One-stage cartilage repair using the autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis combined with simultaneous use of autologous adipose tissue graft and adipose tissue mesenchymal cells technique: clinical results and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation at five-year follow-up.

Purpose: To evaluate medium-term outcomes of knee cartilage defects repair by autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis combined with simultaneous use of autologous adipose tissue graft and adipose tissue mesenchymal cells, defined as LIPO-AMIC technique.

Methods: The LIPO-AMIC technique has been used in ICRS degree III-IV knee defects. Eighteen patients have been prospectively evaluated during two and five years both clinically and by MRI.

Joint debridement and microfracture for treatment late-stage Freiberg-Kohler's disease: Long-term follow-up study.

Background: Freiberg-Kohler's disease is not a common disease and although various reports have been described since 1914, treatment methods are not completely established. The purpose of the present retrospective study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes following joint debridement and microfracture procedures for the treatment of Freiberg-Kohler's disease.

Methods: Fifteen consecutive patients (16 feet) with Freiberg-Kohler's disease (Smillie's classification grade III-V) were operated between May 1996 to December 2011.

Youngswick-Austin versus distal oblique osteotomy for the treatment of Hallux Rigidus.

Background: Hallux Rigidus is the most common degenerative joint pathology of the foot. Several procedures are described for the management of this deformity. In this prospective study we compared Youngswick-Austin and distal oblique osteotomy in the treatment of grade II Hallux Rigidus, in terms of clinical outcomes, efficacy and complications.

Clinical and radiological outcomes after distal oblique osteotomy for the treatment of stage II hallux rigidus: Mid-term results.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the mid-term outcomes of the distal oblique osteotomy in the correction of stage II hallux rigidus.

Methods: We evaluated 31 patients (32ft.) treated from March 2009 to April 2013 for hallux rigidus.

A two-choice strategy through a medial tibial approach for the treatment of pilon fractures with posterior or anterior fragmentation.

Objective: The anterolateral approach to the tibia has been popularized for the management of tibial pilon fractures. For complex fracture patterns a combined anterolateral/anteromedial approach is suitable but a high rate of complication has been reported. In our retrospective study a two-choice strategy adopting a medial tibial approach was proposed for the treatment of pilon fractures with anterior or posterior fragmentation.

The Endolog system for moderate-to-severe hallux valgus.

Purpose: To report the midterm outcome of the Endolog system for correction of moderate-to-severe hallux valgus.

Methods: 23 women and 2 men (33 feet) aged 35 to 80 (mean, 52) years underwent minimally invasive surgery for moderate (n=25) and severe (n=8) hallux valgus using the Endolog system. The hallux valgus angle (HVA), the intermetatarsal angle (IMA), and the proximal articular set angle (PASA) were measured on radiographs.

Intralesional curettage, with phenol and cement as adjuvants, for low-grade intramedullary chondrosarcoma of the long bones.

The authors conducted a retrospective study on 23 patients (12 females and 11 males) with low-grade intramedullary chondrosarcoma of a long bone, treated with intralesional curettage, phenolization and cementation. The use of phenol was supported by an in vitro study, the use of bone cement by clinical studies. A consensus has been growing that this type of tumours should be treated less aggressively.