Outpatient limb lengthening using magnetic intramedullary nails: A single Institution's experience.

Introduction: The advantages of outpatient surgery have been shown in other orthopedic subspecialities to be a means of driving down costs and reducing the average length of hospital stay. However, there is a scarcity of literature examining the utility of a specific, hospital-based facility performing such procedures for limb lengthening. Considering this, we aimed to investigate surgical factors, patient characteristics, and the incidence of outpatient postoperative complications for patients undergoing surgery and subsequent distraction osteogenesis utilizing the Precice® nail, a state-of-the-art magnetic intramedullary nail (MILN).

Chronic knee pain following infrapatellar/suprapatellar magnetic intramedullary lengthening nails versus external fixators in limb length discrepancy: A retrospective review.

Aims & Objectives: Prior to the popularization of magnetic intramedullary nails (MILNs), gradual deformity correction using external fixation was the norm in limb lengthening. Trauma literature has shown MILN via a suprapatellar approach (SP) to be associated with less knee pain than either an infrapatellar entry (IP) or external fixation. Yet, no research has investigated chronic knee pain and MILNs.

Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Has Lower Infection, Conversion, and Complication Rates Compared to High Tibial Osteotomy.

Introduction:  Isolated medial knee osteoarthritis can be surgically treated with either unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) or high tibial osteotomy (HTO). Proponents of UKA suggest superior survivorship, while HTO offers theoretically improved alignment and joint preservation delaying total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Therefore, we compared complications in a large population of patients undergoing UKAs or HTOs.

Circular hexapod external fixation for periprosthetic tibial fracture.

A poor soft tissue envelope often accompanies periprosthetic tibia fracture around a well-fixed total knee arthroplasty and the tibial stem leaves little room for screw fixation. This article describes the practicability and effectiveness of a novel surgical technique using circular hexapod external fixation, in patients with this clinical scenario. It was applied for fixation of periprosthetic tibia fracture in 2 patients.