Histological Comparison of Nanocomposite Multilayer Biomimetic Scaffold, A Chondral Scaffold, and Microfracture Technique to Repair Experimental Osteochondral Defects in Rats.

Objective: We used biomimetic scaffolds, chondral scaffolds, and microfractures to repair experimentally created osteochondral defects in rat knees and then compared the results of each method.

Materials And Methods: We used a total of 56 female Wistar albino rats. The rats were grouped into 4 groups, with 14 rats each: biomimetic scaffold, chondral scaffold, microfracture, and control groups.

Effect of sedation anesthesia on kinesiophobia and early outcomes after total knee arthroplasty.

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) operation is an effective treatment method in severe osteoarthritis worldwide. However, the number of patients with chronic pain and functional limitations in the postoperative period will continue to increase. Kinesiphobia is an important factor that affects the functional outcomes postoperatively.

The Effects of Corticosteroid Injection in the Healthy and Damaged Achilles Tendon Model: Histopathological and Biomechanical Experimental Study in Rats.

Objective: To show the effects of corticosteroids on inflammatory reactions in the injured Achilles tendon in rats.

Material And Method: Thirty-two adult Wistar Albino rats were used in the study. The rats were divided into 4 groups.

Evaluation of the age and gender related changes in the Blumensaat line.

Purpose: The position of the patella according to the femur is very important in the evaluation of patella-femoral joint disorders. In 1938, Blumensaat (BS) described the BS line to evaluate the patella femoral congruence. This method is still valuable in clinical use.

The effect of erythropoietin on rat rotator cuff repair model: An experimental study.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether erythropoietin (EPO) can enhance rotator cuff healing in rats as measured by histological analysis and biomechanical testing.

Methods: A total of 72 rats were included in this study. In the control group ( = 24), repair was performed without EPO injection.

Effect of insulin-like growth factor-1 and hyaluronic acid in experimentally produced osteochondral defects in rats.

Background: The common purpose of almost all methods used to treat the osteochondral injuries is to produce a normal cartilage matrix. However current methods are not sufficient to provide a normal cartilage matrix. For that reason, researchers have studied to increase the effectiveness of this methods using chondrogenic and chondroprotective molecules in recent experimental studies.

Floating forearm: perilunar and elbow dislocation without a fracture.

Traumatic perilunar and elbow dislocation is rarely seen together. There are only a few reported cases in the literature. Limitation of joint movement, deformity and pain are generally the presenting symptoms.

Efficacy of moxifloxacin compared to teicoplanin in the treatment of implant-related chronic osteomyelitis in rats.

Treatment of implant-related chronic osteomyelitis is often difficult and usually consists of implant removal, extensive surgical debridement, and prolonged antibiotic use. This study was performed to assess the efficacy of moxifloxacin compared to a glycopeptide, teicoplanin in chronic implant-related methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) osteomyelitis. The left femoral medullar cavities of 60 Wistar male rats were contaminated with 100 µl of 10(8) cfu/ml methicillin-sensitive S.

Effect of strontium ranelate on fracture healing in the osteoporotic rats.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of strontium ranelate (SrR) on fracture healing in the osteoporotic rat model. Forty female Sprague-Dawley rats aged 3 months were enrolled in the study. Osteoporosis was induced by bilateral ovariectomy and subsequent daily heparin injection started 1 week after surgery and lasted for 4 weeks.

Treatment of hallux valgus by modified McBride procedure: a 6-year follow-up.

Background: Surgical decision-making was reevaluated by comparison with an algorithm designed to analyze treatment of hallux valgus deformities.

Materials And Methods: A modified McBride procedure was performed on 52 feet of 35 patients with hallux valgus deformity. From this series, 36 feet of 21 patients were evaluated preoperatively, early postoperatively, and late postoperatively by means of subjective evaluation and clinical and radiological findings.

Comparison of high-dose extracorporeal shockwave therapy and intralesional corticosteroid injection in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of high-dose extracorporeal shockwave therapy applied with an ankle block and corticosteroid injection in patients with plantar fasciitis whose symptoms persisted for more than 6 months.

Methods: Sixty patients were assessed clinically at presentation and at 3-month follow-up with a patient-assessed 100-mm visual analog scale of pain and a physician-assessed heel tenderness index. A therapeutic response rate was evaluated.

Autologous blood and corticosteroid injection and extracoporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.

Lateral epicondylitis is a common disorder characterized by pain and tenderness over the lateral epicondyle. It occurs most frequently as a result of minor, unrecognized trauma during sports activities and occupation-related physical activities. The goal of this study was to evaluate the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of corticosteroid injection, autologous blood injection, and extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis.

Patellar tendon ossification after partial patellectomy: a case report.

Introduction: Patellar tendon ossification is a rare pathology that may be seen as a complication after sleeve fractures of the tibial tuberosity, total patellectomy during arthroplasty, intramedullary nailing of tibial fractures, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with patellar tendon autograft and knee injury without fracture. However, its occurrence after partial patellectomy surgery has never been reported in the literature.

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 35-year-old Turkish man with a comminuted inferior patellar pole fracture that was treated with partial patellectomy.

Patellar tendinopathy caused by a para-articular/extraskeletal osteochondroma in the lateral infrapatellar region of the knee: a case report.

Patellar tendinopathy is characterized by activity-related anterior knee pain. It is most commonly related to sports activity, but has also been reported in the non-athletic population. Most injuries are caused by microtrauma, resulting in tendinitis or tendinosis.

Complex regional pain syndrome type I: efficacy of stellate ganglion blockade.

Background: This study was performed to evaluate the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I with stellate ganglion blockade.

Materials And Methods: We performed three blockades at weekly intervals in 22 patients with CRPS type I in one hand. The patients were divided into two groups depending on the time between symptom onset and treatment initiation.

Biomechanical and histological effects of intra-articular hyaluronic acid on anterior cruciate ligament in rats.

Background: The histologic and biomechanical effects of intra-articular hyaluronic acid on the anterior cruciate ligaments of rats were investigated.

Methods: Thirty rats were divided into three groups, i.e.

Adding intrathecal morphine to unilateral spinal anesthesia results in better pain relief following knee arthroscopy.

Purpose: Intrathecal morphine is administered to provide profound and prolonged analgesia, and to treat acute postoperative pain. We compared the effectiveness of hyperbaric bupivacaine alone and in combination with morphine for unilateral spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy.

Methods: Sixty patients were randomly allocated to two groups to receive either 1.

Comparison of ultrasound-, palpation-, and scintigraphy-guided steroid injections in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.

Background: The aim of the study was to compare the efficacies of steroid injections guided by scintigraphy, ultrasonography, and palpation in plantar fasciitis.

Methods: A total of 35 heels of 27 patients were randomly assigned to three steroid injection groups: palpation-guided (pg), ultrasound-guided (ug), and scintigraphy-guided (sg). Patients were evaluated for pain intensity before the injections and at the last follow-up of 25.

Medial meniscus anterior horn cyst: arthroscopic decompression.

Meniscus cysts are mostly seen with meniscus tears, and arthroscopic decompression of cysts is gaining great importance in their treatment. In this study, we present a medial meniscus anterior horn cyst without an accompanying tear in the meniscus. A 33-year-old male patient was seen with pain and a palpable mass in his right knee.

[Defective forearm pseudoarthrosis with a neglected elbow dislocation].

Neglected elbow dislocations, rarely seen in the developed countries, are very attractive due to the difficulties of treatment and diversity of prognosis. A 32 year-old woman was admitted with chronic elbow dislocation and defective forearm pseudoarthrosis due to an accident four months prior to admission. Open reduction and distraction arthroplasty using hinged external fixator for the elbow, open reduction and internal fixation with plate-screws with fibula allograft for the forearm was performed.

[Total knee arthroplasty: a 4.5-year follow-up].

Objectives: To present the short- and mid-term follow-up results of primary total knee arthroplasty.

Methods: We performed a total of 97 cemented total knee replacements (47 right, 50 left) with posterior cruciate ligament retention in 66 patients (60 women, 6 men). The mean age at the time of surgery was 65.

Central third bone-patellar tendon-bone arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a 4-year follow-up.

This prospective study reports the 4-year follow-up results of 56 patients (44 males and 12 females) who underwent arthroscopic reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) using a central third bone-patellar tendon-bone free autologous graft and assesses the mid-term effectiveness of this technique. Mean patient age was 30.2 years (range: 17-44 years).