Risk factors associated with breakage of tibio-fibular syndesmotic screws.

Purpose: This retrospective study aimed to investigate the factors associated with the breakage of tibio-fibular syndesmotic screws (SS).

Methods: 69 patients with unstable AO-Weber Type 44-B ankle fractures who underwent three cortex SS (3.5 mm ø) fixation were included.

Comparison of patient positions without traction table for proximal femoral nailing: Supine, semilithotomy and lateral decubitus positions.

Background: Femur intertrochanteric fractures are performed commonly in a supine position with a traction table. There is a challenge in obtaining traction tables, especially in low- and middle-income countries. However, there is still a debate on which position should be preferred if the traction table cannot be obtained.

Single versus double plate fixation of humeral shaft nonunion.

Introduction: Humeral shaft fractures are common fractures of the diaphysis of the humerus. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors affecting the clinical outcomes of humeral nonunions surgically treated with open reduction and single- versus double-plate fixation with grafting.

Materials And Methods: A total of 31 patients with nonunion treated with single- or double-plate screw fixation with bone grafting were retrospectively analysed.

Relationship between ganglion cell complex thickness and vision in age-related macular degeneration treated with aflibercept.

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the correlation between ganglion cell complex thickness (GCCT) and vision compared with the choroidal thickness (CT) and central retinal thickness (CRT) in relation to the outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept treatment for choroidal neovascular membranes secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods: This was a prospective, observational study. Forty-three eyes of 38 patients with wet AMD received a monthly loading dose of 2 mg aflibercept by intravitreal injection (IVI) during the first 3 months and were then followed at regular monthly intervals for an average of 10 months by a pro re nata regimen.

Alterations in magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of bioabsorbable magnesium screws over time in humans: a retrospective single center study.

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the alterations in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of bioabsorbable magnesium (Mg) screws over time in a single center study in humans.

Methods: Seventeen patients who underwent medial malleolar (MM) fracture or osteotomy fixation using bioabsorbable Mg screws and had at least one postoperative MRI were included in this retrospective study. Six of them had more than one MRI in the postoperative period and were subject of the artifact reduction measurements.

Variations of cross-sectional meniscal morphology between similar-sized menisci: implications on donor selection for meniscal allograft transplantation.

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the morphological variations in the cross-sectional anatomy of the meniscus between similar-sized matched menisci.

Materials And Methods: Knee MRI of 329 patients with intact menisci were retrospectively reviewed, and the meniscal length (ML), meniscal width (MW), and cross-sectional dimensions (meniscal height and width) of the anterior, posterior horns, and the corpus were measured. Patients with similar-sized menisci who had less than 1 mm difference in ML and MW were matched.

The relationship between quadriceps fat pad syndrome and patellofemoral morphology: a case-control study.

Background: The purpose of this prospective case-control study is to investigate the relationship between quadriceps fat pad syndrome (QFPS) and patellofemoral morphology.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-two patients with QFPS and 22 age- and gender-matched healthy volunteers were included. The diagnosis of QFPS was supported both clinically and radiologically.

Anterior Tibial Artery and Its Clinical Importance in the Posterolateral Approach to the Tibial Plateau: An Angiographic Study on 219 Lower Limbs.

The anterior tibial artery (ATA) is the most critical anatomical structure at risk at the distal border of the posterolateral approach to the tibial plateau. This study aimed to use available lower extremity digital subtraction angiography (DSA) images to determine the distal safe limit of this approach by measuring the distance from the tibial joint line to the ATA where it pierces the interosseous membrane. Tibial plateau mediolateral width (TP-ML-W) and the perpendicular distances from the ATA to the tibial joint line and fibular head were measured on DSA images in 219 lower extremities.

May minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis be an alternative to intramedullary nailing in selected spiral oblique and spiral wedge tibial shaft fractures?

Objectives: This study aims to compare intramedullary nailing (IMN) and minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) treatment methods in Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) 42A1 & 42B1 selected tibial shaft fractures.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-one patients (31 males, 20 females; mean age 43.5±14.

Bioabsorbable magnesium screw versus conventional titanium screw fixation for medial malleolar fractures.

Background: It is still unknown whether bioabsorbable magnesium (Mg) screws provide an advantage over titanium screws in the treatment of medial malleolar (MM) fractures. The purpose of this retrospective study is to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of MM fractures fixed with either bioabsorbable Mg screws or conventional titanium screws.

Materials And Methods: A cohort of 48 patients with MM fractures who underwent compression screw fixation was retrospectively reviewed.

Comparison of magnesium versus titanium screw fixation for biplane chevron medial malleolar osteotomy in the treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus.

Purpose: This retrospective study aimed to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients who underwent biplane chevron medial malleolar osteotomy (MMO) for osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT), fixed with either magnesium (Mg) or titanium (Ti) screws.

Methods: A total of 22 patients (12 male and 10 female) with a mean age of 40.6 ± 12.

Comparison of Bioabsorbable Magnesium versus Titanium Screw Fixation for Modified Distal Chevron Osteotomy in Hallux Valgus.

Objective: The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the clinical and radiological results of magnesium versus titanium screw fixation for modified distal chevron osteotomy in hallux valgus (HV).

Materials And Methods: A total of 31 patients who underwent modified distal chevron osteotomy for HV deformity between 2014 and 2017 were reviewed retrospectively. Headless magnesium (Mg) compression screw fixation was applied in 16 patients (17 feet) and headless titanium (Ti) compression screw in 15 patients (17 feet).

Avulsion fracture of anterior talofibular ligament from talus: A case report.

Anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) injuries can occur in three different distinct patterns; rupture of the ligament as a pure soft tissue injury, an avulsion fracture at the ATFL's attachment to either the fibula or the talus. Although fibular avulsion fractures are common, avulsion fracture of ATFL from talus is extremely rare with a single previously reported case in the current literature. A 34-year-old female with ATFL talar avulsion fracture associated with medial malleolar fracture was presented to the emergency department.

Radiographic analysis of anatomic risk factors for scaphoid fractures; A case-control study.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of anatomic variations in distal radius radiographic indices in patients with or without scaphoid fractures.

Materials And Methods: Radial inclination (RI), volar tilt (VT), radial height (RH) and ulnar variance (UV) were measured on wrist radiographs of 320 patients with (Group I, n = 167) or without (Group II, n = 153) scaphoid fracture, fall on outstretched hand (FOOSH). Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis was used to assess the diagnostic performance for each variable.

Isolated Lateral Malleolar Fracture Treated with a Bioabsorbable Magnesium Compression Screw.

Magnesium (Mg) bioabsorbable screws are new biomaterials used in fracture fixation. In the current literature, there is only one case report on the use of magnesium bio-absorbable screws in ankle fractures. Within the present study, a 19-year-old female who sustained an isolated lateral malleolar fracture was treated with open reduction and intramedullary Mg screw fixation and then followed up for two years.

Fixation of medial malleolar fractures with magnesium bioabsorbable headless compression screws: short-term clinical and radiological outcomes in eleven patients.

Objective: The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcome of medial malleolar fractures treated with magnesium (MgYREZr) bioabsorbable compression screw fixation.

Materials And Methods: Eleven patients with a medial malleolar fracture (either isolated or accompanied by bimalleolar or trimalleolar ankle fractures) who were treated with magnesium bioabsorbable compression screws between 2015 and 2016 in our hospital were retrospectively evaluated. Patients were monitored with a mean follow-up of 17.

Simultaneous Median and Ulnar Compression Neuropathy Secondary to a Giant Palmar Lipoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Lipomas are benign tumors that rarely settle in the hand. They usually present with mass, pain, and nerve compression symptoms. Although isolated median or ulnar nerve compression neuropathy secondary to a lipoma of the hand has been widely reported, simultaneous median and ulnar nerve compression neuropathy are exceedingly rare and there are only three reported cases in the current literature to date.

Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Carotid Artery Disease.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of carotid artery disease on retinal morphology by means of spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Materials And Methods: We examined 23 eyes with internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis and 24 age- and gender-matched healthy eyes as a control group in this prospective, case-control study. Compherensive ophthalmic examination and SD-OCT scan were performed to all the patients.

Symptomatic os talus secundarius: a case report and review of the literature.

Unlabelled: Os talus secundarius is an extremely rare accessory ossicle located at the lateral aspect of the talus just anterior to the fibula. Although rarely seen, it may cause lateral-sided chronic ankle pain. Only a few cases of symptomatic os talus secundarius have been reported to date.

Evaluation of Aflibercept Treatment Responses in Eyes with Bevacizumab/Ranibizumab-resistant Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration.

Objectives: To evaluate anatomic and functional results after switching from intravitreal bevacizumab or ranibizumab treatment to aflibercept for wet (neovascular) age-related macular degeneration.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 22 eyes of 22 patients resistant to treatment with at least 6 injections of bevacizumab or ranibizumab. The first three injections had been applied monthly, the others pro re nata (PRN).

Posterior tibial tendon impingement due to os subtibiale: a case report and up-to-date review.

Os subtibiale is a rare accessory ossicle located at the tip of the medial malleolus. Although this small ossicle usually has no clinical significance, in some cases it may be a source of ankle pain. Symptomatic os subtibiale is an extremely rare diagnosis, and few cases have been reported to date.

Efficiency of Ozone Therapy in a Rat Model of Experimental Uveitis.

Purpose: To investigate efficiency of ozone therapy in uveitis.

Methods: A total of 24 albino Wistar rats were randomly assigned to four groups (n = 6); (a) control group; (b) sham group; (c) infliximab treatment group; (d) ozone therapy group. Vitreous haze scores of all groups were evaluated.