[Use of Hoffman external fixation for extra-articular upper metaphysealtibial fractures].

Treatment of extra-articular upper metaphyseal tibial fractures can be difficult. Orthopedic treatment is frequently complicated by second displacement These fractures are inappropriate for locked intra-medullary nailing because of the shorteness of the proximal extremity. Damages of soft tissues.

[The results of anterior cruciate ligament reconstrution by bone--patellar tendon--bone technique. A series of 40 cases].

We reviewed retrospectively 40 patients treated surgically for rupture of anterior cruciate ligament. The technique used was arthroscopy bone patellar tendon reconstruction. The mean age of patients was 27 years.