Comparison of modified Mitchell and Chevron osteotomies for hallux valgus.

Background: Good clinical and radiological outcomes in mild-moderate hallux valgus (HV) can be achieved with Chevron osteotomy (CO) and modified-Mitchell osteotomy (MMO). The main goal of the present study was to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes after CO and MMO in HV.

Methods: The study included 45 patients, comprising 40 females with a mean follow-up of 87.

Early results of HemiCAP(®) resurfacing implant.

Objective: Metallic implants in the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint have been used for many years in the treatment of hallux rigidus (HR). The HemiCAP(®) prosthesis is the first implant used for resurfacing the metatarsal head in HR treatment. The aim of our study was to evaluate the early results of the HemiCAP(®) prosthesis for the treatment of HR.

Long-Term Results of Modified Green Method in Sprengel's Deformity.

Aim: Congenital undescended scapula (Sprengel deformity) is a rare deformity that is reported in the literature mostly as small case series with short- or medium-term follow-up periods. Here, we aimed to present the long-term results of this deformity treated with modified Green procedure.

Method: The modified Green procedure was performed in 24 patients (28 shoulders) with Sprengel deformity.

[Midterm results of Oxford phase 3 unicondylar knee arthroplasty for medial osteoarthritis].

Objectives: We evaluated midterm results of Oxford phase 3 unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) in patients with medial osteoarthritis.

Methods: Twenty-seven patients (24 females, 3 males; mean age 57 years; range 47 to 73 years) underwent Oxford phase 3 UKA with the diagnosis of medial knee osteoarthritis. All patients had primary osteoarthritis but one with spontaneous osteonecrosis.

Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities of neural axis in Lenke type 1 idiopathic scoliosis.

Study Design: Patients with Lenke type 1 single thoracic idiopathic scoliosis were included in this prospective study. All patients had preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Objective: To examine the frequency of neural axis abnormalities and the need for preoperative MRI in this group of patients.

Results of complete hemivertebra excision followed by circumferential fusion and anterior or posterior instrumentation in patients with type-IA formation defect.

To evaluate the results of surgical treatment in patients with unlocked full-segmented hemivertebra treated by excision. Twenty-six patients with a mean age of 12.4+/-1.

Comparison of anterior instrumentation systems and the results of minimum 5 years follow-up in the treatment of tuberculosis spondylitis.

Anterior debridement, strut grafting and instrumentation have an increasing popularity in the treatment of tuberculosis of spine. Anterior fixation can be done either by a plate or a rod system. This study reports on the surgical results of 59 patients with Pott's disease that had anterior radical debridement and anterior fusion and anterior instrumentation with 5 years follow-up.

Augmentation of third generation instrumentation with sublaminar titanium wiring in late onset idiopathic scoliosis: the surgical results and analysis of trunk balance.

In recent years, third generation instrumentation systems which achieve correction by maneuvers like derotation and translation, have been widely used in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis. To increase correction, additional procedures that increase stability, such as screw application for every segment, have been used. In this study, as a new technique, the effects of combined translation and derotation maneuver with augmentation by using titanium double crimp Songer cable applied on apical region, on trunk balance, sagittal and frontal planes have been examined.

[An evaluation of the types and the results of surgical treatment for congenital scoliosis].

Objectives: We evaluated the types and the results of surgical treatment performed for congenital scoliosis.

Methods: Forty-one patients (26 females, 15 males; mean age 12.8 years) with congenital scoliosis were included.

Comparison of two percutaneous pinning methods for the treatment of the pediatric type III supracondylar humerus fractures.

Fifty-nine surgically treated cases of type III supracondylar humeral fractures were retrospectively evaluated. Fracture fixation was performed by either crossed K-wires in 35 patients (group I) or lateral K-wires in 24 patients (group II). The reoperation rates and neural injury rates as major complications were similar in the two groups and all neural injuries except one had full recovery.