The effectiveness of prolotherapy on failed rotator cuff repair surgery.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of prolotherapy injections in the treatment of failed rotator cuff repair surgery.

Patients And Methods: Between May 2014 and March 2016, a total of 15 patients (5 males, 10 females; mean age 49.4±10.

The relation between ankle morphology and osteochondritis dissecans of talus.

The purpose of this study is to describe, if there is, any relation between ankle morphology and development of talus osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) using certain morphological parameters derived from high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Study included a total of 93 patients: 26 patients with traumatic medial talus OCD, 30 patients with idiopathic medial talus OCD and 37 patients with normal ankle as the control group. Five MRI morphological parameters (Maximal Tibial Thickness (MTiTh), Malleolar Width (MalW), Length of Trochlea Tali Arc (TaL), Height of Trochlea Tali Arc (TaH) and Angle of Trochlea Tali Inclination (TaIA)) that are expected to be relevant to talus OCD formation are measured and compared for the three groups.

A randomized-controlled trial of prolotherapy injections in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of prolotherapy injections for the treatment of plantar fasciitis.

Material And Methods: Between October 2014 and October 2015, 60 patients with symptomatic chronic plantar fasciitis were randomly divided into two groups, as control (n=31) and prolotherapy (n=29) groups. In the prolotherapy group, ultrasound-guided prolotherapy injections into the plantar fascia up to five different points were performed three times every 21 days.

Evaluation and comparison of the effect of hypothermia and ozone on ischemia-reperfusion injury of skeletal muscle in rats.

Background: Tourniquet-induced ischemia-reperfusion, which affects local and distant organs, is very common in orthopedic surgery. Hypothermia is used in traumatic tissue during ischemic period commonly. Ozone (O3) has been recommended as a novel therapeutic agent in various medical conditions.