Comparative clinical outcomes and radiological images of clavicle hook plate versus Scorpion Plate® for unstable distal clavicle fractures.

Background: Although various surgical methods are available for unstable distal clavicle fractures, consensus remains lacking on the optimal technique. Therefore, the present retrospective study aimed to compare the clavicle hook plate and Scorpion Plate® in terms of clinical outcomes and radiological findings for unstable distal clavicle fractures.

Methods: Fifty-seven patients with unstable distal clavicle fractures who underwent treatment using a clavicle hook plate (Group H; 28 patients) or Scorpion Plate® (Group S; 29 patients) were included in the present study.

Relationship Between Subacromial Bone Erosion and Hook Position of Clavicular Plate in Distal Clavicle Fractures.

Objectives: To evaluate the influence of posterior hook position on subacromial bone erosion during surgical treatment of distal clavicle fractures with locking compression plate clavicle hook plate (CHP).

Design: Single-center retrospective study.

Setting: Level V trauma center (university hospital).

Locking versus nonlocking superior plate fixations for displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: A prospective randomized trial comparing clinical and radiografic results.

Background: It is unknown whether locking or nonlocking superior plate fixation is better for managing displaced midshaft clavicle fractures. Therefore, we aimed to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of locking and nonlocking superior plate fixation of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures.

Methods: A total of 102 consecutive patients with displaced midshaft clavicle fractures (2B1 and 2B2 in Robinson classification) participated in this randomized controlled trial; 12 patients were excluded.

Open Bankart repair plus inferior capsular shift versus arthroscopic Bankart repair without augmentations for traumatic anterior shoulder instability: A prospective study.

Purpose: Arthroscopic treatment of shoulder instability has some advantages (including short surgical time, less morbidity, less postoperative pain, reduced hospitalization time, and decreased risk of complications) compared with open procedures. We performed a prospective study comparing open repair with arthroscopic repair for recurrent anterior shoulder instability. The aim was to clarify the relative effectiveness of open Bankart repair plus inferior capsular shift (OBRICS) and arthroscopic Bankart (AB) repair without augmentations with approximately 5 years of follow-up.

Clinical results of a surgical technique using endobuttons for complete tendon tear of pectoralis major muscle: report of five cases.

Background: We herein describe a surgical technique for the repair of complete tear of the pectoralis major (PM) tendon using endobuttons to strengthen initial fixation.

Methods: Five male patients (3 judo players, 1 martial arts player, and 1 body builder) were treated within 2 weeks of sustaining complete tear of the PM tendon. Average age at surgery and follow-up period were 28.

Surgical treatment of confirmed intratendinous rotator cuff tears: retrospective analysis after an average of eight years of follow-up.

Hypothesis: This study evaluated clinical features, diagnostic techniques, and summarized the results of open repair in a series of surgically confirmed cases of intratendinous rotator cuff tears.

Materials And Methods: Between 1986 and 1999, 19 patients (17 men and 2 women) with intratendinous rotator cuff tears underwent surgery. Clinical findings, diagnostic results, and surgical findings were evaluated.

Molecular effects of sodium hyaluronate on the healing of avian supracoracoid tendon tear: according to in situ hybridization and real-time polymerase chain reaction.

Hyluronic acid (HA) on tissue healing has been controversial. We examined the molecular pharmacology of HA injection at the suture site in an acute model of supracoracoid tendon laceration using chickens, an injury of a nonweight-bearing joint considered similar to the human shoulder. Expression of mRNAs encoding alpha I (I) and alphaI (III) procollagens was localized using in situ hybridization (ISH).

Periosteal chondroma of the proximal phalanx of the thumb.

A 52-year-old man presented with a periosteal chondroma in the base of the proximal phalanx of the right thumb. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed invasion of the bone marrow, which suggested malignancy. Although the clinical and MRI findings indicated a malignant tumour, the histopathological examination showed a benign periosteal chondroma.