Intraoperative visualization of the posterolateral ulnohumeral joint space is reliable to indicate overlengthening in radial head arthroplasty.

Introduction: Avoiding overlengthening in radial head arthroplasty (RHA) is essential for the prognosis of the elbow joint. An overlengthening from 2 mm is visible due to widening of the anterolateral ulnohumeral joint space but intraoperatively, this particular joint space is difficult to visualize. The commonly used Kocher approach allows visualization of the posterolateral joint space without additional instruments or further surgical release of the already unstable elbow.

A Novel Sensor-Based Application for Home-Based Rehabilitation Can Objectively Measure Postoperative Outcomes following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

In order to successfully implement individualized patient rehabilitation and home-based rehabilitation programs, the rehabilitation process should be objectifiable, monitorable and comprehensible. For this purpose, objective measurements are required in addition to subjective measurement tools. Thus, the aim of this prospective, single-center clinical trial is the clinical validation of an objective, digital medical device (DMD) during the rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with regards to an internationally accepted measurement tool.

[Epicondylosis : Open surgical procedure-when and how for lateral and medial epicondylitis?].

Background: Epicondylosis of the elbow are common pathologies, with a higher incidence for radial epicondylosis. Approximately 90% are self-limiting under conservative treatment.

Treatment: Multiple surgical procedures exist for the treatment of refractory cases.

Patients with combined pelvic and spinal injuries have worse clinical and operative outcomes than patients with isolated pelvic injuries analysis of the German Pelvic Registry.

Background: Pelvic fractures are often associated with spine injury in polytrauma patients. This study aimed to determine whether concomitant spine injury influence the surgical outcome of pelvic fracture.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of data of patients registered in the German Pelvic Registry between January 2003 and December 2017.

Return to Sports and Patients' Rehabilitation Continuum After Deepening Trochleoplasty and Concomitant Patellar-Stabilizing Procedures: A Case Series of 111 Patients at 2 to 4 Years of Follow-up.

Background: There are few reports on the return to sports after complex patellar-stabilizing surgery.

Purposes: To evaluate patients' ability to return to sports and to investigate the extent to which the preoperative level of sports participation influences sports activity after deepening trochleoplasty (TP) and concomitant patellar-stabilizing procedures.

Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Treatment of acquired patella baja by proximalization tibial tubercle osteotomy significantly improved knee joint function but overall patient-reported outcome measures remain diminished after two to four years of follow-up.

Introduction: Acquired patella baja is often characterized by painful limitation of knee joint range of motion and anterior knee pain (AKP). Only few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of surgical treatment in terms of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM's) and sports activity. Thus, the goal of this study was to assess PROM's and sports activity after proximalization tibial tubercle osteotomy (P-TTO) in patients with symptomatic patella baja.

Acute administration of antibiotics modulates intestinal capillary perfusion and leukocyte adherence during experimental sepsis.

Antibiotic treatment represents a mainstay of therapy for clinical sepsis. Distinct from their antimicrobial effects, antibiotics may impact the inflammatory process in sepsis, e.g.