Medial buttress plate use in neck of femur fracture fixations: A systematic review.

Background: Femoral neck fractures, particularly Pauwels type II and III, pose significant challenges due to their vertical instability and susceptibility to complications such as non-union and avascular necrosis (AVN). Medial buttress plates (MBPs) have emerged as a promising adjunct in fixation, offering biomechanical advantages by neutralizing shearing forces and enhancing stability. However, the clinical efficacy of MBPs across different fixation techniques, plate configurations, and positioning remains unclear.

Optimal screw length in volar locking plate osteosynthesis for distal radius fractures: a systematic review.

Background: Fractures of the distal radius represent the most common fracture of the upper limb, and can be managed surgically with volar locking plate osteosynthesis (VLPO). Uncertainty remains regarding the optimal length of the distal locking screws. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal VLPO screw length which provided adequate stability while minimizing complications.

Chronic Achilles tendon rupture: a novel modification of surgical technique described by El Shewy.

Background: Chronic Achilles tendon rupture is commonly defined as a rupture presenting 6 weeks after the time of injury and operative management is recommended. This research aims to describe a novel modified surgical technique in the repair of chronic Achilles tendon rupture and to report the result of this technique.

Methods: This is a retrospective study performed between January 2007 and January 2017, and a novel modification of El Shewy et al.

The Use of High Strength Sutures and Anchors in Olecranon Fractures: A Systematic Review.

Purpose/background: Olecranon fractures are common, particularly in the elderly osteoporotic population. Although various techniques of fixation are available, the gold standard-tension band wiring (TBW)-has high complication and reoperation rates. We sought to identify current evidence for the use of high-strength suture tension banding methods to determine whether they reduce complications and reoperation rates while maintaining fixation.

Wavelength weightings in machine learning for ovine joint tissue differentiation using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS).

To investigate the DRS of ovine joint tissue to determine the optimal optical wavelengths for tissue differentiation and relate these wavelengths to the biomolecular composition of tissues. In this study, we combine machine learning with DRS for tissue classification and then look further at the weighting matrix of the classifier to further understand the key differentiating features. Supervised machine learning was used to analyse DRS data.

Machine learning classification of human joint tissue from diffuse reflectance spectroscopy data.

To assess if incorporation of DRS sensing into real-time robotic surgery systems has merit. DRS as a technology is relatively simple, cost-effective and provides a non-contact approach to tissue differentiation. Supervised machine learning analysis of diffuse reflectance spectra was performed to classify human joint tissue that was collected from surgical procedures.

Patient Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Background: Dissatisfaction following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is common. Approximately 20% of patients report dissatisfaction following primary TKA. This systematic literature review explores key factors affecting patient dissatisfaction following TKA.

A review of the physiological and histological effects of laser osteotomy.

Osteotomy is the surgical cutting of bone. Some obstacles to laser osteotomy have been melting, carbonisation and subsequent delayed healing. New cooled scanning techniques have resulted in effective bone cuts without the strong thermal side effects, which were observed by inappropriate irradiation techniques with continuous wave and long pulsed lasers.