International orthopaedics
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Open fractures are challenging injuries and there is a lot of variation in practice preferences which may reflect the wide variations in outcome in different units across the world. A survey was done amongst the international community of SICOT membership to document the practice preferences and variations. ⋯ Our study documented wide variations in practice preferences across the world and showed that information and awareness about current guidelines and practices will help many to update themselves in terms of basic questions about open fracture care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of multi-site infiltration analgesia on pain management and early rehabilitation compared with femoral nerve or adductor canal block for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled trial.
The aim of this study was to combine intra-articular and peri-articular with wound infiltration analgesia (multi-site infiltration analgesia, MIA) for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and compare its pain management and early rehabilitation effect with the commonly used nerve block including adductor cannel block (FNB) and femoral nerve block (ACB). ⋯ ACB was not inferior to FNB on pain control, but it was better on early mobilization. However, MIA that combine intra-articular and peri-articular with wound infiltration analgesia after TKA was more effective on pain control at rest, with better efficacy on early rehabilitation and easier to perform when compared with these commonly used nerve block. We recommended our MIA for pain relief and fast rehabilitation after TKA.
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The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a new technique for posterior column fixation through the standard ilioinguinal approach. ⋯ A short buttress plate fixation of posterior column through single ilioinguinal approach for complex acetabular fractures is a safe and effective method.
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The object of the present meta-analysis is to compare the effectiveness of transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) and interlaminar epidural steroid injection (ILESI) for treating patients with low back pain (LBP) secondary to lumbosacral radicular pain. ⋯ According to the results of meta-analysis, TFESI to manage LBP provides superior short term pain relief and equal functional improvement when compared to ILESI. It has not shown a statistically significant difference between both groups with regard to procedure frequency, surgery rate, and ventral epidural spread.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome of patients treated for a fracture of the capitulum humeri and to analyze the grade of osteoarthritic changes. ⋯ Level IV - Case series; therapeutic study.