Intra-operative fractures in cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty.

Purpose: To compare patients with or without intra-operative fracture during cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty.

Methods: Records of 76 men and 202 women who underwent cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures were reviewed. Patients with and without intra-operative fractures and patients with different types of intra-operative fractures were compared.

Risk factors of surgical site infections in hip hemiarthroplasty: a single-institution experience over nine years.

Introduction: This study aims to describe the factors associated with surgical site infection (SSI) in elderly patients who underwent hip hemiarthroplasty following a hip fracture, in a single institution over a nine-year period.

Methods: All patients who underwent hip hemiarthroplasty between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2012 in our hospital were included in the present study. The detection of SSI was carried out by a trained, independent infection control nurse using the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria.

Mechanical thromboprophylaxis for patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the rates of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in hip fracture patients receiving mechanical thromboprophylaxis.

Methods: 123 men and 311 women (mean age, 76 years) admitted to our institution with hip fractures were included. 95% of patient received mechanical prophylaxis using pneumatic calf pumps intermittently for 20 hours or less per day before and after surgery.

Open reduction and annular ligament reconstruction with fascia of the forearm in chronic monteggia lesions in children.

Fifteen children with chronic Monteggia lesions were treated with open reduction, annular ligament reconstruction with fascia of the forearm, and ulnar osteotomy. Mean age was 8 years 3 months (range 3-16 years). The chronicity of missed Monteggia was from 6 weeks to 2 years (mean 12 weeks).