Background: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament tears using either ToggleLoc with ZipLoop or Transfix systems.
Methods: This study is a cost-effectiveness analysis of patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, ToggleLoc with ZipLoop and Transfix systems in our clinic between 2011 and 2016. This study was a retrospective cross-sectional study of patient's demographic, clinical and financial data.
Jt Dis Relat Surg
February 2021
Objectives: This study aims to investigate if tranexamic acid (TXA) reduces both visible and hidden blood loss in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
Patients And Methods: A total of 128 female patients (mean age 68.9±5.
Objectives: This study aims to histologically examine the joint capsule and synovium to determine the correlation between histopathological findings and postoperative clinical outcomes in patients with isolated type II superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) lesions.
Patients And Methods: Thirty-eight patients (24 males, 14 females; mean age 53.2±6.
Background/aim: To determine whether or not there is a difference between the version of the bone and cartilage surfaces of the glenoid. Axial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) slices were examined in order to evaluate the measurements taken based on both the cartilage and bone joint surfaces.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective evaluation was made of the MRI scans of 182 patients.
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effect of accompanying ulnar styloid fracture (USF) on clinical outcomes and hand-wrist muscle strength in conservatively treated active patients after displaced distal radius fracture (DRF).
Patients And Methods: The retrospective study, which was conducted November 2012 and September 2016, included 56 patients (34 males, 22 females; mean age 28.8 years; range 20 to 40 years) with displaced DRF treated with closed reduction and casting.
A hydatid cyst is a zoonotic infection which may affect any organ and tissue, particularly the liver and the lung. Primary muscular hydatid cysts comprise less than 0.7-3% of the cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Melnick-Needles syndrome (MNS) is a rare bone dysplasia with characteristic clinical and radiologic diagnostic findings. The diagnosis of MNS was made for the patient reported in this paper clinically and radiologic confirmation was done afterwards. Her left fibula was shorter than the right one.
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