Publications by authors named "N Franulic"
Fracture-related infection (FRI) after tibial plateau open reduction and fixation is a common complication that leads to catastrophic sequelae and substantial economic costs, making prevention paramount. To facilitate an appropriate approach, it is useful to classify risk factors based on patient-related factors, injury-related factors, and management-related factors. Patient-related factors like smoking have a great amount of evidence establishing their relation with FRI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Patellar tendon ruptures are infrequent but disabling injuries. Surgical treatment is the gold standard to obtain good outcomes, and numerous techniques have been described. Biomechanical studies report better results when augmented techniques are used.
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- The study investigates differences in patellar height (PH) after surgical treatment for acute patellar tendon ruptures (PTR) between two groups: those treated with isolated repair techniques (IR) and those with biological augmentation techniques (BAR).
- The objective was to see if the BAR group had lower PH immediately after surgery and at 4 months, using the Insall-Salvati index as a measurement tool.
- A retrospective review of 31 operated knees revealed strong agreement among orthopedic surgeons measuring PH, with the results suggesting different outcomes between the two surgical approaches.
Purpose: Osteotomies around the knee have been established as an effective method for treating varus or valgus malalignment associated with other knee pathologies in young and middle-aged patients. There is limited literature regarding the risks and complications based on patient age. The purpose of this study is to determine whether age influences as a risk factor for developing intraoperative and early post-operative complications in patients undergoing osteotomies around the knee.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the range of motion (ROM) of the knee in patients with severe post-traumatic knee arthrofibrosis after being treated with arthroscopic fibroarthrolysis (AFA) and manipulation under anesthesia (MUA).
Methods: Case series of patients with severe post-traumatic knee arthrofibrosis who underwent AFL+MUA in a national referral center. The primary outcome to be assessed was ROM before and after surgery and then at 3-month intervals until a minimum follow-up of one year was completed.