Anterior tibial artery and deep peroneal nerve entrapment in spiral distal third tibia fracture.

The rate of injury to arterial structures following long bone injuries is low. The rate in tibial diaphyseal fractures is similarly low. This rate increases with open fractures, likely reflective of the higher energy nature of open fractures.

Osteochondral shortening osteotomy for the treatment of ulnar impaction syndrome: a new technique.

A new technique for ulna shortening is described. It is a modification of the open-wafer procedure that preserves the distal ulna's articular surface. A 4- to 5-mm chondral-cortical bone block is removed at the distal ulna articular-metaphysis junction.

rhBMP-2 (ACS and CRM formulations) overcomes pseudarthrosis in a New Zealand white rabbit posterolateral fusion model.

Study Design: The study design consisted of a New Zealand white rabbit model of pseudarthrosis repair. Study groups consisting of no graft, autograft, or recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) with absorbable collagen sponge (ACS) or compression resistant matrix (CRM) were evaluated.

Objective: To evaluate the relative efficacy of bone graft materials (autograft, ACS, and CRM).

Phase I clinical and pharmacologic trial of intravenous estramustine phosphate.

Purpose: To determine the dose-limiting toxicities, maximum-tolerated dose, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous estramustine phosphate (IV EMP).

Patients And Methods: A total of 31 patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer received IV EMP as a 30- to 90-minute infusion weekly (n = 28) or for 3 consecutive days followed by a single weekly dose (n = 3). IV EMP dose was escalated from 500 to 3,000 mg/m(2).