Medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee: a review of surgical options.

Osteoarthritis of the medial compartment, where the lateral compartment and patella-femoral joint are relatively spared, is a common orthopaedic presentation.Most frequently, the treatment of choice would be a total knee replacement, which involves removing healthy joint surfaces in such patients.Arthroscopic debridement in the osteoarthritic knee has fallen out of favour due to poor clinical results.

Medical stretching devices are effective in the treatment of knee arthrofibrosis: A systematic review.

Aims: This systematic review examines the available evidence on the use of medical stretching devices to treat knee arthrofibrosis, it suggests a focus for future studies addressing limitations in current research and identifies gaps in the published literature to facilitate future works.

Materials And Methods: Articles were identified using the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PubMed and SCOPUS databases. Articles from peer reviewed journals investigating the effectiveness of medical stretching devices to increase range of movement when treating arthrofibrosis of the knee were included.

The STAK tool: evaluation of a new device to treat arthrofibrosis and poor range of movement following total knee arthroplasty and major knee surgery.

Aims: This study aims to evaluate a new home medical stretching device called the Self Treatment Assisted Knee (STAK) tool to treat knee arthrofibrosis.

Methods: 35 patients post-major knee surgery with arthrofibrosis and mean range of movement (ROM) of 68° were recruited. Both the STAK intervention and control group received standard physiotherapy for eight weeks, with the intervention group additionally using the STAK at home.

Serum lactate as a marker of mortality in patients with hip fracture: A prospective study.

Outcomes from patients suffering hip fracture remain poor, with 9% mortality at 30 days and 35% at 1 year. Despite robust guidelines these mortality rates have undergone little change. Admission serum lactate in patients with sepsis or suffering general trauma has been shown to be an indicator of adverse clinical outcomes.

Axillary artery injury secondary to displaced proximal humeral fractures: a report of two cases.

We report 2 cases of axillary artery injury secondary to low-energy proximal humeral fractures. In case 1, early diagnosis based on signs of acute ischaemia of the arm enabled early treatment and a favourable outcome. In case 2, there were no signs of ischaemia or neurological deficit, resulting in delayed diagnosis and increased severity of the injury.