Morphological and biomechanical effects of vitamin K2 on fracture healing: An animal study on the rat tibia fracture model.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of vitamin K2 on fracture healing.

Methods: Twenty-four 6-week-old male Wistar albino rats that had open tibia fractures induced were included in this study. They were divided into 2 groups of 12, a group that had vitamin K2 administered over 30 consecutive days and a control group.

Long-Term Outcome of Electrodiagnostic Values and Symptom Improvement After Carpal Tunnel Release: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate electrodiagnostic studies and clinical outcomes after carpal tunnel release surgery in moderate and severe cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

Methods: Seventy-two patients with moderate or severe CTS who underwent carpal tunnel release surgery (46 unilateral; 26 bilateral; total, 98 surgeries) between 2009 and 2014 were included in the study. The cases were divided into 2 groups according to electrodiagnostic results: those with moderate CTS and those with severe CTS.

A NEW FLUOROSCOPY TECHNIQUE FOR SUPRACONDYLAR HUMERUS FRACTURES.

Introduction: To compare two different intraoperative fluoroscopy techniques used for closed reduction and percutaneous pinning (CRPP) in pediatric patients with supracondylar humerus fractures (SHF).

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six patients who underwent SHF surgery from May 2011 to June 2019 were included in the study. During surgery, the classical fluoroscopy method (CFM) was used in 21 patients and the new fluoroscopy method (NFM) was used in the remaining 15 patients.

Using autograft in the surgical treatment of isolated distal ulna fractures with open reduction internal fixation improves short-term clinical outcomes: 11 years of experience.

Background: Most of the studies on ulna fractures assess the treatment of fractures accompanied by other tissue injuries; thus, the number of studies focused directly on isolated distal ulna fractures are very few. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the short-term results of open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) and autograft+ORIF approaches in the treatment of isolated distal ulna fractures.

Hypothesis: Using autograft in the surgical treatment of isolated distal ulna fractures with open reduction internal fixation improves short-term clinical outcomes.

The external fixation can be a good alternative to plate-screw treatment in the surgical treatment of bilateral distal radius fractures: A retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: We aimed to compare the outcomes of two surgical treatment options, external fixator (EF) or open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), in patients with bilateral distal radius fractures (DRFs).

Patients And Methods: Twenty-one patients (11 males 10 females; mean age: 40.0±16.

Comparison of the Results of Hook Plate and Endo-Button Used in the Surgical Treatment of Acromioclavicular Joint Separation.

Purpose: Our study aimed to compare the clinical outcomes between endo-button and hook plate fixations for the treatment of acute unstable acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocation.

Materials: A retrospective evaluation of patients with acute AC joint dislocation who were treated between February 2009 and December 2019 was performed. The study was conducted with 39 patients who met the inclusion criteria.

Effect of Repeated Sterilization by Different Methods on Strength of Carbon Fiber Rods Used in External Fixator Systems.

Objectives: We aimed to study the effects of repeated sterilization, using different methods, on the carbon fiber rods of external fixator systems.

Methods: We used a randomized set of 44 unused, unsterilized, and identical carbon fiber rods (11 × 200 mm), randomly assigned to 2 groups: unsterilized (4 rods) and sterilized (40 rods). The sterilized rods were divided into 2 groups, those sterilized in an autoclave and those sterilized using hydrogen peroxide.

Radiological and clinical outcomes of medial approach open reduction by using two intervals in developmental dysplasia of the hip.

Objective: To evaluate the midterm clinical and radiological outcomes of the medial approach using two intervals for developmental hip dysplasia (DDH).

Methods: The study involved 62 hips of 47 patients (41 girls, 6 boys) treated with medial approach for DDH from 1999 to 2010. The age of the patients at surgery was 18.

Precise placement of lag screws in operative treatment of trochanteric femoral fractures with a new guide system.

Purpose: We assessed the accuracy of a new guide system that we developed to place lag screws in the proper position with the minimum number of attempts for operative treatment of trochanteric femoral fractures.

Methods: A total of 55 consecutive trochanteric femoral fractures were treated with a cephalomedullary nail. The first 27 consecutive patients were treated with the standard operation (group A), while the new guide system was used in the last 28 consecutive patients (group B).

Graft retaining debridement in patients with septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Objective: Although septic arthritis following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a rare complication, it has a high morbidity deteriorating the clinical outcome. Current treatment options include long-term antibiotic therapy, open or arthroscopic surgical lavage, aspiration, continuous irrigation, graft preservation, and removal of graft and fixation materials with or without reimplantation. The aim of our study was to evaluate the results of long-term antibiotic treatment with arthroscopic debridement without graft and fixation materials removal in the treatment of septic arthritis following ACL reconstructions.