The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
-
J Bone Joint Surg Am · Feb 2000
Comparative StudyElectromyographic and gait analysis of forty-three patients after rotationplasty.
Rotationplasty is considered to be a treatment option for patients who have had a primary malignant bone tumor of the distal part of the femur or the proximal part of the tibia. The present study was performed to evaluate the muscle activity, the kinetics (range of motion of the hip and knee joints), and the kinematics (joint moments) after rotationplasty and to determine whether there was an association between these parameters and the functional outcome. ⋯ The results of the electromyographic and gait analyses demonstrated good functional restoration of gait following rotationplasty.
-
J Bone Joint Surg Am · Feb 2000
Comparative StudyCiprofloxacin inhibition of experimental fracture healing.
Fluoroquinolones, such as ciprofloxacin, have an adverse effect on growing cartilage and endochondral ossification in children. This study was carried out to determine whether ciprofloxacin also has an adverse effect on the healing of experimental fractures. ⋯ These data suggest that experimental fractures exposed to therapeutic concentrations of ciprofloxacin in serum demonstrate diminished healing during the early stages of fracture repair. The administration of ciprofloxacin during early fracture repair may compromise the clinical course of fracture-healing.