Publications by authors named "Bruno Barbe"
Background: One stage exchange of a chronically infected total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is recommended in selected cases only. However, there is little evidence regarding the usefulness of selection criteria. The goal of this retrospective study was to compare the results of two concomitant cohorts of patients with chronically infected TKA: one treated with a routine one-stage exchange (study group) and one treated with one-stage exchange in selected cases only (control group).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Many surgeons consider two-stage exchange the gold standard for treating chronic infection after TKA. One-stage exchange is an alternative for infection control and might provide better knee function, but the rates of infection control and levels of function are unclear.
Questions/purposes: We asked whether a one-stage exchange protocol would lead to infection control rates and knee function similar to those after two-stage exchange.
Background And Purpose: The purposes of the study were to define the orientation of the anatomical and mechanical axes of the femur on the lateral plane on long leg X-rays including the femoral head, and to compare these results to the intra-operative measurement of the mechanical axis by a nonimage-based navigation system.
Methods: Fifty cases of patients operated on for total knee replacement were included. All patients had digital pre- and post-operative long leg lateral X-rays including the femoral head.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the preoperative topography of the Adamkiewicz artery and the blood supply of the lumbosacral spinal cord in patients who underwent spinal surgery. The relevance for anterior approaches of the thoracolumbar spine was then analyzed.
Methods: One hundred consecutive spinal angiographies were reviewed.