The torsion of the proximal femur in cementless total hip arthroplasty: a 3-dimensional evaluation.

Introduction: The anatomy of the proximal femur at the time of total hip arthroplasty has been widely studied but the horizontal plane was never considered, or only limited to the torsion of the femoral neck.

Methods: Using CT-scan images from a group of 178 patients scheduled for cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA), we analysed the evolution of the torsion of the proximal femoral metaphysis, in reference to the posterior bicondylar plane of the femur. The evolution of the torsion, between 20 mm below the centre of the lesser trochanter and 20 mm above, was evaluated.

Prognostic factors in adult soft tissue sarcoma treated with surgery combined with radiotherapy: a retrospective single-center study on 164 patients.

The aim of the present study is to assess the disease profile, outcome and prognostic factors in patients treated with surgery combined with radiotherapy (RT), with or without chemotherapy (CXT), for soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) in a multidisciplinary setting. One hundred and sixty-four patients with STS treated between 1980 and 2010 at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois were enrolled in this retrospective study. Seventy-six percent of patients underwent postoperative RT with (24%), or without (52%) CXT, 15% preoperative RT with (5%), or without (10%) CXT, surgery alone (7%), or RT alone (2%) with or without CXT.

Effect of biomagnetic therapy versus physiotherapy for treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of pulsed signal therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren II or III).

Methods: A randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trial. The first 95 patients sent to the clinic with knee osteo-arthritis were selected and randomized into treatment with pulsed signal therapy or conventional physiotherapy.

Isolated limb perfusion with tumor necrosis factor and melphalan for non-resectable soft tissue sarcomas: long-term results on efficacy and limb salvage in a selected group of patients.

Background And Objectives: Isolated limb perfusion with TNF-alpha and melphalan (TM-ILP) is a limb salvage therapy for non-resectable soft tissue sarcomas (STS) of the extremities. It is indicated for patients for whom amputation or debilitating surgery is the only alternative. It can be used either as an exclusive therapy (in palliation) or as a neo-adjuvant treatment, followed by marginal resection of tumor remnants with minimal functional impairment.