients (2 males, 10 females; mean age 28 years; range 21 to 41 years) were treated with surgical excision for ganglia originating from the dorsal scapholunate interosseous ligament. Involvement was on the right side in six patients, and on the left in five patients, with one patient having bilateral involvement.

[Quadriceps tendon ruptures: evaluation and treatment].

Objectives: We evaluated the patients who underwent surgical repair for rupture of the quadriceps tendon.

Methods: Five patients (4 men, 1 woman; mean age 56 years; range 33 to 77 years) had rupture of the quadriceps tendon at the osteotendinous junction. One patient had bilateral rupture.

[Rupture of the triceps brachii tendon: a case report].

Triceps tendon rupture is a rare condition. A thirty-three year old man presented with a complaint of pain in his left elbow, which occurred when his motorcycle slid and flipped on one side. Physical examination two days after the accident showed swelling and ecchymosis in the elbow.

[The correlation between the accuracy of steroid injections and subsequent shoulder pain and function in subacromial impingement syndrome].

Objectives: We assessed the relationship between proper placement of corticosteroid injections and subsequent shoulder function and pain in subacromial impingement syndrome.

Methods: The study included 48 patients (29 women, 19 men; mean age 46.5 years; range 23 to 58 years) with subacromial impingement syndrome, whose complaints of shoulder pain lasted more than two months.