Successful treatment of infectious delayed union after ulnar shortening osteotomy using once-weekly teriparatide with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound.

We report a 50-year-old woman who presented with infected delayed union after ulnar shortening osteotomy. She was a chronic smoker. Implants were removed and infected tissue was debrided.

Palmar plating for AO/ASIF C3.2 fractures of the distal radius with arthroscopically assisted reduction.

We performed a retrospective study of 15 patients with AO/ASIF C3.2 fracture of the distal radius. All patients were treated with arthroscopically assisted reduction of the radiocarpal joint followed by palmar plating with autologous bone graft, with a follow-up evaluation of 24 months.

Palmar plating system for Colles' fractures--a preliminary report.

Purpose: To present our results of the palmar plating system that we developed for the treatment of Colles' fractures.

Methods: By using the palmar plating system that we developed a consecutive series of 40 acute Colles' fractures were treated surgically. There were 12 men and 28 women with a mean age of 57 years at the time of the injury (range, 25-90 y).

Creating bioabsorbable Schwann cell coated conduits through tissue engineering.

Enormous effort has been devoted to the generation of a synthetic guidance conduit for nerve repair instead of utilizing autograft. Several studies show neural guidance conduit is more effective when coated with Schwann cells. In this study, we synthesized bioabsorbable conduit consist of L-lactide and epsilon-caprolactone which was useful clinically and examined adhesion of Schwann cells to bioabsorbable conduits.

Experimental study of polarity in reversing cable nerve grafts.

To evaluate the effect of cable nerve graft polarity, the bilateral common peroneal nerves in 12 rabbits were excised to create 20-mm nerve gaps. These gaps were repaired with cable grafts using three strands of 20-mm ipsilateral sural nerves. In the left leg, the sural nerves were grafted with the original orientation.