Plate or Arthroplasty for complex Mason Type-III Radial Head Fractures? Mid-to-long term results from a blinded outcome assessor study.

Background: The surgical treatment of radial head fractures like Mason type III comminuted radial head fractures is challenging and controversial. Whether to use open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) or radial head arthroplasty (RHA) as treatment methods is under constant debate.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical and radiographic mid- to long-term results of 42 patients with a mean follow-up time of 4.

Deltoid Muscle Tension Alterations Post Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: An Investigation Using Shear Wave Elastography.

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the utility of shear wave elastography (SWE) in assessing changes in deltoid muscle properties following reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA).

Methods: Our cohort consisted of 18 patients who underwent RSA due to various conditions, including osteoarthritis, cuff arthropathy, and irreducible proximal humeral fractures. Pre- and postoperative muscle elasticity and stiffness were measured using SWE and were compared with functional outcomes and radiological parameters.

The S2e Guideline on Shoulder Stiffness.

The clinical picture of "frozen shoulder" is still poorly understood. In order to present the current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment, and to provide recommendations for the professional groups involved, a working group was formed by the DGOU and the DVSE to create a German language, evidence-based guideline, which was published in 2022 by the AWMF. The following summarises the development and the most important results.

Effectiveness of a vaccination education module for college freshmen.

To evaluate the effectiveness of a vaccination education module to improve vaccine expectations and behaviors among college freshmen. The participants were 177 college freshmen at one private Utah university. Participants were eligible for this study if admitted as new freshmen during the 2019-2020 school year.

Failure to detect Schmallenberg virus RNA in ram semen in the UK (2016-2018).

Background: Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is a midge-borne arbovirus that first emerged in the European ruminant population in 2011 and has since settled to an endemic pattern of disease outbreaks on an approximately 4-year cycle when herd immunity from the previous circulation drops to a point allowing renewed widescale virus circulation. The impacts of trade restrictions on genetic products (semen, embryos) from affected areas were severe, particularly after the discovery that the virus is intermittently shed in the semen of a small number of bulls. The trade in small ruminant (ram and goat) semen is less than that of bulls; nonetheless, there has been no study into the shedding rate of SBV in ram semen.