Importance of the gender and preoperative knee sagittal alignment to avoid unnecessary tibial resection in TKR.

Background: Standard resections according to the TKR manufacturers can lead to unnecessary bone resections in some patients. The objective of this study was to determine in which patients is recommended to perform a minimal tibial resection (MTR) that could restore the joint line height (JLH).

Methods: Navigation records of 108 consecutive posterior cruciate-substituting TKR performed by one surgeon were analyzed.

Complications of computer-assisted navigation in total knee replacement: retrospective cohort of eight hundred and seventy eight consecutive knees.

Purpose: The main objective was to analyze the computer-assisted navigation (CAN)-specific complications that forced to switch to conventional procedure in primary total knee replacement (TKR). The secondary objective was to determine the influence of those complications on TKR short-term survival.

Methods: Retrospective study of 878 primary TKR in 753 patients.

Usefulness of a risk scale based on procalcitonin for early discrimination between necrotising fasciitis and cellulitis of the extremities.

Background And Objective: To assess the usefulness of a risk scale based on serum procalcitonin (PCT) compared to the Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotising Fasciitis (LRINEC) scale in the early discrimination between necrotising fasciitis (NF) and cellulitis of the extremities.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective study of consecutive patients with confirmed diagnosis of NF in one limb (n=11). This study group was compared with 23 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of severe limbs cellulitis during the same period.