Determination of Standard Values for Knee Version in a Healthy Population.

Background: Different measures are used to describe relevant anatomic variations that can result in patellofemoral instability and disorders. Knee version, the relative rotational alignment between the femur and tibia in the axial plane at the level of the knee, may have a decisive effect on the kinematics of the patellofemoral joint. However, data regarding the values of knee version are currently lacking.

Correction of tibial tubercle trochlea groove distance is related to torsional correction in high tibial derotational osteotomy.

Purpose: High tibial osteotomy with internal tibial derotation (high tibial derotation osteotomy = HTDRO) is a common surgical treatment in patients with patellofemoral malalignment alone or in combination with patellofemoral instability. Operative techniques and theoretical calculations may assume that correction of the tibial tubercle-trochlear groove (TTTG) distance is related to the amount of torsional correction. The purpose of this investigation was to predict the change in TTTG distance in HTDRO through a clinical study.

Cetuximab in Pancreatic Cancer Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: The present study evaluated the potential benefit of adding cetuximab to neoadjuvant, adjuvant, or palliative standard therapy for pancreatic cancer.

Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). Only randomised controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the effect of adding cetuximab to standard chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer were included.