Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · May 2017
A systematic comparison of the closed shoulder reduction techniques.
To identify the optimal technique for closed reduction for shoulder instability, based on success rates, reduction time, complication risks, and pain level. ⋯ For closed reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations, the combined data from the selected studies indicate that scapular manipulation is the most successful and fastest technique, with the shortest mean hospital stay and least pain during reduction. The FARES method seems the best alternative.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · May 2017
USG-guided injection of corticosteroid for lateral epicondylitis does not improve clinical outcomes: a prospective randomised study.
Corticosteroid injection used to be the treatment of choice for lateral epicondylitis. Most injections are performed blindly. In the blinded technique, it could be difficult to determine the exact pathological localisation. The purpose of this single-blinded, randomised controlled clinical study was to compare the clinical therapeutic effects of blinded and USG-guided corticosteroid injection therapy in lateral epicondylitis. ⋯ There was no statistically significant difference compared to the blinded injection technique, and the mean score differences between the groups are of no clinical relevance.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · May 2017
Kinematic analysis of stair climbing in rotating platform cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilized mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasties.
The aim of our study was to compare and contrast the effects of two types of mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasties (TKA), namely, the cruciate-retaining (CR) and posterior-stabilized (PS) TKAs, on clinical outcomes and in vivo kinematics during stair climbing. ⋯ IV.