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  1. Trunnionosis is defined as wear of the femoral head–neck interface and has recently been acknowledged as a growing cause of total hip arthroplasty failure. Some studies have reported that it accounts for up to...

    Authors: Jaydev B. Mistry, Morad Chughtai, Randa K. Elmallah, Aloise Diedrich, Sidney Le, Melbin Thomas and Michael A. Mont
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2016 17:391
  2. Authors: Fabrizio Rivera, Luca Bertignone, Gianclaudio Grandi, Roberto Camisassa, Guido Comaschi, Roberto Trentini, Marco Zanone, Giuseppe Teppex, Gabriele Vasario and Giorgio Fortina
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2016 17:390

    The original article was published in Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:s10195-015-0388-1

  3. Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid is a well-established therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness and safety of the use of Arthrum HCS® (40 ...

    Authors: Fabrizio Rivera, Luca Bertignone, Giancarlo Grandi, Roberto Camisassa, Guido Comaschi, Diego Trentini, Marco Zanone, Giuseppe Teppex, Gabriele Vasario and Giorgio Fortina
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:388

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2016 17:s10195-015-0390-7

  4. While proximal humerus fractures remain common within the elderly population, the optimal treatment method remains controversial. Intramedullary nailing has been advocated as an effective and less invasive sur...

    Authors: Jason Wong, Jared M. Newman and Konrad I. Gruson
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:384
  5. Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) represents a valid surgical option for symptomatic full-thickness chondral lesions of the knee. Here we report long-term clinical and MRI results of first-generation ACI.

    Authors: Donato Rosa, Giovanni Balato, Giovanni Ciaramella, Ernesto Soscia, Giovanni Improta and Maria Triassi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:383
  6. We reviewed a series of newborns, toddlers and ambulating children affected by idiopathic congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot). Taking into account the time of diagnosis, stiffness of the deformity and wa...

    Authors: Cesare Faldini, Francesco Traina, Matteo Nanni, Ilaria Sanzarello, Raffaele Borghi and Fabrizio Perna
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:377
  7. This study aimed to identify (1) if the postoperative increase in the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is different between contrasting knee arthroplasty procedures, and (2) if the NLR predicts venous thro...

    Authors: Tyler Barker, Victoria E. Rogers, Vanessa T. Henriksen, Kimberly B. Brown, Roy H. Trawick, Nathan G. Momberger and G. Lynn Rasmussen
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:378
  8. Since the role of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) as the primary soft-tissue restraint against lateral patellar translation has been recognized, several different reconstruction procedures for the tr...

    Authors: Giovanni Vavalle and Michele Capozzi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:375
  9. Clinical outcomes between the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP), autologous blood (AB) and corticosteroid (CS) injection in lateral epicondylitis are still controversial.

    Authors: Alisara Arirachakaran, Amnat Sukthuayat, Thaworn Sisayanarane, Sorawut Laoratanavoraphong, Wichan Kanchanatawan and Jatupon Kongtharvonskul
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:376
  10. 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
  11. We hypothesised that psychological support would have a significant improvement on the mental and physical recovery of patients undergoing primary total hip or knee arthroplasty.

    Authors: V. Tristaino, F. Lantieri, S. Tornago, M. Gramazio, E. Carriere and A. Camera
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:368
  12. 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
  13. Calcific tendinitis is a painful shoulder disorder characterised by either single or multiple deposits in the rotator cuff tendon. Although the disease subsides spontaneously in most cases, a subpopulation of ...

    Authors: Giovanni Merolla, Sanjay Singh, Paolo Paladini and Giuseppe Porcellini
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:367
  14. 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
  15. Use of magnesium for resorbable metal implants is a new concept in orthopaedic and dental medicine. The majority of studies on magnesium’s biocompatibility in vitro have assessed the short-term effect of magne...

    Authors: Olga Charyeva, Olga Dakischew, Ursula Sommer, Christian Heiss, Reinhard Schnettler and Katrin Susanne Lips
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:364
  16. 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
  17. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is a conservative treatment for several painful musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of the study was the assessment of the relief from pain by the shockwave therapy in a populat...

    Authors: Christian Carulli, Filippo Tonelli, Matteo Innocenti, Bonaventura Gambardella, Francesco Muncibì and Massimo Innocenti
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:361
  18. 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
  19. Patient-reported outcomes require validation in a particular language and culture before administration for clinical use.

    Authors: George A. Koumantakis, Konstantinos Tsoligkas, Antonios Papoutsidakis, Athanasios Ververidis and Georgios I. Drosos
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:362
  20. We hypothesized that not all persons with end-stage lateral osteoarthritis (OA) have valgus malalignment and that full extension radiographs may underreport radiographic disease severity. The purpose of this ...

    Authors: Su Chan Lee, Viral Gondalia, Byoung Yoon Hwang, Hye Sun Ahn, Choon Key Lee, David J. Hunter and Kwang Am Jung
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2015 17:356
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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

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