[Treatment of intra-articular proximal tibial evaluation of two- to seven-year follow-up].

Purpose Of The Study: Intra-articular fractures of the proximal tibia always present a complicated therapeutic problem. In this retrospective study, the results of both conservative and surgical treatment of these fractures are evaluated.

Material: In the period from 1997 to 1999, 114 patients with proximal tibial fractures were treated in the Traumatological Hospital in Brno-Traumacenter.

[Erectile dysfunction after traumatic pelvic injury].

Unlabelled: Erectile dysfunction is a serious consequence of pelvic injuries. The aim of the study was to review and assess erectile dysfunction rates in mono and polytraumatized males with the pelvic injury, and to highlight the impotence-type of the pelvic injury relation and to evaluate the therapeutic response of the patients.

Methods: In total, 231 mono- or polytraumatized males with the pelvic injury were mailed a private letter including the HEF-5 International Index of Erectile Function questionnaire.

[Sport-related spiral fractures of the humeral diaphysis are not simple injuries].

Objective: The objective of the submitted paper is to demonstrate the results of sports fractures of the diaphysis of the humerus and possible complications.

Method: During a five-year period 18 men were followed up and treated during hospitalization with a spiral fracture of the diaphysis of the humerus. Their average age was 31.

[Does a pelvic compartment exist? Personal experience].

The authors analyze a group of 7 patients transferred to their hospital for instable fractures of the pelvic circle and lumbar spine. The pelvic compartment was manifested 24-48 hours after injury. Early diagnostics are based on the use of new imaging techniques, spiral CT examination is preferred, and angiography in stabilized patients.

[Cisapride (Prepulsid) in the prevention of postoperative gastrointestinal atony].

Administration of cisapride, 3 x 5 mg in a suspension one day before surgery and 30 mg 3 and 8 hours after abdominal surgery with subsequent administration of 2 x 30 mg in suppositories up to the time when oral ingestion is possible, hastens significantly the restoration of GIT motility as compared with placebo. It can be therefore recommended as effective medication in the prevention of complications caused by impaired motility of the digestive tract.