The application of screws covered with a layer of nanocrystaline diamond in tibia fractures treated with a Polfix fixator: further observations.

This article presents further results in the treatment of tibial shaft fractures using a Polfix fixator with screws covered with a layer of nanocrystaline diamond. The advantages of this new protective layer are presented in 16 additional patients. Research to date indicates that nanocrystaline diamond can be used successfully to cover the surface of surgical screws and plates.

The cadmium contents in the femoral head in inhabitants of Upper Silesia.

The cadmium content was analyzed in tissue samples from the femoral head, obtained perioperatively from 45 patients undergoing hip arthroplasty at the Voivodeship Hospital No. 5 in Sosnowiec. The average cadmium concentration was 0,06 ug/g in the cancellous and cortical bone, and 0,09 ug/g onm the articular surface.

External fixation in the treatment of severe tibial fractures complicated by soft tissue injury.

Background. In recent years multiple injuries to the tibial shaft have become increasingly common. High-energy impacts cause comminuted fractures, often accompanied by damage to neural and vascular structures, muscle, and surface layers.

[Functional assessment after operative treatment of femoral shaft fracture].

The paper presents results of treatment in 135 patients (aged 16-77 years) with fracture of the femoral shaft treated with one of the four techniques: open intramedullary Küntcher nailing, Zespol fixation, AO plating and closed locked and unlocked intramedullary nailing. The assessment has been based on authors' own 4-grade, 35-points scale involving 7 parameters. Closed intramedullary nailing proved to the most efficient.

[Database for assessment of treatment results in patients with multiple trauma].

Data base for assessment of results of treatment of politrauma patients is presented. It was created on the basis of Abbreviated Injury Scale, Injury Severity Score and Revised Trauma Score. Examination was supplemented with TRISS method inclusive of graphic assessment PRE-CHART and statistic Z and M.