Twenty year outcomes following short-segment posterior instrumentation and fusion for thoracolumbar burst fractures: A retrospective observational study.

This study reviews the long-term efficacy of short-segment posterior instrumentation and fusion (SSPIF) in treating thoracolumbar burst fractures. Authors retrospectively reviewed the radiographic results of single-level thoracolumbar burst fractures treated by SSPIF. Vertebral body height and wedge angles were measured on the preoperative, postoperative, and follow-up radiographic images.

Evaluation of the results of closed kinetic chain exercises applied in the conservative treatment of patellofemoral pain syndrome by means of shear wave elastography: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Non-selective closed kinetic chain exercises (NSKCE) and or selective closed kinetic chain exercises (SCKCE) has been shown to increase Vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) muscle power in patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). However, the superiority of the exercises to each other has not been shown. This study aimed to evaluating the effects of different exercises on the stiffness of the VMO and vastus lateralis (VL) muscles, pain management, functional scores, and thigh circumferences.

Double Dislocation of the Interphalangeal Joints of the Little Finger.

High-energy traumas may lead to the dislocation of joints with or without fractures. However, simultaneous double dislocation of the proximal and distal interphalangeal joints (PIP and DIP) in fingers shows up rarely. Although it can be inferred as simultaneous dislocation occurring during the same trauma, consecutive events should be taken into consideration.

Anatomical variations of intercostobrachial nerve: A potential candidate for neurotization after traumatic median nerve injury?

Background: This study focused on the anatomical characteristics and variations of intercostobrachial (ICBN) nerve and median nerve to investigate the possible use of ICBN in restoration of sensory damage of hand after traumatic median nerve injury and to evaluate the feasibility of ICBN neurotization to median nerve.

Methods: Variations of ICBN were noted in 16 axillary region dissections of eight cadavers. Measurements for ICBN's suitability in terms of neurotization to brachial plexus were done with millimetric devices.

The relationship between the ratio of interpedicular distance increase and the ratio of spinal canal compromise in thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the interpedicular distance increase ratio and the ratio of canal compromise in thoracolumbar burst fractures.

Methods: Thirty-one patients (18 male and 13 female) with an average age of 30.8 (14-57) who had been treated for thoraco-lumbar burst fractures in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology were included in the study.