Clinical Outcome After Replacement of Distal Femur/Proximal Tibia in a Heterogeneous Patient Cohort: Function Following Tumour, Trauma, and Loosening.

Background: Distal femur and proximal tibia replacements as limb-salvage procedures with good outcome parameters for patients with tumours have been broadly described. However, the overall midterm outcome in a mixed, heterogeneous patient collective is still unclear.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analysed 59 consecutive patients (33 for primary and 26 for revision surgery) between 1998 and 2017.

Preoperative femoral abduction angle correlates with initial postoperative lateral hip pain after transcutaneous osseointegrated prosthetic system (TOPS) in transfemoral amputees.

Purpose: To analyse whether a preoperative femoral abduction angle (FAA) correlates with postoperative initial lateral hip pain (LHP) in above-knee amputees (AKA) treated with transcutaneous osseointegrated prosthetic system (TOPS).

Methods: Pre- and postoperative long-leg radiographs of eighteen unilateral AKA (mean age 51.55y ± 12.

Reduction of Patella-baja and Pseudo-patella-baja Does Not Improve Range of Motion in Patients After Mega-TKA.

Background/aim: Patella baja (PB) and pseudo-patella baja (PPB) have been shown to negatively influence outcomes after total knee arthroplasty. We hypothesized that there is a high incidence of PB and PPB after megaprosthetic total knee arthroplasty (M-TKA), and that this is associated with reduced range of motion.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively analysed all patients in our Orthopaedic Trauma Department after distal femur or proximal tibia replacement.

The Faustian "Gretchen": overlooked aspects of a famous male fantasy.

This essay takes issue, on the one hand, with the traditional interpretation of Goethe's Margarete as representing the Natural, the Naïve, and the selflessly loving feminine as well as, on the other hand, the feminist interpretation of Margarete as a male fantasy figure who props up the masculine self-perception of the male as a dominant and titanic "striver." Both interpretative tendencies overlook the close analogy with which Margarete's aspirations and behaviour mirror Faust's own regarding a shared readiness to rebel, break all the rules, and dare the ultimate, which gives Margarete her own independent agenda, makes her an individual in her own right. In this light the three key paradigms of femininity – Madonna, whore/witch, and nature – which shape the presentation of this character are investigated, as well as the relation of the "Gretchentragödie" to notions of the classical, the role of sexual fulfilment in Margarete's decision-making, and the significance of this character's two names.