Publications by authors named "C Tzioupis"
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- Advanced knee osteoarthritis alters subchondral trabecular bone (STB) properties, influenced by lower limb alignment, which affects loading on the tibial plateau.
- A study involving 30 patients measured OA stage and alignment, correlating these factors with STB tissue elastic modulus, bone volume fraction (BV/TV), and trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) using advanced imaging techniques.
- Findings revealed significant associations between alignment, OA stage, and STB properties, indicating that both micromechanical and microarchitectural characteristics of STB deteriorate in advanced stages of knee OA, highlighting a link between tissue stiffness and bone quantity.
Functional Hallux Limitus is the expression of the gliding restraint of the Flexor Hallucis Longus (Fhl) tendon, resulting in several painful syndromes. This impingement is located along the tract of the Fhl tendon at the level of its retrotalar tunnel sealed posteriorly by a fibrous pulley. This pulley, although poorly anatomically characterized, has been arthroscopically proven that its presence or resection plays a pivotal clinical role in the biomechanics of the lower leg, being the main restraint to the physiological movement of the Fhl tendon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The knowledge of proximal femur geometry is essential in the understanding and treatment of hip pathologies. Our aim is to evaluate the range of "normal anatomical values of the proximal femur" and their relationship to age, gender, and ethnicity in a cohort of healthy population, using a 3-dimensional computed tomography automated software.
Methods: The pelvis and bilateral femora of 628 healthy individuals (394 males/234 females, mean age 61.
Interspinous distraction in lumbar spinal stenosis: a neurophysiological perspective.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
November 2013
Study Design: Prospective neurophysiological study.
Objective: To identify and quantify the neurophysiological effects of interspinous distraction during spine surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
Summary Of Background Data: Interspinous devices have been introduced as an alternative treatment of LSS in selected patients aiming at obtaining indirect decompression.
Accumulating evidence implicates cerebral fat embolism (CFE) as a causative agent in post-operative confusion (POC). CFE occurs following orthopaedic procedures including, intra-medullary (IM) nailing and total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The incidence of CFE is high (59-100% TJA) and the resulting POC is associated with higher overall complication rates.
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