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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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  7. The aim of this study was to compare the intraosseous concentrations and the inhibitory effects on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus of 1 g versus 2 g of intravenous (IV) prophylactic cefazolin in total knee ar...

    Authors: Chayanin Angthong, Pongpaibool Krajubngern, Warawut Tiyapongpattana, Boonchana Pongcharoen, Piya Pinsornsak, Nattapol Tammachote and Wanna Kittisupaluck
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:370
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  8. Percutaneous iliosacral screw placement can successfully stabilize unstable posterior pelvic ring injuries. Intraoperative fluoroscopic imaging is a vital component needed in safely placing iliosacral screws. ...

    Authors: Jonathan G. Eastman and Milton L. Chip Routt Jr.
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:363
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  9. The purpose of this brief paper is to present the preliminary results of a modified Austin/chevron osteotomy for treatment of hallux valgus and hallux rigidus. In this procedure, the dorsal arm of the osteotom...

    Authors: Michele Vasso, Chiara Del Regno, Antonio D’Amelio and Alfredo Schiavone Panni
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:366
    Content type: Brief Communication Published on:

  10. Symptomatic hardware represents the most frequent complication reported following surgical treatment of patellar fracture. For this reason, some authors suggested using nonabsorbable sutures to fix the fractur...

    Authors: Lawrence Camarda, Alessandra La Gattuta, Marcello Butera, Francesco Siragusa and Michele D’Arienzo
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:359
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  11. Proximal inter-phalangeal (PIP) joint arthrodesis today represents the standard treatment for structured hammertoes; however, recently, a lot of new intramedullary devices for the fixation of this arthrodesis ...

    Authors: Matteo Guelfi, Andrea Pantalone, Janos Cambiaso Daniel, Daniele Vanni, Marco G. B. Guelfi and Vincenzo Salini
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:360
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  13. A single iliosacral screw placed into the S1 vertebral body has been shown to be clinically unreliable for certain type C pelvic ring injuries. Insertion of a second supplemental iliosacral screw into the S1 o...

    Authors: Pooria Salari, Berton R. Moed and J. Gary Bledsoe
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:357
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  14. Iliosacral screw fixation has become a common method for surgical stabilization of acute disruptions of the pelvic ring. Placement of iliosacral screws into the first sacral (S1) body is the preferred method o...

    Authors: Dane Salazar, Sean Lannon, Olga Pasternak, Adam Schiff, Laurie Lomasney, Erika Mitchell and Michael Stover
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:354
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  15. The benefits of acromioplasty in treating rotator cuff disease have been debated. We systematically reviewed the literature regarding whether acromioplasty with concomitant coracoacromial(CA) release is necess...

    Authors: Filippo Familiari, Alan Gonzalez-Zapata, Bruno Iannò, Olimpio Galasso, Giorgio Gasparini and Edward G. McFarland
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:353
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  18. Surgical site infections (SSI) continue to be a significant source of morbidity despite the introduction of perioperative intravenous antibiotics. Our objective was to assess the efficacy of local vancomycin p...

    Authors: Keerat Singh, Jennifer M. Bauer, Gregory Y. LaChaud, Jesse E. Bible and Hassan R. Mir
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:352
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  19. The primary goal of this study was to identify nitric oxide (NO)-induced apoptosis in traumatized chondrocytes in intra-articular lower extremity fractures and the secondary goal was to identify the timeline ...

    Authors: Daniel E. Prince and Justin K. Greisberg
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:350
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  20. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:349
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  21. The position of immobilization after anterior shoulder dislocation has been a controversial topic over the past decade. We compared the effect of post-reduction immobilization, whether external rotation or int...

    Authors: Omid Reza Momenzadeh, Masoome Pourmokhtari, Sepideh Sefidbakht and Amir Reza Vosoughi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:348
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  22. During recent decades, the concept of surgical treatment of malignant bone and soft tissue sarcomas has evolved, with the aim of preserving limb function. In this paper we report a case of metatarsal reconstru...

    Authors: Bruno Battiston, Stefano Artiaco, Raimondo Piana, Elena Boux and Pierluigi Tos
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:341
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  23. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:346
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  24. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:344
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  25. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:345
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  28. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:343
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  29. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:342
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  30. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:339
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  31. The aim of this study is to investigate how the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) scores contribute to increased length of stay (LOS) and healthcare costs in hip fracture patients.

    Authors: Daniel J. Johnson, Sarah E. Greenberg, Vasanth Sathiyakumar, Rachel Thakore, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, William T. Obremskey and Manish K. Sethi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:337
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  32. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:338
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  33. The aim of this prospective randomized study was to analyze migration and strain transmission of the Metha™ and Nanos™ femoral prostheses.

    Authors: Volker Brinkmann, Florian Radetzki, Karl Stefan Delank, David Wohlrab and Alexander Zeh
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:335
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  34. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:333
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  35. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:334
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  36. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 16:332
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  37. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:330
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  38. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:331
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  40. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:327
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  41. Hazards and potential complications associated with pedicle screw insertions have been reported. In contrast, complications due to implant removal are rarely described. An unreported case of acute vertebral bo...

    Authors: M. Cappuccio, F. De Iure, L. Amendola and A. Martucci
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:328
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  42. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:325
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  43. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:323
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  44. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:321
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  45. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:312
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  46. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:310
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  47. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:302
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  48. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2014 16:294
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  50. 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
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2013 16:281
    Content type: Original Article Published on:
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