[Surgical management of talipes equinovarus as sequelae of a compartment and/or postischemic syndrome of the deep flexor compartment of the lower leg].

Cases of posttraumatic pes equinovarus after compartment syndrome have become more frequent in the last 3 decades because limb-saving procedures like compartment splitting, vascular repair, and microvascular free flaps have become well established in trauma surgery, thus reducing early below knee amputations. But if the deep flexor compartment is not split completely or if the muscles are crushed by direct trauma severe necrosis and subsequent muscle contractures result in a very severe clubfoot deformity. Metatarsalgia of fifth, fourth, and third metatarsal head even in well-fitted orthopaedic shoes occurs as well as painful bunions and fatigue fractures of the fifth metatarsal.

[Incorrect classification of extra-articular distal radius fractures by conventional X-rays. Comparison between biplanar radiologic diagnostics and CT assessment of fracture morphology].

Thirty-five displaced fractures of the distal radius, classified by standard radiographs as extra-articular type A2 and A3 fractures according to the AO classification, were investigated before operative treatment by computed tomography. The comparative analysis surprisingly revealed an involvement of the articular surface of the distal radius in 57%. The intra-articular fractures were classified after CT as C1 in 15%, C2 in 65%, and C3 in 20%.

[Metabolic shifts and gas exchange during the working of artificial heart ventricles].

Complete cardiac bypass has been performed in the experiments on 21 random-bred dogs under thiopental-ketamine anesthesia using artificial heart ventricles (AHV), "Kedr" type. In 9 dogs 15 hours after AHV insertion their output was increased by half, as compared to baseline cardiac output values; in the rest of animals AHV worked in the regimen of normal perfusion. The study of acid-base balance parameters has revealed that AHV functioning in the regimen of normal perfusion for 2.