Outcomes of IED foot and ankle blast injuries.

Background: Improvements in protection and medical treatments have resulted in increasing numbers of modern-warfare casualties surviving with complex lower-extremity injuries. To our knowledge, there has been no prior analysis of foot and ankle blast injuries as a result of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The aims of this study were to report the pattern of injury and determine which factors are associated with a poor clinical outcome.

Evaluating the effect of vehicle modification in reducing injuries from landmine blasts. An analysis of 2212 incidents and its application for humanitarian purposes.

Introduction: Anti-vehicle (AV) mines have been laid indiscriminately in conflict areas for the past 100 years. With an indeterminate life-span they continue to pose a significant threat to the civilian population, as well as restrict the movement of people, aid and goods to vulnerable populations. The aim of this study was to analyse unique casualty data from 2212 mine incidents to determine if simple vehicle modifications can reduce fatality and injury rates from mine explosions.

The compressive behavior of the human glenoid labrum may explain the common patterns of SLAP lesions.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to define the normalized compressive stiffness (modulus) of the glenoid labrum around its circumference and to characterize the difference in modulus between different areas.

Methods: Sixteen fresh-frozen cadaveric shoulders were harvested and dissected down to the glenoid labrum. Any specimens with significant degenerative changes were discarded, leaving 8 labra for testing.

Comparison of 1- and 2-knot, 4-strand, double-modified kessler tendon repairs in a porcine model.

Purpose: To compare 1- and 2-knot, 4-strand, double-modified Kessler tendon repairs. It was our hypothesis that a 1-knot technique using an unbraided suture material would be stronger if it is possible for some movement to occur between strands on loading, redistributing forces such that the load is equally shared.

Methods: Fifty-six porcine flexor tendons were allocated to either a 1- or 2-knot, 4-strand, double-modified Kessler repair, and tested by incremental cyclical loading in vitro.