[Traumatic luxation of the peroneal tendons. Report of 36 cases].

Between January 1970 and September 1992 we operated on 35 patients with dislocation of the peroneal tendons; in 1 patient both sides were affected. Twelve cases were acute and 24 chronic; 83% were due to injuries at sport, 90% of which were in downhill skiers. In 25 cases the fibroperiosteal detachment and the lax tendon sheath were repaired using either the technique of Meary, or that devised by ourselves.

[The value of combining multiple screwed plates in humeral shaft fractures].

The authors have reviewed 246 fresh fractures of the shaft of the humerus treated by primary plating over a period of 22 years. It has been customary to treat the majority of fractures of the shaft of the humerus by conservative means, with use of open reduction and fixation by a plate for complicated fractures with associated injuries, or in cases of nonunion. Over the period of review the authors have gradually increasing their use of primary plating as opposed to the traditional methods.

The operative treatment of intraarticular calcaneal fractures. Indications, technique, and results in 257 cases.

Since 1972, 257 intraarticular fractures of the calcaneus have been treated with operative intervention. A lateral incision and a third tubular plate were used in all cases. The functional results were considered excellent or good in 85%, and there was an infection rate of 2.

[The Herbert screw in pseudoarthrosis of the carpal scaphoid].

For nearly three years, the authors have ensured scaphoid union by fixation with a double thread T.J. Herbert's screw.

Comparison of the efficacy and tolerance of isoxicam and piroxicam following surgery for skiing accidents.

1 A 10 day double-blind study was carried out comparing isoxicam (300 mg day-1) and piroxicam (40 mg day-1 for the first two days and 20 mg day-1 for the remaining days) following surgery in patients who had sustained skiing accidents. There were 20 patients in each group. The isoxicam-treated group had a slightly greater mean pain score prior to treatment.

Restoration of the pulp with a homodigital neurovascular flap.

A homodigital neurovascular island flap was used to cover extensive loss of finger tip tissue exposing the distal phalanx in twenty cases (16 adults and 3 children). The anatomic and technical aspects of this flap are detailed. In all cases, the reconstructions were considered to be of excellent quality.

Severe metacarpophalangeal sprain of the thumb in ski accidents. 125 surgical repairs in group of 340 cases of metacarpophalangeal sprains from ski accidents.

In more than 12,000 ski accidents seen during 15 winter seasons (1968-1983), 340 cases of metacarpophalangeal sprains of the thumb were encountered. One hundred fifty-nine were labeled as severe, and 125 of these involving the ulnar slope of the articulation were operated as very urgent or urgent. Three types of anatomic lesions were seen at operation.

[Supracondylar fractures of the elbow in children and osteosynthesis by "open sky" double wiring using J. Séror's method. Apropos of 100 cases].

Emphasis is placed on the value of treating supracondylar fractures of the elbow with displacement (stages III and IV) in children by means of the technique described, in 1959, by J. Séror, J. Rives, J.

Screw or mini-plate fixation in fractures of the first metacarpal. Experience with thirty-nine cases.

Re-establishing normal osteoarticular anatomy, and early mobilization are the principal elements in the successful treatment of fractures of the base of the first metacarpal. To achieve these goals in thirty-nine fractures rigid fixation was obtained by screw alone, or by a mini-plate. Seven Bennett's fractures have been treated by screw fixation when the size of the fragment has made it possible.

[Tactic for treatment of African mycetomas (author's transl)].

The authors report their own experience from 200 cases and they consider the matter from the point of a surgeon operating in a small medical unit in Africa. The clinical and biological aspects are described; the importance and the difficulties of appreciating the real spreading of infection are emphasized. Conventional radiology is of major value.