Chair method: a simple and effective method for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation.

Objective: The ideal reduction method for anterior shoulder dislocation is defined as a practical technique applied without any assistance and minimizing patient interference. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients with shoulder dislocations reduced using the chair method in the emergency department and show that the chair method is one of the ideal methods.

Methods: Seventy-four patients with anterior shoulder dislocation were treated using the chair method.

The results of reconstruction of the ACL using the cross-pin femoral system and four-strand hamstring tendon autografts.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of ACL reconstruction using a cross-pin femoral fixation system and hamstring autografts.

Methods: The study included 49 men and one woman (mean age: 27.4 years; range: 15 to 44 years) with chronic ACL ruptures operatively treated between 2003 and 2006.

Pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous arthritis of knee joint associated with rheumatoid arthritis treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha medication: a case report.

Tuberculosis infection (TB) is one of the most important problems for the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients treated with anti-TNF agents. Pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common clinic form of the TB in these patients. However, tuberculosis arthritis is very rare.

Missed talar neck fractures in ankle distortions.

Objectives: Thirty-nine percent of the ankle and midfoot fractures in ankle distortions could be missed during initial evaluation in emergency department because of inadequate clinical and radiological evaluation in a limited time. We aimed to evaluate the follow-up and treatment outcomes of subjects with missed fractures, which were not diagnosed with plain radiographs obtained for ankle distortion, but with advanced imaging studies.

Methods: Eight patients (4 females, 4 males) who were initially treated with a diagnosis of ankle distortion due to trauma between 2004 and 2008 were included in the study.

Comparison between the results of open and arthroscopic repair of isolated traumatic anterior instability of the shoulder.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the early postoperative results of open and arthroscopic Bankart repair for isolated traumatic anterior instability of the shoulder.

Methods: The study included 64 male patients who underwent surgery for traumatic recurrent anterior shoulder instability. Of these, 30 patients (mean age 25.

Fibrin sealant in the treatment of acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon: long-term results.

Objectives: This study aims to point out the long-term results of fibrin sealant in the treatment of acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon.

Patients And Methods: Between January 1998 and December 2007, 42 patients (42 males; mean age 37.8 years; range 27 to 56 years) admitted to our clinic for acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon were treated with a fibrin sealant.

Giant solitary osteochondroma arising from the fifth metatarsal bone: a case report.

Accounting for 20% to 50% of all benign forms, solitary osteochondroma is the most common bone tumor. The long bones of the lower extremity are most frequently affected, whereas the small bones of the hands, feet, pelvis, scapula, and spine are less common locations. Osteochondromas are benign osseous neoplasms with a distinct hyaline cartilage cap originating from the physis, and they cease to grow with skeletal maturity.

Treatment of a unicameral bone cyst of calcaneus with endoscopic curettage and percutaneous filling with corticocancellous allograft.

The surgical procedures for unicameral solitary calcaneal bone cysts have ranged from simple curettage and grafting to subperiosteal resection with internal fixation and grafting. In this article, an endoscopically assisted technique is proposed for the curettage of a simple calcaneal cyst that takes advantage of direct visualization of the cyst wall and contents and permits accurate assessment of the extent of the lesion. After curettage, percutaneous filling of the defect with corticocancellous allograft makes the technique a complete, minimally invasive surgical approach for this condition.

[Treatment of femoral shaft fractures with expandable intramedullary nail].

Background: Femoral shaft fractures are usually seen in the young population as a result of high energy traumas and are often accompanied by major organ injuries. In this paper, we aimed to assess the clinical results of expandable femoral intramedullary nails in the treatment of 20 femoral shaft fractures.

Methods: The average age was 34.

Prevalence of flatfoot in Turkish male adolescents.

Objectives: Prevalence of flatfoot in healthy Turkish male adolescents was investigated.

Patients And Methods: The present study was carried out in a high school in Istanbul in July 2006. Twenty-two subjects with flatfoot were diagnosed among 3169 male adolescent participants.

Melorheostosis in the upper extremity.

Melorheostosis is a rare mesodermal disease affecting the skeleton and adjacent soft tissues. Often it is incidentally detected on radiographs. In the standard radiology and orthopedics literature, melorheostosis is described as a "flowing hyperostosis, resembling dripping candle wax as an incidental radiographic finding.

Comparison of outcomes of two different surgeries in regarding to complications for chronic anterior shoulder instability.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to compare the early clinical results of two techniques in regarding to complications in the patients who suffered from chronic anterior traumatic isolated shoulder instability.

Method: Eighty-five patients underwent reconstructive procedures due to chronic isolated traumatic shoulder instability in our clinic between 1990 and 2002. Sixty-four patients in whom preoperatively Bankart lesion were detected with MRI and who participated in the regular follow-up were included in the study.

Treatment of rupture of the Achilles tendon with fibrin sealant.

Background: The optimal management strategy for acute Achilles tendon ruptures is controversial. These injuries historically were treated by nonoperative methods (cast immobilization, bandaging); however, operative repair of the ruptured tendon has become popular.

Methods: Thirty-two patients who had rupture of the Achilles tendon were treated operatively with use of fibrin sealant, and clinical and functional performance measures were assessed after a mean followup of at least 6 months between November, 1998, and July, 2003.

[Early results of reconstruction of chronic anterior cruciate ligament ruptures using four-strand hamstring tendon autografts].

Objectives: We evaluated the short-term results of reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures using a four-strand hamstring autograft and cross pin femoral fixation.

Methods: The study included 62 male patients (mean age 24 years; range 21 to 44 years) with chronic ACL ruptures. Involvement was in the right knee in 32 patients, and in the left knee in 30 patients.

Late reconstruction of neglected metacarpal shaft defects due to gunshot wound.

We evaluated eight patients after delayed treatment of nine metacarpal bone defects due to gunshot injuries. The mean length of the metacarpal defects was 3 cm and the average time between the gunshot injury and the reconstruction surgery was 10 months. Although all of the patients had been treated with wound irrigation and debridement immediately following injury, no attempt had been made to repair the metacarpal defect or to maintain metacarpal length.