Arthroscopic treatment of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the elbow.

Introduction: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a rare pathology of the elbow, but presents a risk of progression with cartilage destruction. Surgical treatment consists in synovectomy, as complete as possible. Arthroscopy is an excellent tool for the exploration and treatment of intra-articular lesions in the elbow, but the results in PVNS of the elbow have never been evaluated.

Tibial pilon fractures treated with a periarticular external fixator: Retrospective study of 47 cases.

Introduction: Tibial pilon fractures are a treatment challenge, since there is no true gold standard treatment, and because of potential skin complications. Periarticular external fixation (PAEF) appears to produce good results, but the outcomes with the TL-HEX Trauma™ (Orthofix®, Verona, Italy) have not yet been evaluated. We performed a study with the following objectives: 1) evaluate time to union and union rate; 2) determine clinical and radiological results; 3) detect complications.