Chronic Achilles tendon rupture: a novel modification of surgical technique described by El Shewy.

Background: Chronic Achilles tendon rupture is commonly defined as a rupture presenting 6 weeks after the time of injury and operative management is recommended. This research aims to describe a novel modified surgical technique in the repair of chronic Achilles tendon rupture and to report the result of this technique.

Methods: This is a retrospective study performed between January 2007 and January 2017, and a novel modification of El Shewy et al.

Reimplantation of a completely extruded talus 8 days following injury: a case report.

We present the case of a 28-year-old female with 45 months follow-up after reimplantation of a completely extruded talus 8 days following the injury. The extruded talus was recovered at the site of the motor vehicle accident, where it had been embedded in the wreckage and subsequently transported to hospital 3 hours later. Thereafter, the talus was washed in an iodine solution for 5 hours and frozen for a period of 8 days at -80 °C, after which reimplantation surgery was undertaken.

Patellar resurfacing in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective, randomized trial.

Background: The management of the patella in total knee arthroplasty is still problematic. We aimed to identify differences in the clinical outcome of total knee arthroplasty according to whether or not patellar resurfacing had been performed in a prospective, randomized study of 220 osteoarthritic knees.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty total knee arthroplasties in 201 patients were randomly assigned to be performed with either resurfacing or retention of the patella, and the results were followed for a mean of forty-eight months (range, thirty-six to seventy-nine months) in a double-blind (both patient and clinical evaluator blinded), prospective study.