Delayed Peroneal Neuropathy After Bosworth Fracture Dislocation of the Ankle.

The Bosworth ankle fracture-dislocation is a rare injury and is often irreducible because of an entrapped proximal fragment of the fibula behind the posterior tibial tubercle. Repeated closed reduction or delayed open reduction may result in several complications. Thus, early open reduction and internal fixation enable a better outcome by minimizing soft-tissue damage.

Functional recovery with histomorphometric analysis of nerves and muscles after combination treatment with erythropoietin and dexamethasone in acute peripheral nerve injury.

Introduction: Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) often leads to significant functional loss in patients and poses a challenge to physicians since treatment options for improving functional outcomes are limited. Recent studies suggest that erythropoietin and glucocoticoids have beneficial effects as mediators of neuro-regenerative processes. We hypothesized that combination treatment with erythropoietin and glucocoticoids would have a synergistic effect on functional outcome after PNI.

Is Femoral Fracture Healing Really Compromised in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis? Comparison Study Between Rheumatoid and Non-rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.

Background: In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), some problems might occur in fracture healing; however, clinical evidence is limited. Therefore, we compared the time to union and complication rate of femoral fractures between RA and non-RA patients.

Materials And Methods: This study included 42 RA patients who underwent osteosynthesis for femoral trochanter or shaft fracture.

Interbody fusion in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis with additional posterolateral fusion using Escherichia coli-derived bone morphogenetic protein-2: A Pilot study.

This case series investigated the efficacy and optimal dose of Escherichia coli-derived bone morphogenetic protein-2 (E.BMP-2) as a bone graft substitute for additional posterolateral spinal fusion, accompanying interbody fusion procedures, for treating lumbar degenerative spinal stenosis. This study focused on the optimal dose for each segment and the efficacy of E.

A New Surgical Strategy for Infective Spondylodiscitis: Comparison Between the Combined Antero-Posterior and Posterior-Only Approaches.

Study Design: Retrospective comparative study.

Objective: To investigate the radiographic and clinical effectiveness of surgical treatment using a posterior-only approach, as compared with a combined antero-posterior approach, in patients with infective spondylodiscitis.

Summary Of Background Data: Spondylodiscitis is the most common infectious disease of the spine.

Making soy sauce from defatted soybean meal without the mejus process by submerged cultivation using thermophilic bacteria.

The diversity of thermophilic bacteria was not significantly altered while growing in a defatted soybean meal (DFSM) slurry at 60 °C for 10, 20, and 30 days. Five species of thermophilic bacteria, which belong to the genera Aeribacillus (temperature gradient gel electrophoresis [TGGE] band no. 1), Saccharococcus (TGGE band no.