The Influence of Cement Substitution by Biomass Fly Ash on the Polymer-Cement Composites Properties.

The generation of energy for the needs of the population is currently a problem. In consideration of that, the biomass combustion process has started to be implemented as a new source of energy. The dynamic increase in the use of biomass for energy generation also resulted in the formation of waste in the form of fly ash.

Treatment of Primary Hip Arthroplasty Complications. Case Study.

Intraoperative periprosthetic femoral fracture during hip arthroplasty is one of the most serious surgical com-plications. Its consequences can be minimized with correct diagnosis and early institution of appropriate treatment. This paper presents the management of a periprosthetic femoral fracture complicated by infection in a 53-year-old female patient.

Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Bleeding Disorders.

Background: Advanced haemophilic arthropathy is a possible complication in patients with congenital bleeding disor-ders. This study aimed to assess treatment outcomes after primary total knee arthroplasty in this group of patients.

Material And Methods: A total of 60 primary total knee arthroplasties were performed in the period 2011-2014.

A Comparison of Outcomes of Treatment with Resection Prosthesis of the Hip in Revision and Oncological Surgery.

Introduction: The introduction of resection prostheses paved the way for the development of limb-sparing surgery in patients with primary or metastatic bone tumours. After some time, the developing possibilities of treatment of extensive bone defects allowed for the use of resection prostheses as an emergency procedure in patients undergoing revision surgery due to hip implant loosening. The aim of this paper is to compare treatment outcomes in patients receiving the Modular Universal Tumour and Revision System (MUTARS) resection prosthesis during arthroplasty performed for different indications: treatment of a tumour metastasis and revision surgery in cases of implant loosening.

Elbow Arthroplasty in Patients with Bleeding Disorders. Preliminary Report of a Single-centre Experience.

Spontaneous or traumatic hemorrhages into joints that occur in the course of congenital bleeding disorders due to deficiencies of plasma clotting factors lead to early and extensive damage to joints. Arthropathy in those patients most commonly affects the knee, elbow and ankle. Replacement surgery of the damaged joint is the only effective way to treat such advanced changes.

Use of Trabecular Titanium Implants for Primary Hip Arthroplasty.

Background: Total hip arthroplasty is an increasingly common procedure. The large number of cases inevitably includes patients who require filling of their acetabular defect even in their primary surgery. The use of a utogenous grafts and allografts as well as resistance rings requires patients to avoid loading the limb for a long time to enable implant integration.

Clinical anatomy in the vicinity of the hip joint in magnetic resonance imaging.

Background. MRIs were obtained from 24 patients with suspicion of small pelvis pathology, with no indication of hip joint pathology.
Results and Conclusions.

Intramedullary nailing in treatment of complications of long bone union following fracture - case studies.

Open osteosynthesis of long bones fractures carries high risk of complications, the most common of which are plate breakage, slow union, delayed union and non-union. The paper analysis of 3 cases of bone union complications treated by locked intramedullary nailing. The aim was to show differences in the therapeutic management of different bones and non-unions following different types of osteosynthesis.

Treatment of trochanteric fractures of the femur: DHS or Gamma nail? - own experience.

Background. The aim of proximal femur fractures treatment, which mostly concerns geriatric population, is quick restore the patient's health status to the level from before accident. Surgical treatment with stable fracture reduction is the procedure of choice.

Edema-protective agents in postoperative disturbances of venous and lymphatic microcirculation in the lower limbs.

Clinical observations indicate that impairment of venous and lymphatic microcirculation is a major complication of orthopedic surgery. Usually it is older patients with certain risk factors that are affected. The symptoms are generally present after knee or hip arthroplasty, but they may occur even after less invasive procedures performed on patients with musculo-skeletal trauma, or as complications after plaster cast immobilization of the leg.

[Locked intramedullary nailing in treatment of femur and tibia delayed union and pseudoarthrosis].

Five patients treated operatively on account of tibia and femur shaft delayed union and pseudoarthrosis were re-operated by locked intramedullary nailing. The method permits stable bone fixation. Intramedullary canal reaming stimulates bone union, as it refreshes fracture site and is a source of bone graft.

[The influence of body injuries on bone union of femoral shaft fractures treated by different operative methods].

Femoral shaft fracture is very often main musculo-skeletal injury in polytrauma patient. We analysed bone union of femoral shaft fractures treated by different operative open methods--AO plate osteosynthesis, Zespol method and open intramedullary nailing and by closed intramedullary nailing, in patients with concomitant body injuries. We compared patients operated by open methods without complications with the group demanding fracture reoperation.