Outcomes of revision arthroplasty for hip joint infection in matched groups of HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients....

Background: Several studies reported on periprosthetic infection after primary THA in HIV-positive patients, but very few showed the results of its revision.

Objective: The aim was to compare primary and secondary clinical outcomes after revision arthroplasty for hip joint infection in matched groups of HIV-infected and HIV-negative patients.

Methods: Using the hospital database, thirteen HIV-positive patients (13 infected hips) and thirteen HIV-negative patients of the matched control group (13 infected hips) were identified and their records were studied retrospectively.

Ilizarov bone transport combined with the Masquelet technique for bone defects of various etiologies (preliminary results).

Background: The Ilizarov bone transport (IBT) and the Masquelet induced membrane technique (IMT) have specific merits and shortcomings, but numerous studies have shown their efficacy in the management of extensive long-bone defects of various etiologies, including congenital deficiencies. Combining their strong benefits seems a promising strategy to enhance bone regeneration and reduce the risk of refractures in the management of post-traumatic and congenital defects and nonunion that failed to respond to other treatments.

Aim: To combine IBT and IMT for the management of severe tibial defects and pseudarthrosis, and present preliminary results of this technological solution.

International recognition of the Ilizarov bone reconstruction techniques: Current practice and research (dedicated to 100 birthday of G. A. Ilizarov).

The Ilizarov method is one of the current methods used in bone reconstruction. It originated in the middle of the past century and comprises a number of bone reconstruction techniques executed with a ring external fixator developed by Ilizarov GA. Its main merits are viable new bone formation through distraction osteogenesis, high union rates and functional use of the limb throughout the course of treatment.

Role of the Ilizarov non-free bone plasty in the management of long bone defects and nonunion: Problems solved and unsolved.

Background: Ilizarov non-free bone plasty is a method of distraction osteogenesis using the Ilizarov apparatus for external fixation which originated in Russia and was disseminated across the world. It has been used in long bone defect and nonunion management along with free vascularized grafting and induced membrane technique. However, the shortcomings and problems of these methods still remain the issues which restrict their overall use.

Chronic periprosthetic hip infection: micro-organisms responsible for infection and re-infection.

Purpose: This study aimed to delineate the infecting micro-organisms identified at the first-time revision for infected THA, analyze pre-operative versus intra-operative findings, as well as intra-operative ones against re-infection micro-organisms.

Material And Methods: Microbiological laboratory findings were studied in 73 patients (mean age, 51.93 ± 10.

Contribution of G.A. Ilizarov to bone reconstruction: historical achievements and state of the art.

Methodological solutions of Prof. G.A.

Modified Girdlestone arthroplasty and hip arthrodesis using the Ilizarov external fixator as a salvage method in the management of severely infected total hip replacement.

Background: Resection arthroplasty or hip arthrodesis after total hip replacement (THR) can be used to salvage the limb in case with deep infection and severe bone loss. The Ilizarov fixator provides stability, axial correction, weight-bearing and good fusion rates.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively assessed the outcomes of 37 patients with severe periprosthetic infection after THR treated between 1999 and 2011.

The Ilizarov paradigm: thirty years with the Ilizarov method, current concerns and future research.

The Ilizarov method of bone lengthening, reconstruction and osteosynthesis has developed immensely since its introduction by G.A. Ilizarov in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and in the Western countries in the early 1980s.