Sustained decrease in latent safety threats through regular interprofessional in situ simulation training of neonatal emergencies.

Simulation training at trainees' actual workplace offers benefits over traditional simulation-based team training. We prospectively investigated whether regular in situ simulation training of neonatal emergencies in an interprofessional and interdisciplinary team could be used to identify and rectify latent safety threats (LSTs).For this purpose, we conducted 1-day in situ simulation trainings at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Feldbach, Austria, targeting anaesthesiologists, obstetricians, midwives, nurses and consultant paediatricians.

Distal oblique bundle influence on distal radioulnar joint stability: a biomechanical study.

Chronic instability of the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) presents a highly disabling condition. Several surgical techniques have been reported for its treatment. These involve reconstruction of the distal oblique bundle (DOB) of the interosseous membrane (IOM) of the forearm.

Implant breakage after shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review of data from worldwide arthroplasty registries and clinical trials.

Background: Implant breakage after shoulder arthroplasty is a rare complication after aseptic loosening, infection or persistent pain, resulting in malfunction of the components requiring revision surgery. This correlates with a high burden for the patient and increasing costs. Specific data of complication rates and implant breakage are available in detailed arthroplasty registries, but due to the rare occurrence and possibly underestimated value rarely described in published studies.

Significant differences in functional outcome between upper and lower limbs after vascular trauma of the extremities.

Background: This study aimed to compare the functional results between upper (UE) and lower extremity (LE) following arterial reconstruction due to vascular trauma.

Methods: Patients treated for arterial injuries with vascular reconstruction at two centres between 2005 and 2014 were assessed. The physical fitness questionnaire - Fitnessfragebogen (FFB-Mot) - was evaluated.

Two fingerbreadths, one finger's width: on the proximity of the radial nerve to the deltoid tuberosity.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to find a convenient technique to evaluate the location of the radial nerve (RN) with reference to the deltoid tuberosity (DT).

Materials And Methods: Sixty-eight upper extremities, embalmed using a modified version of Thiel's method, were included in the study. The interval between the tip of the greater tubercle of the humerus and the distal tip of the lateral humeral epicondyle (LE) was defined as humeral length (HL).

Emergency approach to the femoral artery.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability and potentially associated harms of emergency access to the femoral artery and vein in a sample of physicians working together in the emergency department of a level I trauma center. In addition, to investigate whether there are differences between participants in terms of different levels of training.

Methods: A sample of 36 orthopedic trauma and anesthesiology assistant doctors, specialists, and senior physician was recruited from the emergency room management at a level I trauma center in Graz, Austria.

Lateral para-olecranon approach: surgical guide and anatomical considerations to the anconeus branch: is there a nerve-free zone?

Purpose: In the last decades, total elbow arthroplasty, elbow osteosynthesis and revision surgery have been more popularized. The study aimed to assess the course of the anconeus branch of the radial nerve in relation to two variations of the lateral para-olecranon approach, considering iatrogenic nerve injuries.

Methods: The study consisted of 120 upper extremities from 60 Thiel-embalmed human specimens.

Mini-open carpal tunnel release: technique, feasibility and clinical outcome compared to the conventional procedure in a long-term follow-up.

We sought to evaluate the findings of our anatomically landmarks based mini-open procedure (MCTR) through a palmar approach and to compare its outcome and practicability to the conventional method (OCTR). The study consisted of 100 matched patients (n = 50 MCTR, n = 50 OCTR) with a minimum follow-up of three years. The outcome was characterized via the Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score (DASH), Symptom Severity Scale (SSS), Functional Status Scale (FSC), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

Relation of the lumbosacral trunk to the sacro-iliac joint.

This study aims to evaluate the relation between the lumbosacral trunk (LT) and the sacro-iliac joint (SIJ). In forty anatomic specimens (hemipelves) a classical antero-lateral approach to the SIJ was performed. The SIJ was marked at the linea terminalis (reference point A).

Danger zone - The spermatic cord during anterior plating of the symphysis pubis.

Background: Distances between anatomic landmarks and anatomic structures at risk are often underestimated by surgeons.

Purpose: The goal of the study was to evaluate the distances between anatomic landmarks and the spermatic cord in case of anterior plating of the symphysis.

Methods: A total of 25 pelves (50 hemipelves) of male embalmed cadavers were dissected.