COMBINED PLATE VERSUS EXTERNAL FIXATION FOR DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the functional and radiological results of patients who had intra-articular comminuted distal radius fractures and were operated on with external fixation percutaneous pinning or the volar-dorsal combined plate osteosynthesis.

Methods: In this study, 49 patients operated on and followed up for the comminuted distal radius fractures between May 2015 and January 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. The surgical outcomes of the patients, who were operated on with combined dorsal-volar plate osteosynthesis or external fixation percutaneous pinning, were compared in this study.

Effect of Weather Conditions on the Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Incidence.

Background: Some environmental factors pose as risk factors for children's supracondylar humerus fractures. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between weather conditions and pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture incidence.

Methods: A total of 310 patients aged <16 years, admitted to our hospital with supracondylar humerus fractures, were evaluated.

Prevalence and Radiological Characteristics of the Fabella in Turkish Population.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate and analyze the prevalence and radiological characteristics of the fabella in the Turkish population, detecting differences between genders by examining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of subjects.

Methods: A total number of 504 patients aged >18 years who were admitted to the orthopedics and traumatology clinic between November 2018 and October 2020 were included in this retrospective cross-sectional study. Bilateral MRI images that were taken from each patient were randomly selected.

Effects of social stress and fluoxetine treatment on fracture healing in a rat femur fracture model.

Background: Mental stress and depressive disorders have negative effect on bone biology and increase fracture risk. Fluoxetine is a widely used selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor in the treatment of these disorders. We aimed to evaluate the effects of social stress and fluoxetine treatment on fracture healing.

Clinical usefulness of the Ottawa Ankle Rules in the overweight and obese population following an acute ankle injury: A prospective cross-sectional study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the clinical usefulness of the Ottawa Ankle Rules (OAR) in overweight and obese patients compared to the general population.

Methods: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 935 adult patients (453 female, 482 male; mean age = 57.2 ± 20.

Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, restriction, and orthopedic trauma: Retrospective observational study.

In 2019, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) was reported in Wuhan, China. Governments in various countries had taken many safeguards. This study investigated the incidence of orthopedic trauma in a rural region epidemiologically and guided source distribution and medical professionals to sustain healthcare systems.

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic related lockdown on clubfoot practice: Type of study design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.

We investigated whether the number of pediatric patients with congenital clubfoot treated with the Ponseti method decreased during the Covid-19 pandemic or not in a rural area. So we aimed to guide orthopedic surgeons and health infrastructure for future pandemics to be prepared in hospitals of rural areas for the treatment of children with congenital clubfoot.One hundred and fifty-four patients with clubfoot who were admitted to our clinic were evaluated retrospectively from March 2017 to December 2020.

Effects of different vardenafil doses on bone healing in a rat fracture model.

Objectives: We aimed to investigate the radiological, biomechanical, histopathological, histomorphometric, and immunohistochemical effects of different doses of vardenafil on fracture healing.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-one rats were divided into three groups. Group V5 was given 5 mg/kg/day of vardenafil; Group V10 was given 10 mg/kg/day of vardenafil; and the control group was given the same volume of saline.

The effect of different irrigation solutions on fracture healing in a rat femur fracture model.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate and compare radiological, biomechanical, histopathological, histomorphometric and immunohistochemical effects of povidone iodine (PVP-I), hydrogen peroxide (HPO) and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) on fracture healing in their minimum cytotoxic and most efficient concentrations.

Materials And Methods: This experimental animal study, conducted between April 2018 and January 2019, included 48 male Sprague Dawley® rats (aging 9 weeks; weighing 356 g) which were randomly divided into four groups: control (saline), HPO, PVP-I and CHG. Rat model of femoral fracture was established and intramedullary fixation was applied.