Association between medial knee joint bone morphology and popliteal cyst: a retrospective MRI-based analysis.

Objective: Baker's cyst, or popliteal cyst, is a common knee condition associated with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. While previous studies have explored the cyst's relationship with soft tissue abnormalities, the connection between popliteal cysts and medial knee bone morphology remains unclear. This study aims to assess the association between anatomical bone structures of the medial knee joint and popliteal cyst presence using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Foot radiologic morphology as a predictor of pseudo-jones fractures: A retrospective case-control study.

Background: Fifth metatarsal basis fractures are common injuries. Zone 1 fractures are also known as pseudo-jones fractures. This study aimed to elucidate the impact of foot radiologic morphology on pseudo-Jones fractures.

Low handgrip strength is associated with diabetic foot disease in geriatric patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background: This study aims to reveal the prevalence of low handgrip strength in older patients with type 2 diabetes who have diabetic foot disease and to assess the association of handgrip strength with diabetic foot disease in older patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Eighty-nine geriatric patients with diabetic foot ulcers and 69 patients without diabetic foot ulcers who presented to the endocrinology outpatient clinic between August 2020 and November 2021 were included in the study. The exclusion criteria were the usage of steroids, stroke-induced quadriplegia, myopathy, disability, hemodialysis treatment, type 1 diabetes, patients under 65 years of age, and history of malignancy.

Fluoroscopy guided without contrast injection for ganglion impar blockade in traumatic coccydynia: Description a modified approach and 1-year results.

Background: This study presents a new fluoroscopy-controlled approach in patients with chronic traumatic coccydynia by applying ganglion impar block using the needle-inside-needle technique from the intercoccygeal region without the administration of contrast material. With this approach, the cost and possible side effects of using contrast material can be prevented. In addition, we examined the long-term effect of this method.

Polypharmacy is Associated with Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Type 2 Diabetes mellitus.

This observational study aimed to investigate the relationship between polypharmacy and the existence of diabetic foot ulcers in patients with type 2 diabetes. Patients with T2DM with and without diabetic foot ulcers who presented to the endocrinology outpatient clinic between August 2020 and November 2021 were involved in the study. Overall, five hundred and twelve patients with T2DM (293 patients with diabetic foot ulcer and 219 patients without diabetic foot ulcer) were included.

Effects of pregabalin on spinal fusion.

Purpose: Gamma-aminobutyric acid analogues are commonly used to treat neuropathic and chronic pain before and after spinal surgery in recent years. Aim of this study is to investigate the influence of pregabalin on spinal fusion and to determine the proper pregabalin dose for postoperative utilization in a validated rat intertransverse spinal fusion.

Methods: Lumbar intertransverse fusion surgeries performed in four groups of rats according to a previously established rat model for posterolateral spinal fusion.