Healing Predictors of Conservative Treatment for Juvenile Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Talus.

Objective: To investigate the healing response of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans (JOCD) of the talus after conservative treatment, identify healing predictors, and develop a predictive model for healing.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Clinics at a tertiary-level pediatric medical center.

Evaluation of the reliability of lower extremity alignment measurements using EOS imaging system while standing in an even weight-bearing posture.

This study aimed to analyze the reproducibility and reliability of the alignment parameters measured using the EOS image system in both limbs while standing with an even weight-bearing posture. Overall, 104 lower extremities in 52 patients were analyzed retrospectively. The patients stood with an even load over both lower extremities then rotated 15° in both directions.

The effect of hamstring tightness on intraoperative extension gap in posterior stabilized total knee arthroplasty.

This study aimed to determine the factors related to intraoperative extension gap (EG) in patients who underwent posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty (TKA). A total of 106 TKAs in 84 patients were retrospectively reviewed. Only patients who underwent the same method of bone resection were included consecutively.

Comparative Assessment of Biological Activities of Mistletoes for Cosmetic Applications: and .

Mistletoes, hemiparasites, contain many components with various biological activities and have been used in cosmetics industry. Loranthacease (1,000 species) and Viscaceae (550 species) have the most dominant species in mistletoes (nearly 1,600 species). It can be expected that the biological activities vary from species to species; therefore, we have tested (belonging to Santalaceae) and (belonging to Loranthacease) for a comparative study of their cosmetic properties, including antioxidant, antimelanogenic, and antiwrinkle activities.