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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

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  1. Neuropathic arthropathy (Charcot’s joint) is a degenerative process that affects peripheral or vertebral joints as a consequence of a disturbance in proprioception and pain perception. The knee is one of the m...

    Authors: Francesco Traina, Marcello De Fine, Caterina Novella Abati, Ideal Frakulli and Aldo Toni
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:137
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  2. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to evaluate low back pain; however, MRI in the supine position does not always reveal degenerative spondylolisthesis. The existence of a linear correlation betwee...

    Authors: R. Caterini, F. Mancini, S. Bisicchia, P. Maglione and P. Farsetti
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:141
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  4. Surgical treatment of a unusual acetabular fracture is described. This fracture was characterized by impaction and breaking down of the posterior articular surface and comminution of lamina quadrilatera lower por...

    Authors: R. Pascarella, V. Digennaro and G. Grandi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:139
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  5. Local flaps based on perforator vessels are raising interest in reconstructive surgery of the limbs. These flaps allow efficient coverage of large wounds without the need to sacrifice a major vascular axis. Th...

    Authors: Pierluigi Tos, Marco Innocenti, Stefano Artiaco, Andrea Antonini, Luca Delcroix, Stefano Geuna and Bruno Battiston
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:136
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  6. Irreducibility of the knee following complete dislocation is a rare event determined by the interposition of various capsulo-ligamentous structures in the joint space. Such cases often require urgent surgical ...

    Authors: Alessandro Bistolfi, Giuseppe Massazza, Federica Rosso, Stefano Ventura, Enzo Cenna, Luca Drocco and Maurizio Crova
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:134
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  7. Total extrusion of the talus with interruption of all ligaments (missing talus) is a rare injury. We describe the case of a 27-year-old man who reported total extrusion of the talus after a motorbike accident ...

    Authors: Luca Vaienti, Francesco Maggi, Riccardo Gazzola and Edoardo Lanzani
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:129
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. Treatment of vertically displaced sacral fracture can be difficult even for the expert traumatologist. Traditional reduction methods can show some limitations; we suggest a minimally invasive technique, which ...

    Authors: Alberto Nicodemo, Claudio Cuocolo, Marcello Capella, Martino Deregibus and Alessandro Massè
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:132
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  9. Whilst there is little debate over the treatment of Rockwood grade V and VI acromioclavicular dislocation, the management of grade III acromioclavicular dislocation remains less clear. The purpose of this stud...

    Authors: Toby O. Smith, Rachel Chester, Eyiyemi O. Pearse and Caroline B. Hing
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:127
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. We describe a patient with palmar-divergent dislocation of the scaphoid and lunate. After successful closed reduction, the scapholunate and lunotriquetral ligaments were sutured through the dorsal approach, an...

    Authors: Shingo Komura, Tatsuo Yokoi and Yasushi Suzuki
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:131
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  11. There is no consensus on treatment of closed femoral-shaft fractures in children. We compared hip spica cast with titanium elastic nailing (TEN) in the treatment of femoral-shaft fractures in children.

    Authors: Hamid Reza Shemshaki, Hamid Mousavi, Ghasem Salehi and Mohammad Amin Eshaghi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:128
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  12. Acromioclavicular joint dissociation may not be a common injury, yet it may cause limitations in activity. Types IV, V, and VI dissociations need operative repair. In this study, a simple technique is advocate...

    Authors: Mohamed Taha El Shewy and Hatem El Azizi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:130
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  13. Subtalar dislocation is a rare injury, with the medial type occurring in the majority of cases. The period of postreduction immobilization is a matter of controversy. Most studies set the period of immobilizat...

    Authors: Nikolaos G. Lasanianos, Dimitrios N. Lyras, George Mouzopoulos, Nikolaos Tsutseos and Christos Garnavos
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:126
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  14. Anticoagulant prophylaxis for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a worldwide established procedure in hip and knee replacement surgery, as well as in the treatment of femoral neck fractures (FNF). Diff...

    Authors: F. Randelli, F. Biggi, G. Della Rocca, P. Grossi, D. Imberti, R. Landolfi, G. Palareti and D. Prisco
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2011 12:125
    Content type: Consensus Statement Published on:

  16. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgical reconstruction is performed with the use of an autogenic, allogenic or synthetic graft. The document issued by the Italian National Guidelines System (SNLG, Sistema Na...

    Authors: Emilio Romanini, Franca D’Angelo, Salvatore De Masi, Ezio Adriani, Massimiliano Magaletti, Eleonora Lacorte, Paola Laricchiuta, Luciano Sagliocca, Cristina Morciano and Alfonso Mele
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:124
    Content type: Review Published on:

  17. Conventional retrograde cystography is often used to investigate patients with suspected bladder ruptures in pelvic trauma. Clinical indicators suggestive of a rupture include haematuria and suprapubic tendern...

    Authors: O. Berber, C. Emeagi, M. Perry and M. S. Rickman
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 12:123
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  18. Snapping biceps femoris syndrome is an uncommon cause of lateral knee pain and may be difficult to diagnose, resulting in unsuccessful surgical intervention. In this report, we present an unusual case of a 37-...

    Authors: Giovanni Vavalle and Michele Capozzi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:117
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  19. Open hip surgery is known to be a risk for heterotopic ossification (HO), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been widely recognized as an effective prevention. Hip arthroscopy is gaining po...

    Authors: Filippo Randelli, Luca Pierannunzii, Lorenzo Banci, Vincenza Ragone, Alberto Aliprandi and Robert Buly
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:121
    Content type: Brief Communication Published on:

  20. The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between functional levels in activities of daily living and sports and fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with a history of anterior cruciate ligament re...

    Authors: Michael D. Ross
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:118
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  21. High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a surgical procedure used to change the mechanical weight-bearing axis and alter the loads carried through the knee. Conventional indications for HTO are medial compartment osteo...

    Authors: Eugenio Savarese, Salvatore Bisicchia, Rocco Romeo and Annunziato Amendola
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 12:120
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  22. Erosion of spinal osseous structure, so-called scalloping, has been rarely reported associated with herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP). We report a rare case of HNP causing erosion of the spinal osseous structur...

    Authors: Shinji Yoshioka, Koichi Sairyo, Toshinori Sakai, Tatsuya Tamura, Hirofumi Kosaka and Natsuo Yasui
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:119
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  23. Pseuodaneurysms are an extremely rare complication of osteochondromas. We describe a case of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery presenting as a soft tissue mass in a patient who was treated for an...

    Authors: Celeste Scotti, Enrico M. Marone, Laura E. Brasca, Giuseppe M. Peretti, Roberto Chiesa, Alessandro Del Maschio, Gianfranco Fraschini and Francesco Camnasio
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:116
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  24. Each year millions of patients are treated for joint pain with total joint arthroplasty, and the numbers are expected to rise. Comorbid disease is known to influence the outcome of total joint arthroplasty, an...

    Authors: Kristian Bjorgul, Wendy M. Novicoff and Khaled J. Saleh
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:115
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  25. The hereditary peripheral neuropathies are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Foot deformities, including the common pes cavus, but also hammer toes and...

    Authors: S. Piazza, G. Ricci, E. Caldarazzo Ienco, C. Carlesi, L. Volpi, G. Siciliano and M. Mancuso
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:114
    Content type: Review Article Published on:

  30. Iatrogenic devascularization of the femoral head is as an area of concern following hip resurfacing arthroplasty, with probable implications on short-term failure and long-term survival of the implant.

    Authors: Arun Kannan, Chandra Sekhar Bal, Vijay Kumar, Ravi Mittal, Nishikant Damle and Rajesh Malhotra
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:107
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  31. Closed displaced midshaft clavicle fractures used to be treated nonoperatively, and many studies have reported that nonoperative treatment gave good results. However, more recent studies have reported poorer r...

    Authors: Cesare Faldini, Matteo Nanni, Danilo Leonetti, Francesco Acri, Claudio Galante, Deianira Luciani and Sandro Giannini
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:113
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  34. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture has been implicated in the development of knee osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed at determining the incidence of prior ACL deficiency in patients undergoing total k...

    Authors: M. J. M. Douglas, J. D. Hutchison and A. G. Sutherland
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:103
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  35. The few available studies directly comparing aseptic and septic joint revision surgery report conflicting results. We investigated whether two-stage revision of septic hip prosthesis with a preformed antibioti...

    Authors: Carlo Luca Romanò, Delia Romanò, Nicola Logoluso and Enzo Meani
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:106
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  36. It has been indicated that, in the long term, the rate of wear and the degree of osteolysis observed with uncemented acetabular components are greater than those associated with cemented cups, but most studies...

    Authors: Håvard Bjerkholt, Øystein Høvik and Olav Reikerås
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:104
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  37. In patients with myelomeningocele (MMC), a high number of fractures occur in the paralyzed extremities, affecting mobility and independence. The aims of this retrospective cross-sectional study are to determin...

    Authors: Michael Akbar, Bjoern Bresch, Patric Raiss, Carl Hans Fürstenberg, Thomas Bruckner, Thorsten Seyler, Claus Carstens and Rainer Abel
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:102
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  38. Retroisthmic cleft refers to a cleft in the lamina and is rarely reported. It was first described by Brocher, and later Wick et al. proposed the term “laminolysis” to describe the retroisthmic cleft by analogy...

    Authors: Toshinori Sakai, Koichi Sairyo, Shoichiro Takao, Hirofumi Kosaka and Natsuo Yasui
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:101
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  39. We report a rare case of congenital absence of the L5-S1 facet joint, which was associated with a conjoined nerve root. Combination of these two anomalies has been quite rarely reported in the literature. A 39...

    Authors: Shinji Yoshioka, Koichi Sairyo, Toshinori Sakai and Natsuo Yasui
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:100
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  41. The effect of postoperative adaptive bone remodeling following a stemmed femoral implant in revision total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) is unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) ...

    Authors: Claus L. Jensen, Michael M. Petersen, Henrik M. Schrøder and Bjarne Lund
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:98
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  43. Cervical degenerative pathology produces pain and disability, and if conservative treatment fails, surgery is indicated. The aim of this study was to determined whether anterior decompression and interbody fus...

    Authors: Cesare Faldini, Danilo Leonetti, Matteo Nanni, Alberto Di Martino, Luca Denaro, Vincenzo Denaro and Sandro Giannini
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:93
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  44. Alteration of normal scapulohumeral rhythm due to the fatigue of scapular-stabilizing muscles induces decrease of rotator cuff strength. In this study we analyzed the interobserver and intraobserver realibilit...

    Authors: Giovanni Merolla, Elisa De Santis, Fabrizio Campi, Paolo Paladini and Giuseppe Porcellini
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:95
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  45. Dislocation after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a significant complication that occurs in 2–5% of patients. It has been postulated that increasing the femoral head diameter may reduce the risk of dis...

    Authors: Einar Amlie, Øystein Høvik and Olav Reikerås
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:97
    Content type: Original Article Published on:

  46. A correct alignment of the tibial and femoral component is one of the most important factors determining favourable long-term results of a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The accuracy provided by the use of the...

    Authors: F. Massai, F. Conteduca, A. Vadalà, R. Iorio, L. Basiglini and A. Ferretti
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:96
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  50. Isolated posterolateral corner (PLC) tears are relatively rare events. Various surgical techniques to treat posterolateral knee instability have been described; because surgical results are linked to cruciate ...

    Authors: Lawrence Camarda, Vincenzo Condello, Vincenzo Madonna, Fabrizio Cortese, Michele D’Arienzo and Claudio Zorzi
    Citation: Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2010 11:88
    Content type: Original Article Published on:
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