[Proximal median nerve compression. A series of 35 consecutive cases].

Median nerve entrapment at the elbow and the proximal forearm represents 7 to 10 % of median nerve mononeuropathies. Literature distinguishes two distinct syndromes: the pronator syndrome and the anterior interosseous nerve syndrome. We report a retrospective series of 35 cases of proximal compression of the median nerve, including a previous study of 13 cases assessed in 2001.

[Isolated trapezoid fracture: a case report].

The authors present a case of isolated fracture of the trapezoid bone. The diagnosis was made late and needed modern diagnostic tools such as CT scanning. Diagnostic and treatment strategies for isolated fractures of the trapezoid bone are reviewed according to the literature.

[Epidemiological survey of wrist fractures in children].

Purpose Of The Study: The incidence of wrist fractures is increasing in children. We undertook an epidemiological survey in western France to determine characteristic features.

Material And Methods: A prospective multicentric study was conducted over one year in five university hospital centers in western France.

Lateral femoral sliding osteotomy lateral release in total knee arthroplasty for a fixed valgus deformity.

We treated 13 patients who had a fixed valgus deformity of the knee with a semiconstrained total knee arthroplasty combined with advancement of the lateral collateral ligament by means of a lateral femoral condylar sliding osteotomy. At follow-up of between one and 6.5 years all patients were assessed using the Knee Society score.

Roentgenographic measurement of angle between shaft and distal epiphyseal growth plate of radius.

To assess the accuracy of the use of the growth plate to shaft angle (GP-S) in the fractured distal radius, two prospective studies were performed. The first intraobserver study was made by three different observers who measured the GP-S angles of anteroposterior and lateral views of 62 wrist radiographs on two different occasions. The results showed a 95% concordance for a 5 degrees tolerance on anteroposterior views and 7 degrees on lateral views.