Does posterior approach always lead to poor functional and cosmetic outcomes in displaced pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures?

Background: Supracondylar humerus fractures (SCHFs) are the most common types of elbow fractures in children. Closed reduction percutaneous pinning (CRPP) is the primary surgical treatment of SCHFs. In cases that cannot be managed with closed reduction, treatment with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is necessary.

Management of Distal Radius Fractures: Comparison of Three Methods.

Introduction Distal radius fractures are the most common type of all extremity fractures. It is generally accepted that fractures with more than 2 mm step-off in the radiocarpal joint and greater than 10 degrees dorsal tilt should be treated surgically. However, the ideal technique for surgical management is still a point of debate.

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in subscapularis tendon abnormalities and the importance of operator experience.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the reasons behind the compliance, diagnostic success, and failure of ultrasound (US) examinations of two radiologists with reference to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the abnormalities of subscapularis (SSC) tendon, including tendinosis.

Methods: One less experienced radiologist (operator-1) and one senior radiologist, experienced in the musculoskeletal US (operator-2), performed the shoulder US on 78 patients (mean age: 53.18 ± 10.

Long term survival analysis of cementless Spotorno femoral stem in young patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the survivorship and clinical outcome of Cementless Spotorno (CLS) stem in young patients.

Methods: A total of 99 consecutive hip arthroplasties using CLS stem were performed on 84 patients younger than 50 years of age between 1993 and 2001. 63 patients were available for final follow-up (mean age: 39 ± 7.

Thickness of plantar fascia is not predictive of functional outcome in plantar fasciitis treatment.

Objective: The aim of this study was to define a quantitative parameter to indicate which cases of plantar fasciitis will benefit from local corticosteroid injection or ESWT and to compare the efficacy of two different treatment modalities.

Methods: Seventy patients (mean age: 49.10; range: 41-58) with chronic plantar fasciitis unresponsive to conservative treatment for 3 months were treated with either betamethasone injection or extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT).

Comparison of tramadol/acetaminophen fixed-dose combination, tramadol, and acetaminophen in patients undergoing ambulatory arthroscopic meniscectomy.

Objectives: Preemptive analgesia is a technique in which analgesics are administered before a surgery to provide better postoperative pain relief with fewer side effects. In this study, we aimed to compare the preemptive efficacy of tramadol/acetaminophen fixed-dose combination, tramadol, and acetaminophen in patients undergoing ambulatory arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.

Methods: We evaluated the patient records of 75 patients who underwent ambulatory arthroscopic partial meniscectomy.

Assessment of hip abductors by MRI after total hip arthroplasty and effect of fatty atrophy on functional outcome.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate how fatty atrophy (FA) of the hip abductors in operated and non-operated hips affected the functional outcome following arthroplasty.

Methods: Forty-four hips of 22 patients (8 males and 14 females; mean age: 60 ± 14.4 (range: 24-84)) who matched the inclusion criteria and willing to participate in the study were retrospectively evaluated.

Is ACL reconstruction a prerequisite for the patients having recreational sporting activities?

Objective: Whether surgical or conservative treatment is more effective in allowing patients to return to physical activity after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is controversial. We sought to compare mid-term outcome measures between isolated ACL tear patients who underwent reconstruction followed by closed kinetic chain exercises and those who underwent neuromuscular training only.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated patients with ACL tears who underwent post-surgery CKC strength training after ACL reconstruction (Group A), and patients who only underwent neuromuscular training (Group B) with a minimum follow-up time of 5 years.

Management of unstable pertrochanteric fractures with proximal femoral locking compression plates and affect of neck-shaft angle on functional outcomes.

Background: Management of unstable pertrochanteric fractures remains a challenge with various implant choices. Intramedullary devices are usually preferred for the management of the unstable fractures. When nailing is unsuitable for the configuration of the fracture extra medullary procedures are preferred.

A repetitive spontaneous distal tibial insufficiency fracture: an unusual case report.

Stress fractures typically occur, when cyclic loading to the healthy bone exceeds the normal carrying range capacity. These fractures are most commonly seen in athletes and military recruits who are engaged with intensive physical exercise in their daily lives. Stress fractures can also occur in a variety of conditions, in which the mineral content or the elasticity of bone is abnormal and defined as an insufficiency fracture.

Total knee arthroplasty after osseous ankylosis of the knee joint.

Objective: A knee fusion is associated with considerable restrictions, including the inability to sit properly, use public transportation, and climb stairs. The purpose of this study is to report and discuss our cases of spontaneous ankylosed knees which were taken down and underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: Six patients who experienced spontaneous ankylosis of the knee undergoing conversion to TKA between 2003-2012 were enrolled retrospectively in this study.

A comparison of continuous femoral nerve block and periarticular local infiltration analgesia in the management of early period pain developing after total knee arthroplasty.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of 24-h continuous femoral nerve block (CFNB) and periarticular infiltration analgesia (PIA) on postoperative pain and functional results in the first 6 weeks after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: Sixty patients who underwent unilateral TKA were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups: Group A received CFNB and Group B received PIA.

Fixation of femoral neck fractures with three screws: results and complications.

Objectives: To evaluate the results and complications of femoral neck fractures treated with internal fixation with three screws with an average follow-up of three years.

Methods: Thirty seven patients operated upon between June 2000 and May 2005 for fractures of the femoral neck with three screws were identified as the study population. The final results of 26 patients (11 male, 15 female, with an average age of 39.

[Assessment of surgical and conservative treatment of forearm fractures: results in juveniles].

Background: We aimed to assess treatment outcomes of forearm fractures in patients aged between 10-18 years, for whom strict guidelines for surgical and conservative treatment are not yet clear.

Methods: From a total of 41 patients between the ages of 10-18 years, 34 patients with a minimum of one-year follow-up in our clinic with the diagnosis of forearm fracture were evaluated retrospectively. All the patients had open epiphyses.