Stimulation of bone union with dynamic beams of Konzal's "R" external fixator.

Background: Treatment of septic long bone non-union remains a complex therapeutic problem. External stabilisation with Konzal's "R" fixator has been used in the Orthopaedic Department of CPME for years and allows for rigid stabilisation of bone fragments and good mutual alignment. Tried and tested in the treatment of osteitis, the fixator, however, offers limited possibilities for dynamisation and interfragmental compression.

Postural stability disorders in rural patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

Introduction: Hard work in farming may lead to lumbar spinal stenosis, and consequently, to pain. The pain and neurological disorders may lead to disability and postural disorders.

Objective: The aim of the presented study was to analyse postural stability and its correlation with functional disability of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis living in rural areas.

Analysis of factors influencing return to work after total hip arthroplasty.

BACKGROUND. Patients who undergo total hip arthroplasty (THA) find it difficult to return to work. OBJECTIVES.

Return to work after spinal stenosis surgery and the patient's quality of life.

Introduction: The return to work of patients who undergo spinal surgery poses important medical and social challenge.

Objectives: 1) To establish whether patients who undergo spinal stenosis surgery later return to work. 2) To establish the patient's attitude towards employment.

Diagnostic and therapeutic problems of back pain syndromes and their distribution according to a colour coding system of flags.

Background: Back pain poses a serious clinical problem in some cases, because under the clinical symptoms of back pain might be other hidden diseases. The aim of this study was to present difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of various diseases of the spine and 2. description to the flagship division, based on the traffic lights.