Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
November 2024
Nerve injury is the most feared complication of upper limb surgery. In about 17% of cases, the injury is iatrogenic and the potential for recovery is poor. In this context, patients file for compensation in about a quarter of cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: During infected total hip arthroplasty revisions (THAR), the need for systematic antibiotic cementation remains undefined.
Hypothesis: Implantation of a primary cementless stem as first-line implant in 1-stage septic THAR provides results as good as those from a stem cemented with antibiotics in terms of infection resolution.
Materials And Methods: We retrospectively examined 35 patients operated on for septic THAR with Avenir® cementless stem placement - between 2008 and 2018 at Besançon University Hospital - with a minimum follow-up of 2 years to define healing in the absence of infectious recurrence.
Unlabelled: Systemic sclerosis may be complicated by digital ulcers. Nailfold capillaroscopy on one finger might reflect an increased risk of digital ulcer (DU). In the present study we studied the correlations between a history of ulcer and capillary findings on the finger.
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