The modern treatment of the osteoarticular tumors requires a multidisciplinary approach. Due to their proximity to major neural and vascular pathways, to the fact that they affect young people, as well as because they can permanently impair the functionality of the limb, the preoperative assessment of the patients must be performed in detail (physical, imaging, biochemical and histological examination) in order to prepare for the surgical procedure with a minimum impact on the quality of the life of the patients. In the last 5 years, in the Clinic of Orthopedics of the Universitary Emergency Hospital of Bucharest 7 patients, aged between 25 and 40 years, with giant cell tumor were operated, the sex ratio being F/M : 5/2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries remain a common orthopaedic disease, particularly in young adults. The treatment of choice for ACL injuries is ACL reconstruction (ligamentoplasty). ACL reconstruction is the surgical intervention used to replace the damaged ACL with a bone-patella tendon-bone (BTB) graft or with soft parts (semitendinosus - gracilis muscles (ST-G) - a method more frequently used nowadays).
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