Activity level recovery after acute Achilles tendon rupture surgically repaired: a series of 29 patients with a mean follow-up of 46 months.

Background: Achilles tendon rupture is a common injury but its optimal management is still controversial. When decided, surgical repair can be performed by open or percutaneous techniques. Till now, there is no agreement on the ideal type of surgical management.

[Adventitial mucoid cyst of the radial artery associated with volar wrist ganglion. A case report].

The authors report a rare case of a 51-years old woman presenting with cystic mucoid adventitial disease of the radial artery associated with a volar wrist ganglion. Imaging namely doppler sonography, magnetic resonance scanning and angio-MR was performed preoperatively because of a history of radial artery aneurysm in the opposite wrist. The radial artery was resected and the defect bridged by a venous autograft; the volar wrist ganglia was removed.

[Percutaneous compression plate for pertrochanteric fixation of hip fractures: surgical technique and first results].

We have used a minimally invasive technique for fixation of trochanteric fractures since 2003. We use the percuntaneous compression plate described by Gotfried. We describe here the osteosynthsis technique and our special approach which limits operative time.

[Extensor tendon rupture after dorsal surgery of the rheumatoid wrist: analysis of nine reviewed cases].

We led a retrospective study to determine the causes of the tendon ruptures post-operating in the surgery of the wrist rheumatoid dorsal and to estimate the clinical result. At follow-up, we measured the extension lag and the rolling-up of fingers by the distance palm-pulps. Nine patients were so revised in the average of 40 months, average age was of 50.

[Fracture-dislocation of the second carpometacarpal joint. Case report and review of the literature].

A 26-year-old man was involved in a car crash then he presented an isolated trauma of the hand. We found out a dorsal dislocation of the second carpometacarpal joint with trapezoid fracture and a Rolando fracture. In emergency, closed reduction with percutaneous wires to stabilize, was performed.

[An original procedure for cement diaphyseal extraction. The segmental cement extraction system or SEG-CES].

Purpose Of The Study: We report our first eleven uses of a new cement mantle extraction system. The basis of this technique relies on a cement bone interface with a lower strength compared to the old cement-new cement interface.

Material And Methods: The first stage of the procedure consists in a specific preparation of the inner surface of the old cement, mantle.

[An unusual variation of luxation of the wrist: external vertical luxation. Apropos of a case. Review of the literature].

A case of lateral dislocation of the carpal scaphoid associated with a fracture of the triquetral and carpo-metacarpal dislocation of the ring and little finger is described. A thorough search of the literature failed to reveal any previous report of this combination of injuries. The dislocation was reduced by manipulation, but the scapholunate ligament required surgical repair.

[Ilizarov method used for the sequela of growth cartilage lesions].

Ilizarov distraction osteogenesis is a good way to correct sequelae of growth plate injury after completion of the growth. There is often both limb length discrepancy and angular deformation in varus, valgus, flexum, and recurvatum after surgery or trauma in childhood. Such deformations of the distal femoral growth plate, both proximal and distal tibial and distal radial will be presented, treated by a one-step Ilizarov method.

[Tenosynovial osteochondromatosis of the hand. A case report].

A 14 year old boy presented with swelling of the middle finger. X-rays showed calcifications of the palmar surface of the head of the third metacarpal and over the first and second phalanges. The natural course was followed over a period of two years with a diagnosis of calcifying peritendonitis.

[Thalamic fractures of the calcaneus. Value of computed x-ray tomography in therapeutic decisions].

The authors have studied 35 fractures of the calcaneal thalamus and compared the information provided by plain radiology and CT scans of the calcaneal tuberosity, especially those connected with the condition of the posterior subtalar joint. In 8 cases out of 35, the study of the CT sections yielded information that allowed changing the indications for treatment. The authors emphasize the quality of the data obtained, which makes it possible to justify a functional treatment or to establish a preoperative schedule.

[Extra-abdominal desmoid tumors. Apropos of a case in the calf].

A young 15 year old girl presented with a voluminous desmoid tumor of the calf. Three attempts to excise the tumor were only partially successful because of the risk of vascular and nerve damage, and excision was incomplete on each occasion. These tactics appeared to be justified, however, since the tumor had little functional effects and appeared to become stable at the last examination.