Positional Screw Effect in the Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures Using a Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis Technique.

Background: This study compares the difference in the clinical and radiologic outcomes when minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) technique is performed with or without using a positional screw in the treatment of humeral shaft fractures.

Methods: From January 2010 to January 2021, a retrospective study was conducted on a total of 63 patients who underwent the MIPO technique for the treatment of humeral shaft fractures. We divided these patients into 2 groups: in group I, patients underwent MIPO without a positional screw; in group II, patients underwent MIPO with a positional screw.

Efficacy and Safety of Sarpogrelate on Symptom Improvement in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and/or Being at Risk of PAD: A Single Arm, Multi-Centered, Open-Label Trial.

Aims: To assess the efficacy and safety of sarpogrelate (300 mg) for symptom improvement in patients having peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and/or being at risk of PAD in clinical practice using the Peripheral Artery Questionnaire (PAQ).

Background: Symptomatic changes with antiplatelets in patients with PAD are limited.

Objective: To determine the effect and safety of sarpogrelate on the PAQ at 24 weeks from baseline.

Posterior deltoid-sparing approach for displaced inferior or posterior glenoid fossa fractures: technical note and case series.

Scapular surgery has usually been performed through the posterior Judet approach. This approach allows access to the entire posterior scapular body, but causes significant soft tissue damage and detaches the deltoid muscle. To date, there has been no clinical study of a deltoid-preserving approach to access the joint for displaced postero-inferior glenoid fractures (Ideberg type II or Ib).

Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes of Open Reduction and Internal Fixation without Capsular Incision for Inferior Glenoid Fossa Fractures.

Background: Scapular surgery is usually undertaken via the posterior approach described by Judet. This approach allows access to the entire posterior scapular body; however, it results in severe soft-tissue injury and requires an incision in the deltoid muscle. To date, no clinical study has been reported on open reduction and internal fixation without capsular incision for displaced inferior glenoid fractures (Ideberg type II).

Clinical Efficacy of the Antibiotic-Loaded Collagen Sponge During Arthroscopic Treatment of Acute Septic Arthritis of the Native Knee.

Background: To completely eliminate an infection, the antibiotic concentration must exceed the minimum inhibitory concentration for the causative pathogens. The antibiotic-loaded collagen sponge (ALCS) has been used to manage an infection through a high local concentration of antibiotics.

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of ALCS in the arthroscopic treatment of patients with acute septic arthritis of the native knee.

Effects of Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Preventing Deltoid Muscle Atrophy after Rotator Cuff Repair: Preliminary Results of a Prospective, Randomized, Single-blind Trial.

Background: This study investigates the effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in preventing deltoid atrophy during the first 12 weeks after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Methods: Eighteen patients undergoing arthroscopic repair of a medium-sized rotator cuff tear by a single surgeon, were randomized into two groups: NMES and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). Each group used the respective device for 6 weeks after surgery.

Closure of Persistent, Small, Posterior Elbow Soft Tissue Defects Using a Rotation Flap: A Retrospective Study.

Unlabelled: Treating soft tissue defects occurring over the posterior elbow is challenging.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of using rotation flaps for soft tissue defects over the posterior elbow.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted among patients who had sustained posterior elbow defects and underwent rotation flap under local anesthesia between January 2, 2011, and December 31, 2014.

Open cubital and carpal tunnel release using wide-awake technique: reduction of postoperative pain.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of and patient satisfaction with the wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) technique in open cubital and carpal tunnel release surgery.

Methods: From January 2016 to February 2017, 20 cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS) patients were in a wide-awake (WA) group and 22 in a general (GA) anesthesia group in . Also, 20 carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patients were in a WA group, 22 in a local anesthesia (LA) group, and 20 in a GA group.

Evaluation of Inferior Capsular Laxity in Patients with Atraumatic Multidirectional Shoulder Instability with Magnetic Resonance Arthrography.

Objective: To compare inferior capsular redundancy by using magnetic resonance arthrography (MRA) images in patients with multidirectional instability (MDI) of the shoulder and control subjects without instability and thereby develop a screening method to identify the presence of shoulder MDI.

Materials And Methods: The MRA images of patients with MDI of the shoulder (n = 65, 57 men, 8 women; mean age, 24.5 years; age range, 18-42 years) treated over an eight-year period were retrospectively reviewed; a control group (n = 65, 57 men, 8 women; mean age, 27.

Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis using 3D printing for shaft fractures of clavicles: technical note.

This article describes a minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis technique for midshaft fractures of clavicles using intramedullary indirect reduction and prebent plates with 3D printing models. This technique allows for easy reduction of fractures with accurate prebent plates and minimal soft tissue injury around the fracture site.