Pedicled adipose tissue for treatment of chronic digital osteomyelitis.

Purpose: To describe a surgical technique (pedicled vascularized tissue transfer) for treating chronic digital osteomyelitis.

Methods: Adipose tissue was obtained at the level of the proximal phalanx based on anterograde or retrograde flow. After bone debridement, we inserted the vascularized adipose tissue into the dead space.

The free true perforator flap.

Many reports about free perforator flaps have been published. Among them, the free true perforator flap (classified by Koshima) is the least invasive flap because the main vessels in both donor and recipient sites are preserved. Two cases of reconstruction with free true perforator flaps in the hand and forearm region are reported.

Paediatric Galeazzi-equivalent fracture: two case reports.

The authors present two rare cases of a paediatric Galeazzi-equivalent fracture. In contrast to Galeazzi's fracture-dislocation in adults, an epiphyseal separation of the distal ulna occurred instead of dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) or both. A precise radiographic analysis of the epiphyseal separation of the distal ulna and its anatomical reduction were keys to obtaining a good result in the treatment of paediatric Galeazzi-equivalent fracture.

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).

Glomangioma arising from the superficial palmar arch in the hand: case report.

A patient presented with a glomangioma that presented as an aneurysm of the superficial palmar arch. Throbbing pain, tenderness over the tumor, and cold intolerance were clinical features. Cold intolerance was the major problem.

Palmar plating with calcium phosphate bone cement for unstable Colles' fractures.

A prospective study was done in 20 patients with unstable Colles' fractures with metaphyseal bone defects and who were treated with palmar plating combined with injectable calcium phosphate bone cement. The patients were three men and 17 women with a mean age of 69 years (range, 65-86 years) at the time of the injury. The followup after the operation ranged from 6 to 24 months (mean, 12 months).

Galeazzi-equivalent lesions in adolescence.

Two cases of a Galeazzi-equivalent lesion in adolescence are described. Accurate diagnosis of the epiphyseal injury of the distal ulna, rigid fixation of the distal radius, and stabilization of the distal radioulnar joint are keys in obtaining a good result in the treatment of Galeazzi-equivalent lesion in adolescence.

Palmar plating for dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius.

Extensor tendon rupture and irritation caused by implants or surgical intervention are serious complications in the treatment of fracture of the distal radius when a dorsal approach is used. To prevent complications, the dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius was treated using a palmar approach. The subjects were 18 men and 15 women with a mean age of 54 years at the time of the injury (range, 23-75 years).

Irreducible dorsal subluxation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint: a case report.

We report a case of dorsal subluxation of the first metatarsophalangeal joint without dislocation of the sesamoids or destruction of the sesamoid complex. Closed reduction was unsuccessful. At surgery, the subluxation was found to be associated with locking of the abductor hallucis tendon onto the medial condyle of the metatarsal.