Modified porous tantalum rod technique for the treatment of femoral head osteonecrosis.

Aim: To study a modified porous tantalum technique for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head.

Methods: The porous tantalum rod was combined with endoscopy, curettage, autologous bone grafting and use of bone marrow aspirates from iliac crest aspiration in 49 patients (58 hips) with a mean age of 38 years. The majority of the patients had idiopathic osteonecrosis, followed by corticosteroid-induced osteonecrosis.

Minimal internal fixation augmented by small wire transfixion frames for high-energy tibial plateau fractures.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome of bicondylar tibial plateau fractures treated with minimal internal fixation augmented by small wire external fixation frames and to assess the necessity of bridging the knee joint by extending the external fixation to the distal femur.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 48 tibial plateau fractures. There were 40 (83.