The use of powered rubber gloves in the provision of dental care has produced a new variable in radiographic quality assurance procedures. Wearing powder-coated gloves while processing X-ray films can reduce the quality of the images obtained on processed radiographic film. To ensure that the optimum quality of processed film images is achieved, the operator must be careful to prevent the contamination of the film and processing solutions with powder.
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Foot Ankle Int
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.
Background: Autologous osteochondral transplantation (AOT) is an option to treat large osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs), accompanying subchondral cyst, and previous unsuccessful bone marrow stimulation (BMS) procedures. Although there is extensive literature on the outcomes of surgical interventions for medial osteochondral lesions, research focusing on lateral lesions remains limited. This article presents the intermediate-term clinical and radiologic outcomes following AOT for lateral OLTs.
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January 2025
Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Objective: To analyze the efficacy and safety of Halo-femoral traction (HFT) following spinal release, and preoperative Halo-gravity traction (HGT) in patients with severe spinal kyphoscoliosis and spinal cord risk classification (SCRC) type 3 at the apex.
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J Spine Surg
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Background: Currently, there remains a high percentage of complications after lumbar discectomy, while there is no uniform tactic to prevent their development. Purpose of the study was to compare the clinical efficacy and return to work rate (RWR) after total disk replacement (TDR) and microsurgical lumbar discectomy (MLD) in railway workers with lumbar disk herniation (LDH).
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J Clin Orthop Trauma
February 2025
Department of Orthopaedics, Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, India.
Introduction: Acetabular fracture fixation principles stated by Letournel and Judet have contributed significantly towards advancement in treatment methodologies. Current day techniques helps to achieve anatomical reduction, still post-traumatic arthritis ensues in some patients. A meta-analysis by Giannoudis et al.
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January 2025
Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia.
Objectives: To translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate the Serbian Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL) questionnaire, e.g. according to the new nomenclature Radiographic-Axial Spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), and to relate it to disease activity and functional status domains.
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