The mid-term clinical outcomes of total knee arthroplasty in the management of end-stage hemophilic arthropathy.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the mid-term clinical outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the management of end-stage hemophilic arthropathy.

Methods: Eleven patients (15 knees) undergoing TKA with stiff knees were retrospectively evaluated. TKA was performed in all patients without additional surgical interventions such as posterior capsular release, hamstring release, synovectomy, VY quadricepsplasty, or tibial tubercle osteotomy.

Effectiveness and reliability of traditional open surgery in atypical localizations of osteoid osteoma.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate traditional open surgery results of osteoid osteomas (OOs) in atypical localizations and explore whether open surgery can be a safe alternative in localizations where radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may not be suitable.

Patients And Methods: A total of 26 patients (20 males, 6 females; mean age 23.3±14.

Comparison of clinical outcomes of ultrasonography-guided and blind local injections in facet syndrome: A 6-week randomized controlled trial.

Background: Facet syndrome is defined as pain that arises from any structure of the facet joints, including the fibrous capsule, synovial membrane, hyaline cartilage, and bone.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of US-guided and blind injections on clinical outcome in facet syndrome.

Materials And Methods: Forty-seven patients with the diagnosis of facet syndrome were included.

Ginkgo Biloba improves bone formation during fracture healing: an experimental study in rats.

Objectives: extract (EGb 761) is a plant extract obtained from the leaves of the tree. The aim of this study was to assess the histological and radiological effects of extract on fracture healing in an experimental fracture model using rat femurs.

Methods: Forty-eight female Sprague-Dawley rats (weight: 195-252 g; age: 20 weeks) were used in the study.

The effects of dabigatran etexilate on fracture healing in rats: An experimental study.

Background: Deep vein thrombosis leading to pulmonary embolism is one of the major complication after fracture. After a fracture occurs, the coagulation cascade activates thrombin, a protease that finally generates clotting. Dabigatran etexilate reduce clot formation by inhibiting thrombin.

Education and Visual Information Improves Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Local Injections on Shoulder Pain and Associated Anxiety Level: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Objective: Local injections are widely used in patients with a painful shoulder. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible impact of patients' visual information on the effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided local injections on anxiety levels and shoulder pain.

Design: A total of 151 patients, scheduled for local injection owing to shoulder pain, were randomly assigned into two groups in a consecutive order.

[Neglected ipsilateral simultaneous ruptures of patellar and quadriceps tendon].

Neglected patellar and quadriceps tendon rupture is a rare injury, but ipsilateral simultaneous patellar and quadriceps tendon rupture was not described in the literature to our knowledge. In this article, we report a 40-year-old healthy male patient with neglected ipsilateral patellar and quadriceps tendon ruptures treated by peroneus longus tendon autograft. Patient had received some conservative and surgical treatments for patellar fracture before applying to our clinic.

Compartment syndrome, disseminated intravascular coagulation, pneumonia, and acute renal failure due to varicella in a previously healthy child.

Varicella infections are usually considered to be benign. Although very rare, infection of an immunocompetent patient by this virus may result in a severe illness. We describe a case of varicella infection in a previously healthy, immunocompetent 5-y-old boy, complicated with compartment syndrome, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), pneumonia, and acute renal failure.

The effects of spinal, inhalation, and total intravenous anesthetic techniques on ischemia-reperfusion injury in arthroscopic knee surgery.

Purpose: To compare the effects of different anesthesia techniques on tourniquet-related ischemia-reperfusion by measuring the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) and neuromuscular side effects.

Methods: Sixty ASAI-II patients undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery were randomised to three groups. In Group S, intrathecal anesthesia was administered using levobupivacaine.

[Biomechanical examination of patellar tendon ruptures repaired with a tendon graft: an experimental study].

Objectives: This study aims to perform an experimental examination of the patellar tendon grafts repaired using an interference screw and free tendon graft.

Material And Methods: Twelve knees of the lower limbs which were amputated due to circulatory disease were included in this study. The knees were removed from all soft tissues including patellar tendons.

Primary aneurysmal bone cyst of the distal tibial epiphysis: a case report.

Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a benign lesion that commonly involves the metaphysis or metadiaphyseal region of long bones in children. The WHO defined ABC as an expansile osteolytic lesion consisting of blood-filled spaces and channels that are divided by connective tissue septa that may contain osteoid tissue and osteoclast-like giant cells. ABCs are usually treated with intralesional procedures, and variables including surgeon technique, young patient, juxtaphyseal tumors, and tumor location have been associated with recurrence.

Effects of leptin on fracture healing in rat tibia.

Objectives: In this study, we aimed to evaluate possible effects of leptin on fracture healing.

Materials And Methods: Between November 2009 and May 2010, 54 male Sprague Dawley rats with a mean age of 16 weeks and a mean body weight of 323 g (range; 295-352 g) were included and randomly divided into three equal groups. Standardized tibial fractures were created to all rats.

Treatment of capitellar osteochondritis dissecans with a tendon graft: a case report.

A 14-year-old girl who was engaged in farming was admitted with the complaints of right elbow pain and limited range of motion in the elbow joint. Plain radiograph revealed capitellar osteochondritis dissecans. After the loose fragment was removed from the capitellum and the defect was curetted, a palmaris longus tendon graft harvested from the same hand was implanted into the capitellar defect.

[The long-term results of brace treatment in Perthes disease].

Objectives: We evaluated the long-term radiological outcomes of the patients with Perthes disease who were conservatively treated with brace.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-three hips of 27 skeletally mature patients (21 males, 6 females; mean age 25.2±3.

[Effects of human amniotic fluid on posterolateral spinal fusion: an experimental preliminary study].

Objectives: In this study, the effects of human amniotic fluid on posterolateral spinal fusion were investigated in a rat model.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-eight 20-week-old male Sprague Dawley rats were included in the study. The subjects were divided into two main groups as the control group and the amniotic fluid group.

Comparison between conservative and surgical treatment in Perthes disease.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the results of conservative and surgical treatment in a homogeneous group constituted by patients between 6 and 8 years of age at onset of the Perthes disease with Herring B involvement.

Methods: Twenty-seven hips of 25 patients were evaluated radiologically and clinically. Patients were divided into two groups in terms of treatment type.

Radiological evaluation of combined valgus extension osteotomy and tectoplasty for the treatment of Herring group C Perthes patients.

Objectives: In this study we evaluated the results of combined proximal femoral valgus extension osteotomy and tectoplasty in the treatment of Herring group C Perthes disease with hinge abduction.

Patients And Methods: This study was carried out in 11 male patients who underwent combined proximal femoral valgus extension osteotomy and tectoplasty for hinge abduction related to Perthes disease between January 2002 and February 2009. All patients were assessed as group C according to the Herring lateral pillar classification.

A comparison of intraarticular morphine and bupivacaine for pain control and outpatient status after an arthroscopic knee surgery under a low dose of spinal anaesthesia.

Effective pain control is important after an outpatient arthroscopic knee surgery to permit early discharge and improve outcome. The aim of this study was to compare intraarticular morphine and bupivacaine with placebo for postoperative pain control and outpatient status after a knee arthroscopic surgery under a low dose of spinal anaesthesia. After obtaining the ethic committee's approval and written informed consents from 60 adult outpatients undergoing knee arthroscopy, patients were enrolled in this prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical study.

Comparison of the effect of propofol and N-acetyl cysteine in preventing ischaemia-reperfusion injury.

Background And Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of propofol and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) on tourniquet-induced ischaemia-reperfusion injury by determining malonyldialdehyde, ischaemia-modified albumin, lactate, blood gas and haemodynamic levels in arthroscopic knee surgery.

Methods: Sixty ASA I or II patients were randomized into three groups. Intrathecal anaesthesia was administered using 0.

The effect of Hirudoid on random skin-flap survival in rats.

Background: One of the main fields of research in flap surgery is to increase the viability of flaps. Many materials have been tested for this purpose. This study shows that topical application of Hirudoid, an organoheparinoid, increases flap survival of dorsal flaps in rats.

Magnetic resonance imagination of the peroneus longus tendon after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Several studies report that tendons can regenerate after harvesting. These studies have been performed especially in patellar and hamstring tendons. At our institution, 10 cm length of full thickness peroneus longus tendon has been harvested to reconstruct torn anterior cruciate ligament since 1997 as a different graft source.

Synovial chondromatosis of the subtalar joint: a case report and review of the literature.

Synovial chondromatosis is an uncommon disorder characterized by the formation of multiple cartilaginous nodules within the synovium and most commonly affects large joints, such as the knee and hip. Diagnosis in synovial chondromatosis is generally confirmed by histology after clinical and radiologic examination. Diagnosis may sometimes be difficult because synovial chondromatosis resembles a soft-tissue mass and may give no radiologic findings.

[The effect of tibiofemoral angle changes on the results of dome osteotomy].

Objectives: We investigated the effect of tibiofemoral angle changes on the results of dome osteotomy in patients with medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee.

Methods: The study included 23 knees of 22 patients (15 women, 7 men; mean age 60 years; range 37 to 73 years) who underwent high tibial dome osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis. A simple modified Charnley external fixator was used for stabilization of the osteotomy.