Comparison of different cementing techniques for cement penetration under tibial component in total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective observational study.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the differences in cement penetration between cementing techniques in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated knee undergone TKA at our hospital for both preoperative and postoperative computed tomographic (CT) evaluations. Cementing was performed with hand mixing and hand packing (HM group) and with vacuum mixing and cement gun use (VM group).

Targeting FoxO transcription factors with HDAC inhibitors for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) features ageing-related defects in cellular homeostasis mechanisms in articular cartilage. These defects are associated with suppression of forkhead box O (FoxO) transcription factors. FoxO1 or FoxO3 deficient mice show early onset OA while FoxO1 protects against oxidative stress in chondrocytes and promotes expression of autophagy genes and the essential joint lubricant proteoglycan 4 (PRG4).

Factors associated with perioperative deep vein thrombosis in arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) is reportedly associated with a higher incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) incidence than other arthroscopic surgical procedures. The aim of this study is to retrospectively investigate the incidence and type of DVT and evaluate the relationship between DVT and risk factors among all patients who underwent ACLR under uniform conditions consisting of mechanical prophylaxis, no medical prophylaxis, and preoperative and postoperative lower extremity venous ultrasonography.

Methods: Of the 114 patients who underwent arthroscopic primary ACLR at our hospital who did not have a compound ligament injury or revision surgery, 112 patients were included.

Histological scoring system for subchondral bone changes in murine models of joint aging and osteoarthritis.

To establish a histopathological scoring system for changes in subchondral bone in murine models of knee osteoarthritis (OA), three key parameters, subchondral bone plate (Subcho.BP) consisting of the combination of Subcho.BP.

A Simple Method to Reduce the Incidence of Cyclops Lesion after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of debridement in and around the bone tunnels on the prevalence of cyclops lesion (CL), after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with hamstring grafts. Our hypothesis was that bone tunnel debridement during ACLR would reduce the prevalence of CL. Methods for debridement in and around the bone tunnels after tunnel drilling were standardized and applied to 38 knees undergoing double-bundle ACLR between 2011 and 2014, Group A (debridement group).

An experimental comparative study of drilling efficiency and temperature elevation with unmodified and modified medical drills in pig tibia bone.

Background: There are no medical drill specifications capable of achieving bone drilling in a short time under low-thrust and low-speed drilling. Gekkou-drill® is an industrial drill that enables drilling with low cutting resistance by its characteristic point design. Our aims were to develop Gekkou-modified drills by processing to the points of currently available medical drills and to verify whether these modified drills enable less invasive drilling procedure for bone tissue in thermal exposure compared with unmodified medical drills.

Thermal damage of osteocytes during pig bone drilling: an in vivo comparative study of currently available and modified drills.

Objectives: The Gekkou-drill® is an industrial drill that is highly efficient due to reduced cutting resistance resulting from its characteristic drill point shape. In this experiment, we compared the degree of thermal damage to bone tissue caused by conventional medical drills and these same drills with Gekkou modifications.

Methods: Holes were created in the tibias of living pigs using two different 3.

Conservative treatment for lumbar compartment syndrome shows efficacy over 2-year follow-up: a case report and literature review.

Background: Since in all studies of conservative treatment of lumbar compartment syndrome the follow-up duration was less than 6 months, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions.

Purpose: To report a patient with lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome who was treated conservatively over a follow-up period of 2 years.

Study Design: This is a case report of a 23-year-old male college student with lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome who was treated conservatively.