Epidemiology of trauma-related paediatric limb fracture using a unique classification: A 10-year retrospective, single-centre study.

Introduction: Research regarding the epidemiology of paediatric trauma is limited. Using our unique classification, we describe paediatric trauma cases in a 10-year single-centre study to improve paediatric care.

Materials And Methods: Data regarding all paediatric trauma cases were extracted using a computerised medical record system that detected fracture diagnosis and epiphyseal injury.

Independent predictors affecting the reduction of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Although it is important to understand the risk factors affecting the reduction of pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures (PSHFs), no inclusive study has been conducted so far. We performed a retrospective cohort study to identify the risk factors affecting the quality and difficulty of reduction for PSHFs.

Methods: We reviewed 160 cases with a PSHF that had been surgically treated in our hospital between January 2007 and December 2019.

A New Classification for Ankle Arthrodesis When Using an External Fixator.

Background: We have classified ankle arthrodesis when using an external fixator into four types based on the deformity and defect. Each of the four types of technique have been evaluated retrospectively.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-three lower limb segments in 30 patients (average age 49 years) were treated by ankle arthrodesis using an external fixator in our institution.

Timing of Surgery for Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures and Early Postoperative Results.

Pediatric supracondylar humerus fracture (PSHF) is one of the most common fractures of the elbow seen among boys aged between 5 and 7 years. The timing of surgical treatment for this type of fracture is still controversial. Thus, we aimed to investigate whether the timing of surgery for PSHFs affects the incidence of early postoperative complications and reduction of PSHFs.

Reference positions for transosseous elements in femur: A cadaveric study.

Introduction: During external fixator treatment, displacement of soft tissue at pin sites may cause infection and contracture. Due to surrounding soft tissue thickness, the femur is especially susceptible to severe complications. However, standard textbooks demonstrate only how major neurovascular bundles should be avoided.

Foot deformity correction with hexapod external fixator, the Ortho-SUV Frame™.

External fixators enable distraction osteogenesis and gradual foot deformity corrections. Hexapod fixators have become more popular than the Ilizarov apparatus. The Ortho-SUV Frame™ (OSF; Ortho-SUV Ltd, St.

TNF-α and tumor lysate promote the maturation of dendritic cells for immunotherapy for advanced malignant bone and soft tissue tumors.

Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in the immune system. There are many reports concerning DC-based immunotherapy. The differentiation and maturation of DCs is a critical part of DC-based immunotherapy.

Lengthening of the normal tibia in a patient with hemihypertrophy caused by Klippel- Trenaunay-Weber syndrome: a case report.

We report a case of Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome in a 31-year-old woman who presented with hypertrophy of the left leg. She had severe osteoarthritic changes in the left hip joint secondary to the lack of acetabular coverage of the femoral head as the result of lateral inclination of the pelvis owing to leg-length discrepancy of 4 cm. The centre-edge angle (coverage ratio of the acetabulum to the femoral head) was improved from 15º to 33º after a foot lift.

Activity of bone morphogenetic protein-7 after treatment at various temperatures: freezing vs. pasteurization vs. allograft.

Insufficient bone union is the occasional complication of biomechanical reconstruction after malignant bone tumor resection using temperature treated tumor bearing bone; freezing, pasteurization, and autoclaving. Since bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) plays an important role in bone formation, we assessed the amount and activity of BMP preserved after several temperature treatments, including -196 and -73°C for 20 min, 60 and 100°C for 30 min, 60°C for 10h following -80°C for 12h as an allograft model, and 4°C as the control. The material extracted from the human femoral bone was treated, and the amount of BMP-7 was analyzed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.