Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Oct 2020
Digital avulsion injuries: epidemiology and factors influencing finger preservation.
The surgical treatment of ring avulsion injuries is still challenging. This study provides data concerning epidemiology and factors influencing finger survival rate. We wanted to answer the question whether microsurgical advancement and a high level of surgical expertise nowadays may improve the outcome. ⋯ Despite microsurgical advances and high levels of surgical expertise the finger survival rate after ring avulsion injuries still seems to be mostly influenced by the extend of intrinsic damage.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Oct 2020
Inevitable nonunion after ulnar shortening osteotomy in patients with ulnar impaction syndrome and breast cancer under bisphosphonate treatment.
Nonunion after ulnar shortening osteotomy (USO) was observed at a high rate in patients undergoing long-term bisphosphonate (BP) maintenance treatment after breast cancer surgery. Here, we report the unique features of these nonunions. ⋯ IV, Retrospective case series.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Oct 2020
Inter- and intraobserver reliability of non-weight-bearing foot radiographs compared with CT in Lisfranc injuries.
Injury of the tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint complex, known as Lisfranc injury, covers a wide range of injuries from subtle ligamentous injuries to severely displaced crush injuries. Although it is known that these injuries are commonly missed, the literature on the accuracy of the diagnostics is limited. The diagnostic accuracy of non-weight-bearing radiography (inter- or intraobserver reliability), however, has not previously been assessed among patients with Lisfranc injury. ⋯ III.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Oct 2020
Correction to: Pre-operative templating in THA. Part II: a CT-based strategy to correct architectural hip deformities.
The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The spelling of the Geert Pagenstert name was incorrect.
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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2020
Hemiepiphysiodesis for coronal angular knee deformities: tension-band plate versus percutaneous transphyseal screw.
Pediatric coronal plane knee deformities can be treated surgically using hemiepiphysiodesis. The two leading techniques used for hemiepiphysiodesis are: tension-band plates (TBP) and percutaneous transphyseal screws (PETS). We hypothesized that PETS would lead to faster guided correction of angular knee deformities than TBP. ⋯ PETS provided a faster correction of angular knee deformities compared to TBP at similar complication rates. Hence, PETS could be considered a superior technique for hemiepiphysiodesis.