HOW USEFUL IS ELASTOGRAPHY IN THE FOLLOW-UP OF ACHILLES TENDON REPAIR?

Introduction: In addition to conservative modalities in the treatment of Achilles tendon injuries, open, percutaneous and minimally invasive semi-open techniques, as well as biological open surgical repair methods are used as surgical options. Compression elastography is one of the methods used for the follow-up of treatment in Achilles tendon injuries.

Methods: 23 patients were included in our study between July 2013 and June 2014, as long as they had at least 4 years of follow-up.

A NEW ANATOMICAL PLATE FOR EXTRA-ARTICULAR DISTAL HUMERAL FRACTURES: BIOMECHANICAL STUDY.

Introduction: We compared the mechanical properties of two fixation techniques for the treatment of extra-articular distal third humeral fractures.

Materials And Methods: Two groups were created from twenty-four humeri. Group 1 was instrumented using a new, precontoured, 8-hole (3.

Anthropometry of the knee of the Turkish population and the comparison to implant sizes in total knee arthroplasty.

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common orthopaedic surgical procedures in the advanced stages of knee arthritis.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to define the sex differences in the Turkish population's morphological measurements of the distal femoral and proximal tibial surfaces that form the knee joint and to compare their compatibility with conventional prosthetic implants commonly used in TKA for advanced-stage knee arthritis.

Methods: Anthropometric data for a total of 240 knees from 240 patients were measured using 3-dimensional computed tomography (3D CT).

Cementless rectangular stems yield satisfactory results in osteoporotic bones.

Background: The present study aims to investigate the effects sof osteoporosis on prosthesis survival by comparing the femoral stem survival rates of patients with poor and relatively good bone quality.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated 61 patients with collum femoris fractures who were treated with cementless rectangular stems between 2011 and 2015 in the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic of Taksim Training and Research Hospital. The preoperative pelvic anterior-posterior radiographs of the patients were evaluated.

Profiling of Autophagy-Associated microRNAs in the Osteosarcoma Cell Line of U2OS.

Background: Autophagy is a cellular process that plays a role in the destruction of proteins and organelles. It has been shown that impaired autophagic flux triggers canceration, infectious disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. It has been suggested that tumor formation is inhibited by autophagy that reduces oxidative stress and recycles damaged organelles.

Correction to: Arthroscopic treatment of focal osteochondral lesions of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.

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Bosworth and modified Phemister techniques revisited. A comparison of intraarticular vs extraarticular fixation methods in the treatment of acute Rockwood type III acromioclavicular dislocations.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the long-term clinical and radiological results of Acromioclavicular (AC) fixation with K-wires (the modified Phemister procedure) and Coracoclavicular (CC) fixation with the Bosworth screw in the surgical treatment of Type 3 AC joint dislocations.

Methods: Thirty-two patients with complete set of medical records and who received surgical treatment between September 2005 and January 2009 due to acute Rockwood Type 3 AC joint dislocation and properly attended their follow-ups were retrospectively evaluated. Sixteen patients (13 males, 3 females; mean age: 38, range: 24-52 years) were treated with CC fixation with Bosworth screw (Group 1), and the other 16 (12 males, 4 females; mean age: 53.

Arthroscopic treatment of focal osteochondral lesions of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.

Background: Although arthroscopic surgical treatment of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint involves painful sesamoid excision, synovectomy, debridement, and partial cheilectomy, no gold standard treatment technique has been defined in the literature for hallux rigidus and focal osteochondral lesions. This study aimed to assess the arthroscopic treatment for early-grade focal osteochondral lesions of the first MTP joint and to determine the impact of arthroscopic microhole drill surgery on foot function and activities of daily living in a group of patients who failed conservative treatment.

Methods: This prospective study included 14 patients with hallux rigidus and focal osteochondral lesions of the first MTP joint who underwent surgery in 2014 and were followed on a regular basis thereafter.

Arthroscopic treatment of focal osteochondral lesions of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.

Background: Although arthroscopic surgical treatment of the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint involves painful sesamoid excision, synovectomy, debridement, and partial cheilectomy, no gold standard treatment technique has been defined in the literature for hallux rigidus and focal osteochondral lesions. This study aimed to assess the arthroscopic treatment for early grade focal osteochondral lesions of the first MTP joint and to determine the impact of arthroscopic microhole drill surgery on foot function and activities of daily living in a group of patients who failed conservative treatment.

Methods: This prospective study included 14 patients with hallux rigidus and focal osteochondral lesions of the first MTP joint who underwent surgery in 2014 and were followed on a regular basis thereafter.

The correlation between medial plica and trochlear dysplasis: An MRI study.

Background: Trochlear dysplasia is the most commonly encountered congenital etiologic factor of anterior knee pain.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between trochlear dysplasia with medial patellar plica as well as to investigate the distribution of plica types according to types of dysplasia.

Settings And Design: This is a retrospective case-control study.

Need for Bone Grafts in the Surgical Treatment of Displaced Intra-Articular Calcaneal Fractures.

Controversy is ongoing regarding the use of bone grafts to fill cavities that occur with collapse of the posterior facet in the joint and for repair of the calcaneal height with plating. The present study included 40 patients with 43 displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures treated with open reduction and internal fixation from March 2009 to November 2013. In the present case-control study, the patients were separated into 2 groups: group A received an allograft (20 patients, 22 calcaneal fractures) and group B did not (20 patients, 21 calcaneal fractures).

Long-term results of reverse Liss plate applied to unstable proximal femur extracapsular fractures in Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To evaluate the results of the minimally invasive internal fixation method using reverse Less Invasive Stabilisation System locking plate in unstable proximal femur extracapsular fractures.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at Department of Orthopaedics in Taksim Training and Research Hospital (Istanbul, Turkey) and comprised data of patients in whom osteosynthesis was applied with reverse Less Invasive Stabilisation System locking plate for an unstable extracapsular femur fracture between September 2006 and June 2011. Evaluation was made of the fracture reduction quality and degrees of varus-valgus and anteversion-retroversion on the postoperative radiographs which were compared to the healthy hip.

A new method of calculating the rotation angle in pediatric forearm fractures using direct radiographs.

Background: The aim of this study was to measure the rotational angle defect between fracture ends in paediatric forearm diaphyseal fractures on radiographs.

Methods: Evaluations were performed on 78 paediatric patients who presented at the emergency department with a diaphyseal forearm fracture during 2013-2014. Thirty-two patients who underwent conservative treatment and had < 10° of angulation and translation of not more than half the bone diameter after application of a plaster cast were included in the study.

Measurement of Malrotation on Direct Radiography in Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures: Prospective Observational Study.

Unlabelled: The aim of this prospective study was to test a mathematical method of measuring the malrotation of pediatric distal radius fractures (PDRFs) from direct radiographs. A total of 70 pediatric patients who presented at the Emergency Department with a distal radius fracture were evaluated. For 38 selected patients conservative treatment for PDRF was planned.

Middle and long term radiologic and functional results of childhood supracondylar humeral fractures operated in first 24 hours with limited medial approach.

Objective: To investigate the middle- and long-term radiological and functional results of children with type III supracondylar humerus fractures treated with a limited medial approach and internal fixation.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at Department of Orthopaedics in Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, and comprised data of children who underwent surgery between April 1991 and June 2009. Patients in group I underwent surgery within the first 8 hours after admission, and those in group II did so 8-24 hours after admission.

Age and sex-based distribution of lumbar multifidus muscle atrophy and coexistence of disc hernia: an MRI study of 2028 patients.

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the prevalence of lumbar multifidus muscle (LMM) atrophy in patients having mechanical low back pain with and without disc hernia.

Methods: In total, 2028 lumbar magnetic resonance imaging scans of low back pain patients (age range, 18-88 years) were re-evaluated retrospectively. LMM atrophy was visually assessed in axial sections of L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels.

Fixation of extra-articular distal humeral fractures with a lateral approach and a locked plate: an alternative method.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of lateral approach and anterolateral anatomical locked plate fixation on clinical and radiological healing of extra-articular distal humeral fractures.

Methods: Twenty-three (17 male, 6 female) consecutive patients who underwent surgical management for closed extra-articular comminuted distal humeral fractures between 2006 and 2013 were included in this study. Anterolateral fixation with an anatomical locked plate using a lateral approach was preferred.

Efficacy of periarticular injection applied trough knee other than posterior capsule in simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Background: We aimed to evaluate periarticular multimodal drug injection (PMDI) in bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Methods: In 154 knees of 77 patients, PMDI was administered intraoperatively through the regions other than posterior capsule to one knee; other knee was control.

Results: Drug-injected knees had lower visual analog scale scores and higher passive range of motion postoperatively (p < 0.

Pedobarography in the Assessment of Postoperative Calcaneal Fracture Pressure With Gait.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the benefits and importance of pedobarography in the diagnosis and treatment of plantar pressure changes in the postoperative follow-up of calcaneus fractures treated with open reduction and internal fixation. The 28 patients included 23 males (82%) and 5 females (18%). The clinical evaluation was performed using the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society hindfoot scoring system.

A comparison of the quality of online information about total knee arthroplasty available in Turkish and English: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: The Internet has become one of the primary resources for patients to obtain health-related information. While the Internet continues to evolve in terms of coverage and technology, concerns regarding the quality of available information have arisen. We aimed to investigate the quality of health-related information on Turkish-language medical websites by comparing it to that of English-language medical websites, in which the subject has long been studied.

Arthroscopic treatment of synovial chondromatosis of the shoulder: A case report.

Introduction: Synovial chondromatosis is a mono-articular arthropathy rarely seen in diarthrodial joints. The classic treatment for synovial chondromatosis is open arthrotomy, synovectomy and complete removal of the free fragments. With recent advances in arthroscopic techniques and methods, the indications for arthroscopic treatment have been extended.

Tourniquet use during total knee arthroplasty does not offer significant benefit: A retrospective cohort study.

Introduction: Tourniquets are routinely employed during total knee arthroplasty; however, their use remains controversial.

Methods: This study investigates the efficacy and safety of this practice. A retrospective analysis of 186 patients was performed to assess benefits and/or risks associated with tourniquet use during knee arthroplasty.

The effects of preoperative non-invasive cardiac tests on delay to surgery and subsequent mortality in elderly patients with hip fracture.

Objective: To investigate the effects of preoperative cardiac tests on the surgical treatment plan and subsequent effects on mortality in elderly patients with hip fracture.

Methods: In this retrospective study, 116 patients aged 60 years or above who underwent hip fracture surgery between 2010-2013 were evaluated. Of the patients with similar preoperative clinical risk factors, 20 patients with additional preoperative cardiac tests such as echocardiography or thalium scintigraphy constituted Group 1, whereas 28 patients without additional cardiac tests constituted Group 2.

Magnetic resonance imaging-based diagnosis of occult osseous injuries in traumatic knees.

Background: Occult osseous knee injuries, such as bone bruises, can produce persistent pain and functional loss. Although bone bruises cannot be identified through direct examination or traditional radiographs, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as an effective diagnostic method. Nevertheless, the natural history of these injuries remains to be fully defined.