International orthopaedics
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Operative treatment of sternal fractures has become a matter of increasing interest. Anterior plating seems to be the most appropriate method for fixing sternal fractures. However, there are several concerns in relation to the operative procedure such as severe injuries to mediastinal organs, patient comfort and proper stabilisation, for example. This paper describes a safe method of anterior sternal plating using locked plate fixation with limited depth drilling. ⋯ Sternal plating using low profile locked titanium plates seems to be a safe and stable method with a high level of patient comfort.
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Posterior hip fracture-dislocation needs stability evaluation. A previous study in the normal acetabulum has shown that the coronal posterior acetabular arc angle (PAAA) could be used to assess an unstable posterior hip fracture. Our study was designed to assess PAAA of unstable posterior hip fracture-dislocation and whether posterior acetabular wall fracture involves the superior acetabular dome. ⋯ Coronal and vertical PAAA of unstable posterior hip fracture-dislocations were 54.48° and 101.67°. Vertical PAAA assesses high or low posterior acetabular wall fracture by referring to the centroacetabulo-greater sciatic notch line. High posterior wall fracture seems to be the most frequent and is involved with many complications.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Unipolar hemiarthroplasty versus bipolar hemiarthroplasty in patients with displaced femoral neck fractures: a four-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial.
The treatment of choice for a displaced femoral neck fracture in the most elderly patients is a cemented hemiarthroplasty (HA). The optimal design, unipolar or bipolar head, remains unclear. The possible advantages of a bipolar HA are a better range of motion and less acetabular wear. The aim of this study was to evaluate hip function, health related quality of life (HRQoL), surgical outcome and acetabular erosion in a medium-term follow-up. ⋯ The bipolar HAs seem to result in better HRQoL beyond the first two years after surgery compared to unipolar HAs. Bipolar HAs displayed a later onset of acetabular erosion compared to unipolar HAs.
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The safety and efficacy of the novel Limmed® system (locked plate fixation) for immediate full weight-bearing after medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) were evaluated in patients with symptomatic varus gonarthrosis. ⋯ The Limmed® medial opening wedge HTO system represents a novel method of achieving a reliable correction while producing a stable fixation allowing satisfactory stability and bone healing with immediate full weight-bearing.