Ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block in patients with chronic lumbar facet joint pain: A prospective case-controlled study.

Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the efficacy of ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane (ESP) block and compare with the conventional physical therapy in chronic low back pain (LBP).

Materials And Methods: This prospective case-controlled study included patients with chronic LBP. Their clinical and demographic data were obtained, and they were divided into two groups for conventional physical therapy and ESP blocks.

Total knee arthroplasty for the management of joint destruction in tuberculous arthritis.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience to clarify the suggestion that there should be a significant disease-free interval before total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and to determine the correct timing of surgery for reconstruction of the joint destruction in patients suffering from tuberculous arthritis.

Methods: Twelve patients with advanced joint destruction and tuberculous arthritis of the knee with recent onset were reviewed in this study. The time interval from our diagnosis of active infection to arthroplasty averaged 4 ± 1.

Ribbing disease: a case report and literature review.

Ribbing disease (RD) is a rare bone dysplasia characterized by benign endosteal and periosteal new bone formation confined to the diaphysis of the long bones of the lower extremities in young adults. The etiology and optimal treatment for the disease are unknown. It is often initially diagnosed as a low-grade osteomyelitis or a bone-forming neoplasia.

Calcium phosphate cement augmentation in the treatment of depressed tibial plateau fractures with open reduction and internal fixation.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of open reduction and internal fixation augmented with calcium phosphate cement (CPC) in the treatment of depressed tibial plateau fractures.

Methods: Twenty-eight knees of 28 patients [19 males and 9 females; mean age, 41.2 years (range 22-72 years)] who had open reduction and internal fixation combined with CPC augmentation were included in this study.

The use of a cementless modular stem in the treatment of subtrochanteric femoral fractures in conjunction with ipsilateral coxarthrosis.

Subtrochanteric fractures of the femur below an arthritic hip are uncommon and challenging to orthopedic surgeons. Most of these fractures occur in elderly patients with advanced osteoporosis. The treatment choices consist of treatment of the fracture and the above hip joint versus treatment of the fracture alone.

Cementless total hip arthroplasty for the management of tuberculosis coxitis.

Introduction: Tuberculosis arthritis of the hip is a crippling disease and there is need for an effective and acceptable treatment for the hips with bone destruction. The aim of this report was to evaluate the efficacy of the diagnostic method for hip tuberculosis and clinical results of the patients to clarify the question of whether a total hip arthroplasty (THA) should be attempted on a patient with a current or previous infection.

Materials And Methods: Nine patients with active tuberculosis of the hip, treated by cementless THA, were analyzed retrospectively.

Acute treatment of segmental tibial fractures with the Ilizarov method.

Objectives: We evaluated the results of acute application of the Ilizarov external fixator for segmental tibial fractures and also examined the experience with these special type fractures.

Methods: Twenty-four patients (19 males, 5 females) with a mean age of 37.8 years (range 22-66) with segmental tibial fractures were treated with the use of an Ilizarov type circular fixator.

Cementless hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures in elderly patients.

Objectives: The use of cement is associated with increased morbidity and mortality rate in elderly patients, hence cementless hemiarthroplasty is suggested. We evaluated the results of cementless hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fractures in elderly patients with high-risk clinical problems.

Materials And Methods: Forty-eight patients (29 females, 19 males) with a mean age of 88 years (range: 78 to 102 years).

[Fulkerson osteotomy for the treatment of chronic patellofemoral malalignment].

Objectives: We evaluated the results of Fulkerson osteotomy in patients with chronic patellofemoral malalignment.

Methods: Fulkerson osteotomy (anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer) was performed in 21 knees of 18 patients (10 females, 8 males; mean age 28.6 years; range 21 to 42 years).

[Comparison of primary arthroplasty with early salvage arthroplasty after failed internal fixation for displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients].

Objectives: We compared the results of primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) with those of early salvage THA following failure of internal fixation for acute displaced femoral neck fractures in elderly patients.

Methods: Patients with displaced femoral neck fractures (Garden type III, IV) were treated with either early salvage arthroplasty following failure of internal fixation (n=34; mean age 68 years) or THA (n=34; mean age 67.5 years).

[Closed reduction and percutaneous lateral pin fixation in the treatment of displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children].

Objectives: We evaluated the results of closed reduction and percutaneous lateral-pin fixation in the treatment of displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children.

Methods: Thirty-four children (25 boys, 9 girls; mean age 7.2 years; range 3 to 13 years) were treated for displaced supracondylar fractures of the humerus.

[Treatment results of pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft by open reduction and internal fixation with dynamic compression plating].

Objectives: We evaluated the results of open reduction and internal fixation with the use of dynamic compression plating in patients with pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft.

Methods: Eighteen patients (12 males, 6 females; mean age 41 years; range 22 to 68 years) with aseptic pseudarthrosis of the humeral shaft were treated by open reduction and internal fixation with the use of a dynamic compression plate following unsuccessful treatment with conservative (n=7) or surgical (n=11) methods. The mean interval between the initial and final treatments was 12.