Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete
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It is reported on 168 cases with pathologic alterations on the columna vertebralis that were operated from the ventral approach. After listing the indications of various operations (lumbarscoliosis, spondylolisthesis, tumorosteolysis, spondylitis, traumatic alterations, kyphosis, degenerative changes, spondyloepiphyseodesis) it is reported on the results.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Mar 1983
[Our indications for the treatment of acetabular and pelvic fractures with acetabular participation].
Our indicative position for treatment of acetabular and pelvic fractures with acetabular participation is constituted through the results of cases from our medical files from the years 1976-1981. In 21 of the total 32 patients reviewed, we could set the indicator for operative treatment. The remaining 11 were all treated conservatively. Our principles for treatment are demonstrated here through several of these examples.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Jan 1983
[The significance of bone spurs at the base of the 2d metacarpal bone in the pathogenesis of joint arthrosis of the base of the thumb].
A causal correlation is proved between an outgrowing osseous spur at the Os metacarpale II and the rhizarthrosis. The midhand bone of the thumb is connected by a ligament with the base of the Os metacarpale II. High tensile stresses elongate the ligament and lead to its partial ossification. The ligament looses its essential function and the thumb subluxates radially.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · May 1982
[Corrective surgery for kyphosis in bekhterev's disease - indication, technique, results (author's transl)].
14 patients suffering from Bechterew's disease with a marked kyphotic deformity of their spine have been subject to extension osteotomy. Follow-up of 12 patients ranges from 7 to 33 months. ⋯ Surgical procedure, results and complications have been demonstrated. Possibility of early spondylodesis in Bechterew's disease for elimination of pain and avoidance of progressing deformity is discussed.
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Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Feb 1976
[Report on a two-year experience with an ultrasterile operatory (author's transl)].
2,078 orthopaedic operations were carried out. No infections were observed at 640 hip-joint total endoprosthesis, 26 knee-joint endoprosthesis and 185 osteosynthesis. One primary infection happened in one case only, namely at an elbow-joint endoprosthesis. ⋯ It is important that the turbines operate with germ-free air, and that the air recycling equipment is air-tight. The germ-free air of the horizontal displacement flow in an ultra-sterile operatory gives optimum ambient conditions for the operations, particularly when alloplastic interventions with big extraneous objects entail the risk of infections. After also many hours of operation, the air germination was extremely low and practically insignificant and cannot be obtained at such a low degree for conventionally air-conditioned operatories.