[Complications associated with joint replacements in diabetic patients].

While a joint implant is the method of choice for numerous locomotor disorders and it is indicated for diabetic patients based on the same rules as for patients without diabetes mellitus, a joint implant in diabetic patients is associated with a high risk of perioperative complications. Considering a very difficult and demanding treatment of a deep infection of a joint replacement, the prevention of complications plays the key role. A precondition for adequate perioperative preparation and correctly managed perioperative and postoperative care of patients with diabetes mellitus is the close cooperation of the orthopedist, diabetologist and anesthesiologist, who in their practice have to respect the specificities of their diabetic patients presented in submitted reports.

A double-blind, randomized, multicenter study of MP4OX for treatment of perioperative hypotension in patients undergoing primary hip arthroplasty under spinal anesthesia.

Background: MP4OX (oxygenated polyethylene glycol-modified hemoglobin) is a novel oxygen therapeutic agent specifically developed to perfuse and oxygenate tissue at risk for ischemia and hypoxia. In this study, we investigated the ability of MP4OX to treat hypotensive episodes. In addition, the tolerability profile of MP4OX in a large surgical population was established.

Our approach to the spastic hip subluxation and dislocation in children with cerebral palsy.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of our approach to the spastic hip subluxation and dislocation in children with cerebral palsy. We evaluated 56 hips in our consecutive patients who had been operated on at our department between January 2003 and December 2005. There were done soft-tissue release procedures in 42 hips, osseous reconstructive surgery in 11 hips and osseous palliative surgery in 3 hips.

Our approach to the conservative treatment of the dislocated hip in developmental dysplasia.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of traction in achieving closed reduction of a dislocated hip. We evaluated 38 hips in 29 consecutive patients who had been treated at our department between January 1999 and December 2001. There were 26 girls and 3 boys and the average age was 8 weeks.