Background: Total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) has a higher rate of revision and complications than other total joint arthroplasties. Salvage options for failed TEAs are limited, especially when patients have poor ulna bone stock. The purpose of this study is to describe a surgical technique and report outcomes of patients who underwent revision TEA with implantation of the ulnar component into the radius to address ulna bony defects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To determine the radial nerve palsy (RNP) rate and predictors of injury after humeral nonunion repair in a large multicenter sample.
Design: Consecutive retrospective cohort review.
Setting: Eighteen academic orthopedic trauma centers.
Objective: To compare the volar Henry and dorsal Thompson approaches with respect to outcomes and complications for proximal third radial shaft fractures.
Design: Multicenter retrospective cohort study.
Patients/participants: Patients with proximal third radial shaft fractures ± associated ulna fractures (OTA/AO 2R1 ± 2U1) treated operatively at 11 trauma centers were included.
Purpose: The Aptis total distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) prosthesis is a semiconstrained implant designed for treatment of DRUJ arthritis and instability. The purpose of this study was to analyze short-term complications of this device.
Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of patients undergoing semiconstrained DRUJ arthroplasty from 2007 to 2015 at a single institution.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine (1) if patients undergoing reconstruction of an isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear had different characteristics (age, gender, body mass index [BMI]) than patients undergoing ACL reconstruction (ACLR) with multiple knee ligament (MKL) tears and (2) whether there was a difference in prevalence of articular cartilage injury and meniscus tears between these two groups.
Methods: Patients undergoing primary ACLR between February 2005 and June 2013 were identified through an ACLR registry. Patients were grouped by whether they had an isolated ACL tear or an ACL tear associated with another knee ligament tear.
Background: The goal of this study was to compare the biomechanical stability of a 2.4-mm dorsal spanning bridge plate with a volar locking plate (VLP) in a distal radius fracture model, during simulated crutch weight-bearing.
Methods: Five paired cadaveric forearms were tested.
Purpose: Deformities of the cervical spine are uncommon in the coronal plane. In this report, a unique case of a 31-year-old male with a fixed, 30° left coronal deformity due to heterotopic ossification 3 years status post poly-trauma was treated with an asymmetric C7 pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO).
Methods: Case report.