Publications by authors named "L Papatheodorou"
Background: Scaphoid nonunion involving the proximal pole with the presence of avascular necrosis is difficult to reconstruct. We aimed to determine the efficacy of surgical treatment of proximal pole scaphoid nonunion with avascular necrosis using a dorsal capsular-based vascularized distal radius graft.
Methods: Between 2000 and 2018, 64 patients with established proximal pole scaphoid nonunion with avascular necrosis were treated using a dorsal capsular-based vascularized distal radius graft.
Article Synopsis
- Carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes are the most common nerve compression issues affecting the upper limb, and while treatments have improved, finding the perfect surgical method is still a work in progress.
- Revision surgeries often do not lead to the desired outcomes, even when additional procedures like neurolysis are performed.
- To enhance nerve healing during revision, techniques like soft tissue coverage or the use of protective barriers may be beneficial, but more extensive future research is needed to fine-tune treatment options.
Introduction: Scaphoid nonunions (SN) are rare in adolescents. The use of vascularized bone grafts (VBG) from the distal radius as an alternative to conventional grafting for the treatment of established SN in adolescents is described.
Patients And Methods: The technique was applied in 13 patients with symptomatic SN resulting from fractures.
Purpose: To determine whether the triceps sling reconstruction technique is a safe and effective treatment of intraoperative ulnar nerve subluxation after in situ decompression.
Methods: Twelve patients who underwent a triceps sling reconstruction for intraoperative ulnar nerve subluxation after in situ release were retrospectively reviewed. The triceps sling technique consists of harvesting a small, distally based strip of triceps tendon and suturing the proximal end of the strip to the posterior aspect of the released Osborne ligament.
Treatment for proximal pole scaphoid nonunion with capsular-based vascularized distal radius graft.
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
February 2019
Purpose: We retrospectively reviewed the results of 89 patients with proximal pole scaphoid nonunion, 58 with avascular necrosis, treated with a capsular-based vascularized distal radius graft.
Methods: Seventy-one male and eighteen female patients with symptomatic nonunion at the proximal pole of the scaphoid were included in this study. No patient had a humpback deformity.