The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2014
Multicenter StudyDeep Surgical Site Infection Following 2344 Growing-Rod Procedures for Early-Onset Scoliosis: Risk Factors and Clinical Consequences.
Deep surgical site infection may change the course of growing-rod treatment of early-onset scoliosis. Our goal was to assess the effect of this complication on subsequent treatment. ⋯ Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Aug 2014
Comparative StudyReduction and Stabilization of Depressed Articular Tibial Plateau Fractures: Comparison of Inflatable and Conventional Bone Tamps: Study of a Cadaver Model.
Restoration of articular congruity and mechanical integrity of subchondral bone are important surgical goals of the treatment of intra-articular fractures. The purpose of this study was to compare the reduction quality and biomechanical integrity between cadaveric intra-articular tibial plateau fractures reduced with an inflatable bone tamp and contralateral fractures reduced with a series of cylindrical conventional metal bone tamps. ⋯ Using an inflatable bone tamp in association with calcium phosphate bone-void filler to reduce and maintain reduction of an articular fracture may help in achieving the surgical goal of a more anatomic reduction with better resistance to subsidence.