Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2017
Three single loops enhance the biomechanical behavior of the transtibial pull-out technique for posterior meniscal root repair.
To investigate the effect of applying an additional suture to enhance the biomechanical behavior of the suture-meniscus construct used during the transtibial pull-out repair technique. ⋯ Applying three simple stitches during meniscal root repair might be beneficial for healing of the posterior meniscal root, potentially reducing the post-operative immobilization time.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2017
Routine follow-up radiographs for distal radius fractures are seldom clinically substantiated.
The value of routine radiographs during follow-up after distal radius fractures is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether routine radiographs performed during the follow-up period in patients with a distal radius fracture influenced clinical decision making. ⋯ Level III.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2017
Case ReportsConservative treatment for lumbar compartment syndrome shows efficacy over 2-year follow-up: a case report and literature review.
Since in all studies of conservative treatment of lumbar compartment syndrome the follow-up duration was less than 6 months, it is difficult to draw firm conclusions. ⋯ Conservative therapy can be recommended if rhabdomyolysis is under control.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2017
Systematic CT evaluation of reduction and hardware positioning of surgically treated calcaneal fractures: a reliability analysis.
Up to date, there is a lack of reliable protocols that systematically evaluate the quality of reduction and hardware positioning of surgically treated calcaneal fractures. Based on international consensus, we previously introduced a 23-item scoring protocol evaluating the reduction and hardware positioning in these fractures based on postoperative computed tomography. The current study is a reliability analysis of the described scoring protocol. ⋯ Our scoring protocol for the radiological evaluation of operatively treated calcaneal fractures is reliable in terms of inter- and intra-rater reliability.