Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS).

Objective: The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Olerud-Molander Ankle Score (OMAS) into Turkish and to assess its reliability and validity.

Methods: The Turkish version of the OMAS (OMAS-Tr) was developed after the translation and back-translation, which included the stages recommended by Beaton. The OMAS-Tr was administered to one hundred patients (49 females, 51 males; average age: 42.

Cartilage repair strategies in the knee: A survey of Turkish surgeons.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the trends in cartilage repair strategies among Turkish orthopedic surgeons for isolated focal (osteo)chondral lesions of the knee joint.

Materials And Methods: A web-based survey of 21 questions consisting of surgical indications, techniques and time to return to sports was developed to investigate the preferences of members of the TOTBID and the TUSYAD.

Results: A total of 147 surgeons answered the questionnaire.

Simultaneous ACL-PCL reconstructions with high tibial osteotomy: salvage for an unstable arthritic knee.

We present a case of a 28-year-old man with a severe osteoarthritic varus knee after a neglected multiligamentous injury sustained 10 years prior. Simultaneous anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstructions with high tibial osteotomy (HTO) were performed at a single stage. Five years after surgery, there were no signs of effusion and no instability, and the patient could easily kneel down without any discomfort.

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET).

Purpose: The Western Ontario Meniscal Evaluation Tool (WOMET) is a questionnaire designed to evaluate quality of life related to the health (HRQOL) of patients with meniscus pathology. The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the WOMET into Turkish, and thereby to determine the reliability and validity of the translated version.

Methods: The WOMET was translated into Turkish in accordance with the stages recommended by Guillemin.

Minimally invasive osteosynthesis of adult tibia fractures by means of rigid fixation with anatomic locked plates.

Main principle of biological fixation by minimally invasive locked plate osteosynthesis (MILPO) in lower extremity long bone fractures is relative stability which is provided by using long plate with limited number of screws. Some biomechanical studies have been reported about this issue. However, clinical studies are still missing.

Arthroscopy-assisted reduction versus open reduction in the fixation of medial malleolar fractures.

Purpose: Purpose of this case-control study was to evaluate the feasibility and advantages of arthroscopically assisted reduction and internal fixation of isolated medial malleolar fractures and compare the outcomes with conventional open reduction and internal fixation.

Methods: Forty-seven patients with medial malleolar fractures were grouped into two: arthroscopy-assisted group, and conventional open reduction and internal fixation group. Arthroscopic treatment group consisted of 21 patients.

An aggressive aneurysmal bone cyst of the proximal humerus and related complications in a pediatric patient.

Clinical behavior of aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) in younger patients can be more aggressive than that in older children and adults. Angular deformity and shortening can occur due to growth plate destruction or tumor resection. A 11-year-old boy who had been operated twice in another center for an ABC located in the left proximal humerus presented to the author's institution with complaints of pain, deformity and shortening of the left arm.

Augmented repair of acute tendo Achilles ruptures with gastrosoleus turn down flap.

Background: We present the results of primary repair of acute tendo Achilles (TA) rupture augmented with gastrosoleus turn down flap technique.

Patients And Methods: 78 consecutive patients with a complete acute rupture of the Achilles tendon operated between 1993 and 2004 were included in study. We performed a modification of the Lindholm technique in which the primary Kessler suture repair of the tendon was augmented by a turn-down ~3 cm × 10 cm gastrosoleus aponeurosis flap.

Achilles tendon rupture: physiotherapy and endoscopy-assisted surgical treatment of a common sports injury.

Although the Achilles tendon (AT) is the strongest tendon in the human body, rupture of this tendon is one of the most common sports injuries in the athletic population. Despite numerous nonoperative and operative methods that have been described, there is no universal agreement about the optimal management strategy of acute total AT ruptures. The management of AT ruptures should aim to minimize the morbidity of the injury, optimize rapid return to full function, and prevent complications.

A giant extrasynovial osteochondroma in the infrapatellar fat pad: end stage Hoffa's disease.

The infrapatellar fat pad of Hoffa is commonly injured but rarely discussed in the orthopaedic literature. Hoffa's disease is the extension of various traumatic events due to impingement and inflammation of the infrapatellar fat pad and known as a vague reason for anterior knee pain. Inflammation is foreground during acute phase of the disease while impingement due to fibrosis and scar tissue of infrapatellar fat pad plays a major role in the chronic phase.

Bilateral anterior glenohumeral dislocation in a horse rider: a case report and a review of the literature.

A case of bilateral anterior glenohumeral dislocation in a middle aged horse rider was presented. The patient was an amateur rider who sustained the injury when the horse reared suddenly. The rider fell back from the saddle while holding the halter.

Morel-Lavallee lesion. Results of surgical drainage with the use of synthetic glue.

Objective: To evaluate the results of surgical drainage and use of synthetic glue in Morel-Lavallee lesions.

Methods: We treated 7 Morel-Lavallee lesions in Ankara Bayindir Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between April 2003 and June 2004. These lesions developed in 5 male patients due to crush under a vehicle or a traffic accident.

Surgical treatment of skier's thumb injuries: case report and review of the literature.

Inappropriate treatment of skier's thumb injuries has been reported to result in chronic painful instability, weakness of pinch, and arthritis. Therefore, surgical treatment is recommended for those fractures with 2 mm or more of displacement, or significant articular involvement with incongruency or rotation. The goal of surgery is restoration of anatomy with stable fixation.

Arthroscopically assisted intra-articular lateral femoral condyle fracture surgery.

As with any other intra-articular fracture, the distal intra-articular femoral fracture has always been a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons because of the wide variety of trauma with which it is associated, and because associated soft-tissue injuries further augment its complexity. In articular fractures of the distal femur, arthroscopy allows rinsing of the articulation to visualize and also to assess intra-articular meniscal or ligamentous lesions, as well as the quality of the reduction. After a fall from a ladder, a 34-year-old man experienced a distal femoral intra-articular fracture (type B1) on the left side.

[Selection of treatment modalities in children with chronic osteomyelitis].

Objectives: We evaluated clinical and follow-up findings and treatment methods of pediatric patients with chronic osteomyelitis.

Methods: The study included 22 children (14 boys, 8 girls; mean age 8+/-7 years) who were treated for chronic osteomyelitis. Infection sites were the femur, tibia, ulna, and radius in 11, 8, 1, and 2 patients, respectively.

Lengthening procedures of small bones of foot and foot stump.

Foot length discrepancy may result from congenital or acquired causes. If the absence of the foot is more proximal than the metatarsal level, push off and foot resilience will be disturbed and rapid walking and spring will be awkward. Those patients have to be fitted with a prosthesis extending above the ankle to the distal leg.