Revision of total ankle arthroplasty: Survival and medium-term functional results.

Background: The objective of this study was to analyze the results and survivorship of total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) revision surgery with standard (Salto Talaris®) or revision (Salto Talaris XT®) implants.

Methods: Between January 2005 and December 2017, all patients undergoing TAA revision at our hospital were included. Indications for revision, type of surgery performed, improvement in function assessed with the AOFAS score, occurrence of complications and implant survival at last follow-up were analyzed.

Perioperative complications and causes of 30- and 90-day readmission after direct anterior approach primary total hip arthroplasty.

Unlabelled: We aimed to report causes of readmission 30 and 90 days following a total hip arthroplasty (THA) using the direct anterior approach (DAA).

Methods: Three hundred and two patients (335 hips) underwent a DAA-THA for primary osteoarthritis.

Results: The main reasons for 30 and 90-day readmission were wound related problems, dislocation (rate: 0.

Case of femoral pseudarthrosis due to Scedosporium apiospermum in an immunocompetent patient with successful conservative treatment and review of literature.

Scedosporium apiospermum is a ubiquitous filamentous fungus, commonly found in soil, sewage and polluted waters. It is rarely pathogenic but can cause a broad spectrum of clinical diseases, which can be localised or disseminate to distant organs. The disseminated form of the disease is mostly seen among immunocompromised patients.

Clinical, histological, and biochemical predictors of postsurgical neuropathic pain.

Surgical nerve injury sometimes leads to chronic postsurgical neuropathic pain (CPSNP). The risk factors for this condition are not well understood. We prospectively assessed 46 patients scheduled for iliac crest bone harvest, 2 days (D2) and 3 months (M3) after surgery, to determine the time course of nerve fiber degeneration and expression of the TNF-α and NGF genes in skin punch biopsies.

A controlled, comparative study of a fixed-bearing versus mobile-bearing ankle arthroplasty.

Background: Total ankle arthroplasty is available with fixed-bearing (FB) or mobile-bearing (MB) versions, and there is little consensus on the benefits and drawbacks of each type. This study aimed to compare clinical outcomes of statistically paired series of FB and MB versions of the same ankle prosthesis.

Methods: The study was a multicenter retrospective comparison between 2 groups: the FB group of 33 consecutive Talaris cases and the MB group of 33 "paired" Salto cases, selected from a database of 313 consecutive cases to statistically match etiology, age, and preoperative American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) score.

Mini-invasive technique for bone patellar tendon bone harvesting: its superiority in reducing anterior knee pain following ACL reconstruction.

Arthroscopically-assisted ACL-reconstructions are currently reliable, reproducible. Residual anterior knee symptoms however, especially after patellar-BTB graft use, are not uncommon occurrences. Contributing factors are numerous and include injury to the saphenous nerve infrapatellar branches and/or histologic changes at the harvest site.

The Salto total ankle arthroplasty: survivorship and analysis of failures at 7 to 11 years.

Background: Despite the appearance of new-generation, mobile-bearing, cementless prostheses, total ankle arthroplasty remains controversial. Among the criteria guiding the choice between arthrodesis and arthroplasty, the long-term survival and postoperative function are of critical importance. The mobile-bearing Salto prosthesis has been used in Europe since 1997, but only 2 to 5 years of followup data have been reported.

Aseptic Osteonecrosis of the Humeral Head After Anterior Shoulder Dislocation.

Anterior shoulder dislocation is a very common trauma and the main complications are well documented. We report a case of aseptic osteonecrosis of the humeral head following an isolated episode of anterior glenohumeral dislocation without fracture that, to our knowledge, has never been reported in the literature.A 17-year-old male patient sustained an anterior glenohumeral dislocation following a sport accident.