Internal fixation of fractures of both bones forearm: Comparison of locked compression and limited contact dynamic compression plate.

Background: The locking compression plate (LCP) with combination holes is a newer device in fracture fixation. We undertook a study comparing the LCP with limited contact dynamic compression plate (LC-DCP) in the treatment of diaphyseal fractures of both bones of the forearm.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective comparative study, 36 patients (18 in each group) with fractures of both the forearm bones (72 fractures) were treated with one of the two devices.

Resection and arthrodesis of the knee joint for giant cell tumours of bone.

Purpose: To evaluate functional outcomes and complications following resection and arthrodesis of the knee for giant cell tumours (GCTs) of bone, in comparison to treatment by endoprosthetic replacements reported elsewhere.

Methods: 18 men and 14 women aged 18 to 40 (mean, 28) years underwent resection and arthrodesis of the knee for GCTs of bone involving the distal femur (n=17) and proximal tibia (n=15). After wide resection, 2 struts were fashioned from the harvested fibula/ fibulae and inserted into the medullary canal at the resected ends of the tibia and femur.

Calcium phosphate ceramics as bone graft substitutes in filling bone tumor defects.

Background: Synthetic bio-inert materials are currently used as an alternative to autogenous bone graft. Calcium hydroxyapatite (HA) and Beta tri-calcium phosphate (beta-TCP), which belong to the calcium phosphate ceramics group, are biocompatible and osteo-conductive. The purpose of this study is to analyse the use of HA and beta-TCP in their ceramic forms as a bone graft substitute in filling bone voids after curettage of benign bone tumors.