[Treatment of ankylosing spondylitis with thoracolumbar fractures by robot-assisted internal fixation in lateral decubitus position].

Objective: To explore the effect of robot-assisted internal fixation in lateral decubitus position for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) complicated with thoracolumbar fractures.

Methods: The clinical data of 26 patients with ankylosing spondylitis complicated with thoracolumbar fractures treated from January 2018 to June 2020 was retrospectively analyzed. According to different surgical methods, these patients were divided into observation group and control group.

Treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fractures with elastic stable intramedullary nails versus external fixation: A meta-analysis.

Background: There is currently a debate about whether elastic stable intramedullary nails (ESIN) or external fixation (EF) is the best surgical method for treating pediatric femoral shaft fractures. We performed a meta-analysis to determine which surgical method leads to higher treatment satisfaction, lower complication rates, and reduced treatment time, to investigate whether ESIN is the preferred surgical method for treatment of pediatric femoral shaft fractures.

Patients And Methods: Relevant databases were searched for comparative studies of ESIN versus EF for the treating pediatric femoral shaft fractures.

Development and Validation of a Prognostic Nomogram for Extremity Soft Tissue Leiomyosarcoma.

Extremity soft tissue leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare disease with a poor prognosis. The aim of this study is to develop nomograms to predict the overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients with extremity soft tissue LMS. Based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, 1,528 cases of extremity soft tissue LMS diagnosed between 1983 and 2015 were included.

[A case control study of perpendicular or parallel double plate for the treatment of young and middle-aged patients with type C fractures of distal humerus].

Objective: To compare clinical outcomes of perpendicular or parallel double plate in treating type C fractures of distal humerus in adults.

Methods: From March 2009 and March 2013, 40 adult patients with type C distal humerus fractures were treated. The patients were divided into two groups according to fixed form.

[Progress on propionibacterium acnes and degenerative intervertebral disc].

The mechanism of degenerative intervertebral disc is very complex, which may be associated with multiple factors such as the mechanical stress force injury of intervertebral disc, nutritional deficiency, inflammatory stimulation, etc. Recently, many studies detected propionibacterium acnes(P. acnes) in degenerative intervertebral disc and supposed P.

Tophaceous gout causing lumbar stenosis: A case report.

Rationale: Gout in the spine is very rare. The clinical symptoms of the spinal gout are various and lack of specificity. The authors report a case of spinal gout causing lumbar stenosis.

The Treatment of Fibrosis of Joint Synovium and Frozen Shoulder by Smad4 Gene Silencing in Rats.

Soft tissue fibrosis at the joint induced by inflammation is the pathological basis of frozen shoulder. In the present study, we utilized a lentiviral approach to silence the Smad4 gene in an in vitro fibrosis model of fibroblasts and an in vivo frozen shoulder model. We observed the change in the fibrosis process and the biological indicators of frozen shoulder.

Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis vs conventional fixation techniques for surgically treated humeral shaft fractures: a meta-analysis.

Background: In this study, we performed a meta-analysis to identify whether minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) was superior to conventional fixation techniques (CFT) for treating humeral shaft fractures.

Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted up to February 2016 in ScienceDirect, Springer, MEDLINE, and PubMed databases for relevant papers that compared the outcomes of MIPO with CFT, such as open reduction with plate osteosynthesis (ORPO) and intramedullary nail (IMN) for treating humeral shaft fractures. Meta-analysis was performed with Review Manager 5.

[Treatment of thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis with single posterior debridement, bone grafting, internal fixation and local chemotherapy].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical effects of single posterior debridement, bone grafting, internal fixation and local chemotherapy in treating thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis.

Methods: From February 2009 to September 2012,11 patients with thoracolumbar spinal tuberculosis were treated by single posterior debridement, bone grafting, internal fixation and local chemotherapy. There were 7 males and 4 females, aged from 27 to 65 years old with an average of 53.

[Curative effect comparison of two methods of treatment for distal tibial fractures].

Objective: Evaluation of two different methods of treatment of distal tibial fractures of the clinical indications, complications and efficacy.

Methods: Forty-five cases of closed distal tibial fractures were assigned to two groups, 25 cases in group A included 18 males and 7 females, according to the AO/ASIF classification: 4 cases of type A, 14 cases of B, 7 cases of C, open reduction and anatomic plate fixation were used. Twenty cases in group B included 12 males and 8 females, 5 of type A, 9 of B, 6 of C, minimally invasive percutaneous locking compression plate osteosynthesis were used.

[Anterior vertebrectomy and plating for spinal tuberculosis].

Objective: To study the effect of anterior vertebrectomy, bone grafting and plating in the treatment of spinal tuberculosis.

Methods: Between February 1998 and August 2000, 12 patients with spinal tuberculosis were operated with anterior vertebrectomy, bone grafting and plating. Evaluation including bone fusion rate, correction of deformity and status of spinal lesion was carried out.