Ankle fracture management using smartphone multimedia messaging service (MMS) imaging - How reliable and to what point?

Background: The use of smartphones and multimedia messaging service (MMS) continues to increase in day to day orthopaedic clinical practice. However, there is limited evidence to support the safe utilisation of MMS.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to correlate the performance of MMS imaging to picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) imaging within the setting of diagnosis and management of ankle fractures.

Clinical and Radiological Mid-Term Outcomes of Lumbar Single-Level Total Disc Replacement.

Study Design: Prospective single-center case cohort study.

Objective: Evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes of a consecutive 122-patient cohort with discogenic back pain, at 2- to 10-year follow-up periods, treated by a single surgeon, with CHARITÉ Artificial Disc (DePuy Spine, Raynham, MA).

Summary Of Background Data: Minimum 2-year clinical and radiographic level 1 data for the first lumbar artificial disc, the CHARITÉ Artificial Disc (DePuy Spine), have recently been published, demonstrating sustained clinical benefit of the device for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.