The effect of early weight-bearing on comminuted calcaneal fractures treated with locking plates.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the possible effects of early weight-bearing on clinical and radiological outcomes of comminuted calcaneal fractures treated with locking plates.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 15 patients (12 males, 3 females; mean age 40.1 years; range 18 to 55 years) with comminuted calcaneal fractures between October 2010 and April 2012.

A rare complication after intertrochanteric fracture treated with proximal femoral nail: femoral neck insufficiency fracture.

We present a case, 82-year-old woman, sustaining intertrochanteric fracture treated with proximal femoral nail. Up to 14 months postoperatively, everything went on seamlessly. Then, there was a rapid onset of worsening of the functional capacity.

Relationship between clinical and electrophysiological results in surgically treated carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objectives: In this study, relationship between clinical and electrophysiological results of decompression via mini incision technique was investigated.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-nine hands of 38 patients (35 females, 3 males; mean age 54.8 years; range 33 to 81 years) with carpal tunnel syndrome who were treated surgically in our clinic between April 2004 and February 2009 were included into the study.

Retroperitoneal migration of a septically loose femoral component.

Migration of total hip arthroplasty components is generally associated with a medial acetabular wall defect and may cause various intrapelvic complications. This is often a result of the destructive bone loss that takes place with infection. To our knowledge, this is the first report that presents complete intrapelvic migration of a femoral stem of total hip arthroplasty due to septic loosening with an intact medial acetabular wall.

[Mortality and morbidity in elderly patients who underwent partial prosthesis replacement for proximal femoral fractures].

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate mortality and morbidity correlation in elderly patients who underwent partial prosthesis replacement for proximal femoral fractures.

Patients And Methods: The study was conducted in patients over 65 years of age who were admitted to the Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital from 2002 to 2007 for the surgical treatment of proximal femoral fracture. All the patients were treated with hemi-arthroplasty.

Iloprost and pentoxifylline attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury in skeletal muscle in rabbit model.

Background: We investigated the effects of iloprost and pentoxifylline on skeletal muscle ischemia-reperfusion injury in a rabbit model.

Methods: Forty New Zealand white rabbits were grouped into four. In Group 1, iloprost was continuously infused starting half an hour before the reperfusion following a 2-hour ischemia formed by abdominal aortic occlusion, and it was continued during the 4-hour reperfusion period.

Fracture dislocation of sacroiliac joint associated with triradiate cartilage injury in a child: a case report.

We report a very rare injury of a 8-year-old girl with sacroiliac fracture dislocation and triradiate cartilage separation. After the restoration of the sacroiliac joint by open means, reduction of the separated cartilage was seen. At 20 months follow-up, an osseous bridging at the triradiate cartilage and mild coxa valga deformity developed.

[Bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture and coexistent femoral neck fracture in a patient with chronic renal failure].

Simultaneous bilateral quadriceps tendon rupture is a very rare injury mostly seen in patients with chronic renal failure or other systemic chronic diseases. Metabolic acidosis in chronic renal failure predisposes these patients to tendon degeneration. A 37-year-old woman who received hemodialysis for chronic renal failure for two years presented with complaints of severe pain in the left hip and inability to walk.

[Factors associated with failure in the surgical treatment of shoulder instability].

Open and arthroscopic surgical techniques are used to treat shoulder instability. There may be various reasons of failure related to these techniques, the understanding of which may increase success rates. In this paper, we evaluated the factors associated with failure in open and arthroscopic surgical repairs of anterior, posterior, and multidirectional instability, together with possible solutions.

A case of myositis ossificans as a complication of tetanus treated by surgical excision.

Myositis ossificans is a heterotopic ossification of skeletal muscles which is commonly seen after trauma. However, it is rarely seen as a complication of tetanus. We report a case of myositis ossificans following tetanus in a female adult patient presenting with ankylosis of both elbows in extension.