Complications after volar plate synthesis for distal radius fractures.

Purpose: Distal radius fractures (DRFs) represent up to 18% of all fractures in the elderly population, yet studies on the rate of complications following surgery are lacking in the literature. This systematic review aimed to quantify the rate of complications and reinterventions in patients treated with volar plate for distal radius fractures, and analyze if there was any predisposing factor.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed on three databases up to January 2023, following PRISMA guidelines.

Physeal-sparing ACL reconstruction provides better knee laxity restoration but similar clinical outcomes to partial transphyseal and complete transphyseal approaches in the pediatric population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: The aim of this meta-analysis was to evaluate complete transphyseal (CTP), partial transphyseal (PTP), and physeal-sparing (PS) techniques for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.

Methods: A systematic literature search of the PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Scopus literature databases was performed on 10.05.

Meckel diverticulum: one pathology, different clinical presentations. A report of two cases.

Meckel diverticulum is the most prevalent congenital malformation of gastrointestinal tract and usually it remains asymptomaRomatic. Approximately in 25% of cases Meckel diverticulum comes to be symptomatic with various clinical presentations where lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage or intestinal obstruction represent the most frequent clinical outcome. In present paper two cases of complicated Meckel diverticulum in young patients are described; in both cases diagnosis was difficult and initially mistaken with other pathologies.

Small bowel intussusception due to malignant melanoma: primary lesion or metastases? A case report.

Intussusception is a rare condition in the adult population: it is responsible for 1% of all bowel obstructions. In most of intussusceptions a malignant tumor is involved; a lot of studies show that approximately 50% of malignant metastases causing small bowel intussusception are metastatic melanomas. In present paper a case of a small bowel intussusception probably due to metastases of an occult melanoma, in a 69-year-old patient, is presented.

In vitro effect of reduced glutathione on platelet function.

Background: Generation of reactive oxygen species has been suggested to represent an important regulatory mechanism of platelet reactivity in both physiological and pathological conditions, and free-radical scavengers may inhibit platelet activation. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of reduced glutathione (GSH) on different platelet functions stimulated by ADP, collagen or PAF.

Methods: Platelet aggregation was investigated by Born's method.