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Commentary on article by Ferguson et al.: “A comparison of lateral release rates in fixed- versus mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty”

Authors: Matthew P. Abdel

Functional outcomes of operative fixation of clavicle fractures in patients with floating shoulder girdle injuries

Double disruptions of the superior suspensory shoulder complex, commonly referred to as ‘floating shoulder’ injuries, are ipsilateral midshaft clavicular and scapular neck/body fractures with a loss of bony at...

Authors: Alex K. Gilde, Martin F. Hoffmann, Debra L. Sietsema and Clifford B. Jones

Biomechanical analysis of acromioclavicular joint dislocation repair using coracoclavicular suspension devices in two different configurations

The best treatment option for some acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocations is controversial. For this reason, the aim of this study was to evaluate the vertical biomechanical behavior of two techniques for t...

Authors: Ferran Abat, Juan Sarasquete, Luis Gerardo Natera, Ángel Calvo, Manuel Pérez-España, Néstor Zurita, Jesús Ferrer, Juan Carlos del Real, Eva Paz-Jimenez and Francisco Forriol

Bone metastases of unknown origin: epidemiology and principles of management

Metastases are the most common malignancies involving bone; breast, prostate, lung and thyroid are the main sites of primary cancer. However, up to 30 % of patients present with bone metastases of unknown orig...

Authors: Andrea Piccioli, Giulio Maccauro, Maria Silvia Spinelli, Roberto Biagini and Barbara Rossi

Predisposing factors for early infection in patients with open fractures and proposal for a risk score

The primary goals of orthopedic treatment of open fractures are to prevent infection, stabilize bone injury and restore limb function. The objective of the current study was to identify risk factors associated...

Authors: Marcos Almeida Matos, Lucynara Gomes Lima and Luiz Antonio Alcântara de Oliveira

Reply to the Letter to the Editor. Endoleak after endovascular aortic repair and lumbar vertebral erosion

Authors: Federico Mancini, Andrea Ascoli-Marchetti, Luca Garro and Roberto Caterini

Dual mobility acetabular components for revision THA

Authors: Michael B. Cross

Short uncemented stems allow greater femoral flexibility and may reduce peri-prosthetic fracture risk: a dry bone and cadaveric study

Short femoral stems for uncemented total hip arthroplasty have been introduced as a safe alternative to traditional longer stem designs. However, there has been little biomechanical examination of the effects ...

Authors: Christopher Jones, Adeel Aqil, Susannah Clarke and Justin P. Cobb

All-inside meniscal repair surgery: factors affecting the outcome

Meniscal injury is currently a well-recognized source of knee dysfunction. While it would be ideal to repair all meniscus tears, the failure rate is significantly high, although it may be reduced by careful se...

Authors: Haroon Majeed, SaravanaVail Karuppiah, Kohila Vani Sigamoney, Guido Geutjens and Robert G. Straw

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Complications of calcific tendinitis of the shoulder: a concise review

Calcific tendinitis (CT) of the rotator cuff (RC) muscles in the shoulder is a disorder which remains asymptomatic in a majority of patients. Once manifested, it can present in different ways which can have ne...

Authors: Giovanni Merolla, Mahendar G. Bhat, Paolo Paladini and Giuseppe Porcellini

A comparison of lateral release rates in fixed- versus mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty

With increasing functional demands of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, mobile-bearing (MB) implants were developed in an attempt to increase the functional outcome of such patients. In theory, with...

Authors: K. B. Ferguson, O. Bailey, I. Anthony, P. J. James, I. G. Stother and M. J. G. Blyth

Barbed suture vs conventional tenorrhaphy: biomechanical analysis in an animal model

The advantages of barbed suture for tendon repair could be to eliminate the need for a knot and to better distribute the load throughout the tendon so as to reduce the deformation at the repair site. The purpo...

Authors: A. Clemente, F. Bergamin, C. Surace, E. Lepore and N. Pugno

Triceps-sparing approach for open reduction and internal fixation of neglected displaced supracondylar and distal humeral fractures in children

Supracondylar humeral fractures are one of the most common skeletal injuries in children. In cases of displacement and instability, the standard procedure is early closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner w...

Authors: Ahmed Shawkat Rizk

Intramedullary nailing versus proximal plating in the management of closed extra-articular proximal tibial fracture: a randomized controlled trial

Extra-articular proximal tibial fractures account for 5–11 % of all tibial shaft fractures. In recent years, closed reduction and minimally invasive plating and multidirectional locked intramedullary nailing h...

Authors: Ramesh Chand Meena, Umesh Kumar Meena, Gopal Lal Gupta, Nitesh Gahlot and Sahil Gaba

Risk factors for acute compartment syndrome of the leg associated with tibial diaphyseal fractures in adults

We sought to examine the occurrence of acute compartment syndrome (ACS) in the cohort of patients with tibial diaphyseal fractures and to detect associated risk factors that could predict this occurrence.

Authors: Babak Shadgan, Gavin Pereira, Matthew Menon, Siavash Jafari, W. Darlene Reid and Peter J. O’Brien

Fracture pattern characteristics and associated injuries of high-energy, large fragment, partial articular radial head fractures: a preliminary imaging analysis

High-energy radial head injuries often present with a large partial articular displaced fragment with any number of surrounding injuries. The objective of the study was to determine the characteristics of larg...

Authors: John T. Capo, Ben Shamian, Ramces Francisco, Virak Tan, Jared S. Preston, Linda Uko, Richard S. Yoon and Frank A. Liporace

Endoleak after endovascular aortic repair and lumbar vertebral erosion

Authors: Antonio Bozzani, Vittorio Arici, Franco Ragni and Angelo Argenteri

The effect of locally delivered recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 with hydroxyapatite/tri-calcium phosphate on the biomechanical properties of bone in diabetes-related osteoporosis

Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) is particularly effective in improving osteogenesis in patients with diminished bone healing capabilities, such as individuals with type 1 diabetes mell...

Authors: Frank A. Liporace, Eric A. Breitbart, Richard S. Yoon, Erin Doyle, David N. Paglia and Sheldon Lin

The Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in the 15th year from foundation: actual achievements and future directions

Authors: Luca Pierannunzii and Marco d’Imporzano

Vitamin D status in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis in a Mediterranean country

Vitamin D plays an important role in bone mineralization, remodeling, and maintenance and therefore its deficiency may be implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). Vitamin D status was evaluated i...

Authors: Thomais Goula, Alexandros Kouskoukis, Georgios Drosos, Alexandros-Savvas Tselepis, Athanasios Ververidis, Christos Valkanis, Athanasios Zisimopoulos and Konstantinos Kazakos

Outcomes of dual-mobility acetabular cup for instability in primary and revision total hip arthroplasty

The concept of a dual-mobility hip socket involves the standard femoral head component encased in a larger polyethylene liner, which in turn articulates inside a metal shell implanted in the native acetabulum....

Authors: Riazuddin Mohammed, Keith Hayward, Sanjay Mulay, Frank Bindi and Murray Wallace

Single locking compression plate fixation of extra-articular distal humeral fractures

Earlier literature on fixation of distal third humeral fractures describes the use of elaborate modification of existing implants, custom-made implants and dual plating. These modifications have the disadvanta...

Authors: Malhar N. Kumar, M. R. Ravishankar and Ravikiran Manur

Hydroxyapatite and demineralized calf fetal growth plate effects on bone healing in rabbit model

Synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA), beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and their composite are promising biomaterials, specifically in the orthopedic and dental fields, as their chemical composition is similar to th...

Authors: Amin Bigham-Sadegh, Iraj Karimi, Mohamad Shadkhast and Mohamad-Hosein Mahdavi

Evaluations of guided bone regeneration in canine radius segmental defects using autologous periosteum combined with fascia lata under stable external fixation

Although bone defect is one of the most common orthopaedic diseases, treatment remains a challenge and an issue of debate. Guided bone regeneration (GBR) is primarily accompanied by barrier membranes; however,...

Authors: Zhe Yu, Jie Geng, Haoran Gao, Xinwen Zhao and Jingyuan Chen

Intramedullary fixation of distal fibular fractures: a systematic review of clinical and functional outcomes

Ankle fractures are extremely common and represent nearly one quarter of all lower-limb fractures. In the majority of patients, fractures involve the distal fibula. The current standard in treating unstable fr...

Authors: Sameer Jain, Benjamin A. Haughton and Christopher Brew

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Dual mobility acetabular component in revision total hip arthroplasty for persistent dislocation: no dislocations in 50 hips after 1–5 years

A dual mobility cup has the theoretic potential to improve stability in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) and mid-term cohort results are favorable. We hypothesized that use of a new-generation dual mobilit...

Authors: M. van Heumen, P. J. C. Heesterbeek, B. A. Swierstra, G. G. Van Hellemondt and J. H. M. Goosen

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External fixation versus volar locking plate for displaced intra-articular distal radius fractures: a prospective randomized comparative study of the functional outcomes

The objective of the study was to compare the efficacy of external fixation and volar plating on the functional parameter of displaced intra-articular (Cooney’s type IV) distal end radius fractures using the G...

Authors: Rajeev Shukla, Ravi Kant Jain, Neeraj K. Sharma and Ravindra Kumar

The effect of tranexamic acid on artificial joint materials: a biomechanical study (the bioTRANX study)

Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been successfully used to reduce bleeding in joint replacement. Recently local TXA has been advocated to reduce blood loss in total knee or hip replacement; however, this raised conce...

Authors: Sattar Alshryda, James M. Mason, Praveen Sarda, T. Lou, Martin Stanley, Junjie Wu and Anthony Unsworth

Erratum to: Variable-angle locking plate with or without double-tiered subchondral support procedure in the treatment of intra-articular distal radius fracture

Authors: Keikichi Kawasaki, Tetsuya Nemoto, Katsunori Inagaki, Kazunari Tomita and Yukio Ueno

Pediatric medial epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow incarceration

Intra-articular incarceration of the epicondylar fragment occurs in 5–18 % of all cases of medial epicondyle fracture. It requires stable fixation to allow early motion, since elbow stiffness is the most commo...

Authors: Luigi Tarallo, Raffaele Mugnai, Francesco Fiacchi, Roberto Adani, Francesco Zambianchi and Fabio Catani

Asymptomatic peripheral vascular disease in total knee arthroplasty: preoperative prevalence and risk factors

Although vascular disease is commonly accepted as a risk factor for wound complications and prosthetic joint infections, little is known about the preoperative prevalence of lower-extremity peripheral vascular...

Authors: Ill Ho Park, Su Chan Lee, Il Seok Park, Chang Hyun Nam, Hye Sun Ahn, Ha Young Park, Viralkumar Harilal Gondalia and Kwang Am Jung

Complication rates and reduction potential of palmar versus dorsal locking plate osteosynthesis for the treatment of distal radius fractures

The aim of this study was to evaluate the complication rates of volar versus dorsal locking plates and postoperative reduction potential after distal radius fractures.

Authors: F. Wichlas, N. P. Haas, A. Disch, D. Machó and S. Tsitsilonis

A new volar plate made of carbon-fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketon for distal radius fracture: analysis of 40 cases

Implants based on the polyetheretherketon (PEEK) polymer have been developed in the last decade as an alternative to conventional metallic devices. PEEK devices may provide several advantages over the use of c...

Authors: Luigi Tarallo, Raffaele Mugnai, Roberto Adani, Francesco Zambianchi and Fabio Catani

Malunited extra-articular distal radius fractures: corrective osteotomies using volar locking plate

Multiple techniques for corrective osteotomy have been developed in recent years with the same aims: to improve the radiographic parameters and improve motion, pain and grip strength. Volar fixed-angle plates ...

Authors: Luigi Tarallo, Raffaele Mugnai, Roberto Adani and Fabio Catani

Aseptic lysis L2–L3 as complication of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Osteolytic vertebral erosion is usually related to tumours, spondylitis or spondylodiscitis. Few reports in the literature describe lytic lesions of anterior lumbar vertebral bodies resulting from abdominal ao...

Authors: Federico Mancini, Andrea Ascoli-Marchetti, Luca Garro and Roberto Caterini

Ossifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff after arthroscopic excision of calcium deposits: report of two cases and literature review

Ossifying tendinitis (OT) is a type of heterotopic ossification, characterized by deposition of hydroxyapatite crystals in a histologic pattern of mature lamellar bone. It is usually associated with surgical i...

Authors: Giovanni Merolla, Arpit C. Dave, Paolo Paladini, Fabrizio Campi and Giuseppe Porcellini

Avulsion of both posterior meniscal roots associated with acute rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament

A rare case of acute avulsion of both posterior meniscal roots concomitant with an acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in a professional soccer player is described. While avulsion of the lateral menisc...

Authors: Pier Paolo Mariani, Germano Iannella, Guglielmo Cerullo and Marco Giacobbe

Variable-angle locking plate with or without double-tiered subchondral support procedure in the treatment of intra-articular distal radius fracture

Double-tiered subchondral support (DSS) procedure is two-row fixation in which proximal screws support the dorsal subchondral bone, whereas distal screws support the volar central subchondral bone, using the v...

Authors: Keikichi Kawasaki, Tetsuya Nemoto, Katsunori Inagaki, Kazunari Tomita and Yukio Ueno

Suture-related pseudoinfection after total hip arthroplasty

Absorbable sutures are widely used for wound closure after total hip replacement. Here we present two cases of suture-related foreign-body reaction that perfectly mimicked a periprosthetic joint infection, wit...

Authors: Luca Pierannunzii, Andrea Fossali, Orazio De Lucia and Arturo Guarino

Patellar mobility can be reproducibly measured using ultrasound

The present study was performed to examine the reliability of ultrasound in evaluating patellar mobility in the superior–inferior direction. Twelve healthy men volunteered for the study. Patellar mobility in t...

Authors: Takashi Kanamoto, Yoshinari Tanaka, Yasukazu Yonetani, Keisuke Kita, Hiroshi Amano, Masashi Kusano, Mie Fukamatsu, Shinji Hirabayashi and Shuji Horibe

Low-grade periprosthetic knee infection: diagnosis and management

Diagnosis and management of low-grade periprosthetic knee infection are still controversial and debatable. The diagnosis of low-grade infection after total knee arthroplasty is often complex, as clinical sympt...

Authors: Michele Vasso and Alfredo Schiavone Panni

Primary lipoma arborescens of the knee may involve the development of early osteoarthritis if prompt synovectomy is not performed

Primary lipoma arborescens (LA) is a rare, benign intra-articular hyperplastic tumor that has been associated with osteoarthritis (OA). The aim of this study was to determine whether prompt synovectomy could a...

Authors: Luis Natera, Pablo E. Gelber, Juan I. Erquicia and Juan Carlos Monllau

Non-operative treatment versus percutaneous fixation for minimally displaced scaphoid waist fractures in high demand young manual workers

Managing minimally displaced scaphoid fractures in young individuals doing physically demanding work remains an issue of debate due to duration of immobilisation and time required off work. Therefore, early di...

Authors: Haroon Majeed

Assessment of functional treatment versus plaster of Paris in the treatment of grade 1 and 2 lateral ankle sprains

Despite the common occurrence of ankle sprains, no treatment is considered to be the gold standard for the management of such sprains. We assessed functional treatment versus plaster of Paris (POP) for the tre...

Authors: Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Kazim Rahimnajjad, Nasir Ali Rahimnajjad, Zaki Idrees, Ghazanfar Ali Shah and Ghulam Abbas

Carpometacarpal dislocation of the thumb associated with fracture of the trapezium

Carpometacarpal dislocation (CMC) of the thumb associated with fracture of trapezium is an extremely rare injury, with only 12 cases that sustained similar injuries reported in the literature. In this article,...

Authors: Ozkan Kose, Mert Keskinbora and Ferhat Guler

Influence of coincident distal radius fracture in patients with hip fracture: single-centre series and meta-analysis

Hip and wrist fractures are the most common orthopaedic injuries. Combined hip and distal radius fractures are an important clinical and public health problem, since mobilisation and rehabilitation is challeng...

Authors: C. E. Uzoigwe, M. Venkatesan, N. Johnson, K. Lee, S. Magaji and L. Cutler

Predictive factors of hospital length of stay in patients with operatively treated ankle fractures

Operative fixation of ankle fractures is common. However, as reimbursement plans evolve with the potential for bundled payments, it is critical that orthopedic surgeons better understand factors influencing th...

Authors: Matthew R. McDonald, Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Jordan C. Apfeld, Benjamin Hooe, Jesse Ehrenfeld, William T. Obremskey and Manish K. Sethi