Infection after intramedullary nailing of femoral and tibial diaphyseal fractures.

Purpose: Management of fracture-related infection (FRI) after intramedullary fixation (IF) is a challenge. The aim of the present study is to describe a series of 26 patients with FRI after IF and to evaluate factors possibly related to the outcome.

Methods: Baseline variables were obtained at the time of IF: age, sex, body mass index, affected bone, open fracture, substance abuse, use of an external fixator, type of nail, reaming, soft-tissue reconstruction and surveillance culture result.

COMPARISON OF BICONDYLAR TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES WITH DOUBLE OR SINGLE LATERAL LOCKED PLATE.

Objective: To compare postoperative radiographic outcomes of Schatzker type V and VI tibial plateau fractures treated with double-plate or single lateral locked plate.

Methods: Sixty-three patients operated from December 2011 to February 2016 were selected, 47 from the double-plate group and 16 from the single lateral locked plate group. Minimum follow-up for all patients was 6 months.

Tigecycline Versus Colistin in the Treatment of Carbapenem-resistant Complex Osteomyelitis.

: complex is an increasingly important cause of osteomyelitis. It is considered a difficult to treat agent, due to increasing antimicrobial resistance and few available therapeutic options. : To compare effectiveness and tolerability of tigecycline and colistin in patients with osteomyelitis caused by carbapenem-resistant complex (CRABC).

Incidence and risk factors associated with infection after intramedullary nailing of femoral and tibial diaphyseal fractures: Prospective study.

Background: Diaphyseal fractures of femur and tibia are prominent due to its high incidence and high economic and social impact. Intramedullary nailing (IN) is the surgical procedure of choice. Surgical site infection (SSI) related to this procedure is considered a difficult to treat complication.

Acetabular component positioning in total hip arthroplasty with and without a computer-assisted system: a prospective, randomized and controlled study.

In a study of the acetabular component in total hip arthroplasty, 20 hips were operated on using imageless navigation and 20 hips were operated on using the conventional method. The correct position of the acetabular component was evaluated with computed tomography, measuring the operative anteversion and the operative inclination and determining the cases inside Lewinnek's safe zone. The results were similar in all the analyses: a mean anteversion of 17.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE SURGICAL APPROACH CONCERNING DISLOCATION IN TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY.

Objectives: Our primary aim was to evaluate the occurrence of dislocation of non-cemented total hip arthroplasty, when using the posterior and the direct lateral approaches.

Methods: We performed a comparative retrospective study with 232 patients submitted to non-cemented total hip arthroplasty, due to the diagnosis of primary or secondary osteoarthritis. The posterior approach was used in 105 patients while direct lateral approach was used in 127 patients.