Dry Needling: A Possible Detrimental Treatment After Total Hip Arthroplasty.

This case study describes a severe and rare complication following the placement of a total hip prosthesis in a 59-year-old woman. During rehabilitation, a physiotherapist incorporated dry needling alongside conventional exercises. A large ulcer developed near the surgical scar, attributed to pyoderma gangrenosum.

Total Hip Arthroplasty through Direct Anterior Approach in a Patient with Ipsilateral Knee Arthrodesis: A Case Report.

Introduction: We present a case report of a total hip arthroplasty (THA) in a patient with ipsilateral knee arthrodesis. The direct anterior approach (DAA) was used, and to our knowledge, this has never been described previously in the literature. The purpose of this report is to highlight pre-, per-, and post-operative challenges using the DAA in these rare cases.

Periprosthetic joint infection of a total hip arthroplasty with Candida parapsilosis.

Introduction: Fungal periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a disruptive and complex complication of joint arthroplasty. We present a case of a fungal PJI with Candida parapsilosis after a total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Presentation Of Case: A 73-year-old woman with a history of ovarian cancer with peritoneal metastases, was treated with a THA, due to symptomatic arthritis of the right hip.

Successful return to high-level sports following early surgical repair of combined adductor complex and rectus abdominis avulsion.

Hip and groin injuries are common in athletes who take part in high level sports. Adductor muscle tendon injuries represent a small but important number of these injuries. Avulsion of the tendons attached to the symphysis pubis has previously been described: these can be managed both operatively and non-operatively.

A pilot study of the use of an osteochondral scaffold plug for cartilage repair in the knee and how to deal with early clinical failures.

Purpose: To present our short-term experience with an osteochondral scaffold plug (TruFit plug; Smith & Nephew, Andover, MA) for cartilage repair in the knee and, more importantly, to discuss our approach to treat early clinical failures.

Methods: Twenty patients were consecutively treated for their cartilage lesions with the plug technique. These patients were prospectively clinically evaluated at 6 and 12 months of follow-up.

Angulated greenstick fractures of the distal forearm in children: closed reduction by pronation or supination.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a reduction method that is based on the theory of Evans to reduce angulated greenstick fractures of the distal forearm with a rotation manoeuvre, to evaluate an immobilisation technique and to evaluate a brief survey on surgeon practice for treatment of these fractures. A retrospective study was performed on 21 patients. Fractures were reduced with a pronation or supination manoeuvre depending on the angulation of the fracture and were immobilised in pronation or supination.

Reversed arthroscopic subacromial decompression for symptomatic irreparable rotator cuff tears: mid-term follow-up results in 34 shoulders.

Background: In the elderly, there is no guideline for the treatment of irreparable rotator cuff lesions. The results of open or arthroscopic repair are variable. We hypothesized that the use of a reversed arthroscopic subacromial decompression (RASD) would yield comparable results.

Variations in serum electrolyte concentrations and renal function after therapeutic hip arthroscopy: a pilot study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze changes in serum electrolyte concentration and renal function after hip arthroscopy.

Methods: We studied 10 consecutive patients (4 men and 6 women; median age, 30.5 years [range, 20 to 50 years]) undergoing hip arthroscopy.

Endovenous laser treatment of saphenous vein reflux: how much energy do we need to prevent recanalizations?

The aim of this study was to report the results of high-energy endovenous laser treatment to measure the relationship between the fluence and the outcome in terms of recanalization. In 97 patients, 129 great saphenous veins were treated with endovenous laser treatment, using a 980-nm diode laser. Follow-up visits were done at 3 days, 1 month, and 6 months.

Analysis of a formulation containing lincomycin and spectinomycin by liquid chromatography with pulsed electrochemical detection.

A reversed phase ion-pair liquid chromatographic method using a base deactivated column and pulsed electrochemical detection on a gold electrode is described. It allows the separation of a mixture of spectinomycin sulfate, lincomycin hydrochloride and their related substances. A step gradient was necessary to obtain a good separation together with a reasonable analysis time of 40 min.

Stability measurement of oligonucleotides in serum samples using capillary electrophoresis.

An in vitro stability study of unmodified and modified antisense oligonucleotides in human serum was performed with a previously developed capillary electrophoretic method using either micellar solution or entangled polymer solution depending on the oligonucleotide length to be separated. A method has been devised and validated for the extraction of oligonucleotides from serum using anion-exchange centrifugal filter units. The extracted samples were desalted by a drop dialysis method.