Prevalence of Rotational Malalignment After Infrapatellar Versus Suprapatellar Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures.

Background: Up to 30% of patients with a tibial shaft fracture sustain iatrogenic rotational malalignment (RM) after infrapatellar (IP) nailing. Although IP nailing remains the management of choice for most patients, suprapatellar (SP) nailing has been gaining popularity. It is currently unknown whether SP nailing can provide superior outcomes with regard to tibial RM.

Rotational Malalignment After Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures Is Predictable.

Objectives: Intramedullary nailing is the treatment of choice for most tibial shaft fractures (TSF). However, an iatrogenic pitfall may be rotational malalignment. The aim of this retrospective analysis was to determine predictors of rotational malalignment following intramedullary nailing of TSF.

Pediatric Spastic Wrist Contractures Can Be Well Managed With Wrist Arthrodesis.

Background: Severe spastic wrist contractures secondary to cerebral palsy (CP) or alike can have significant implications for patient hand function, hygiene, skin breakdown, and cosmesis. When these contractures become rigid, soft tissue procedures alone are unable to obtain or maintain the desired correction. In these patients' wrist arthrodesis is an option-enabling the hand to be stabilized in a more functional position for hygiene, dressing, and general cosmesis, though are patients satisfied?

Methods: All children who had undergone a wrist arthrodesis for the management of a severe wrist contracture at Shriners Hospital, Portland between January 2016 and January 2021 were identified (n=23).

Prevalence of Rotational Malalignment After Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures: Can We Reliably Use the Contralateral Uninjured Side as the Reference Standard?

Background: Intramedullary (IM) nailing is the treatment of choice for most tibial shaft fractures. However, an iatrogenic pitfall may be rotational malalignment. The aims of this retrospective analysis were to determine (1) the prevalence of rotational malalignment using postoperative computed tomography (CT) as the reference standard; (2) the average baseline tibial torsion of uninjured limbs; and (3) based on that normal torsion, whether the contralateral, uninjured limb can be reliably used as the reference standard.

Bilateral Low-Dose Computed Tomography Assessment for Post-Operative Rotational Malalignment After Intramedullary Nailing for Tibial Shaft Fractures: Reliability of a Practical Imaging Technique.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the intra- and inter-observer reliability of low-dose protocolled bilateral postoperative Computed Tomography (CT)-assessment of rotational malalignment after intramedullary nailing (IMN) of tibial shaft fractures.

Materials And Methods: 156 patients were prospectively included with tibial shaft fractures that were treated with IMN in a Level-I Trauma Centre. All patients underwent post-operative bilateral low-dose CT-assessment (effective dose of 0.

High incidence of screw penetration in the proximal and distal tibiofibular joints after intramedullary nailing of tibial fractures-A prospective cohort and mapping study.

Background: Intramedullary-nails (IMN) are the treatment of choice for most tibial shaft fractures due to their minimally-invasive nature and non-demanding surgical technique. However, a potential iatrogenic pitfall is intra-articular interlocking screw positioning within the proximal (PTFJ) and distal (DTFJ) tibiofibular joints that may go unrecognized.

Objective: To evaluate the incidence of intra-articular screw penetration of the PTFJ and DTFJs after interlocking of IMN for tibial fractures.

Effectiveness of operative interventions for hemi or total hip arthroplasty patients who sustain a Vancouver B2 peri-prosthetic femoral fracture: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this review is to identify the effectiveness of operative interventions for individuals who have undergone a hemi or total hip arthroplasty who sustain a Vancouver type B2 peri-prosthetic femoral fracture or equivalent. Specifically, this review will investigate open reduction and internal fixation and femoral revision arthroplasty with or without internal fixation.

Effectiveness of different minimally invasive epiphysiodesis techniques in the management of pediatric leg length discrepancies: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this review is to synthesize the best available evidence on the use of percutaneous epiphysiodesis for the management of pediatric leg length discrepancies (LLDs). The effectiveness of four different percutaneous epiphysiodesis techniques will be compared, including transphyseal screws (percutaneous epiphysiodesis using transphyseal screws), physeal drilling and curettage, physeal stapling and guided growth with eight-Plates.Specific review questions to be addressed include.