Publications by authors named "Bong-Sung Ko"
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to identify prognostic factors influencing outcomes in treating periprosthetic femoral fractures using a cable-plate construct.
- A retrospective analysis of 41 femoral fractures showed a 70.7% healing rate, with significant predictors for success being fracture pattern, plate overlap percentage, and patients' preoperative bone density.
- Caution is advised when treating transverse fractures or patients with severe osteoporosis, emphasizing the importance of sufficient plate overlap to enhance healing success.
Background: The guidelines to correct the mechanical axis in high tibial osteotomy (HTO) have changed recently, and some studies have suggested that the correction of the mechanical axis should be based on the severity of cartilage defect. The purpose of this study was (1) to evaluate the radiographic and clinical outcomes of HTO with concomitant cartilage procedures and (2) to compare our method with conventional method regarding the mechanical axis correction.
Methods: Sixty-six knees which underwent opening wedge HTO with cartilage procedures were evaluated retrospectively.
A bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa BM114, capable of accumulating a blend of medium-chain-length (MCL)- and short-chain-length (SCL)-polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA), was isolated. Salicylic acid (SA), without being metabolized, was found to specifically inhibit only the accumulation of MCL-PHA without affecting cell growth. An addition of 20 mM SA selectively inhibited the accumulation of MCL-PHA in decanoate-grown cells by 83% of the control content in one-step cultivation, where overall PHA accumulation was inhibited by only approximately11%.
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