Acta Orthop Traumato
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Acta Orthop Traumato · Jan 2014
Relationship between axillary nerve and percutaneously inserted proximal humeral locking plate: a cadaver study.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the axillary nerve and the percutaneously inserted proximal humeral locking plate and to evaluate the risk of axillary nerve injury during percutaneous plate insertion. ⋯ There is a risk of axillary nerve injury during percutaneous plate insertion. It must be ensured that the plate is inserted under the deltoid fascia during the surgery. The axillary nerve must be visible during application of the screws due to the impossibility of knowing which holes cross the axillary nerve.
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Acta Orthop Traumato · Jan 2014
The efficacy of cell saver method in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of the intraoperative blood salvage cell saver method for allogeneic blood transfusion in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with pedicle screw and rod combination. ⋯ Autologous erythrocyte replacement was possible using the cell saver method. However, there was no decrement in allogeneic blood replacement using cell saver in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
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Acta Orthop Traumato · Jan 2014
Flexion-adduction-external rotation method for shoulder dislocations.
The aim of this prospective study was to assess the effectiveness of the flexion-adduction-external rotation method in the reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocations. ⋯ The forward flexion-adduction-external rotation method is an effective and comfortable reduction method for the treatment of shoulder dislocation or fracture-dislocation.
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Acta Orthop Traumato · Jan 2014
A novel method for the removal of distal part of broken intramedullary femoral nail.
We describe a new technique for the removal of the distal part of a broken intramedullary interlocking femoral nail. The distal part of the nail is pushed outward with the help of a antegradely driven new nail. This method is simple, less time consuming and requires only a Kuntscher's nail and a guidewire which are easily available in the operating rooms.
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Acta Orthop Traumato · Jan 2013
Review Case ReportsAlkaptonuric patient presenting with "black" disc: a case report.
Although intervertebral disc degeneration usually occurs in the natural course of alkaptonuria, detection of the disease by black disc material in a patient without any other sign of alkaptonuria is an extremely rare condition. The authors report a 45-year-old previously healthy female patient who was operated on for prolapsed lumbar disc herniation, and in whom the nucleus pulposus was discovered to be black intraoperatively. The alkaptonuria was diagnosed after histopathological examination of the black disc material. Elevated urinary concentration of homogentisic acid confirmed the diagnosis.