Langenbecks Archiv für Chirurgie
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Langenbecks Arch Chir · Jan 1993
Biography Historical Article[Surgeons as recipients of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Their life and work in the course of time].
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Langenbecks Arch Chir · Jan 1993
[Experiences with the Steffee variable screw placement system in fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine].
The variable screw placement (VSP) system was first used in orthopaedic surgery. In recent years, this rigid screw-plate system has been implanted with increasing frequency in patients with traumatic instabilities of the thoracolumbar spine. At the University Hospital in Graz, 20 patients have been operated on in the Department of Surgery using this system, and 15 of them have been followed up some months after the hardware removal. The results are compared with those achieved in patients whose instabilities were stabilized with other implants.
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A total of 1325 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma who were treated at the surgical clinic of the Technical University of Munich between 1981 and 1991 were enrolled in a prospective follow-up study. The 5-year actuarial survival rate of 605 patients with squamous cell carcinoma was 28.2%, of 288 patients with adenocarcinoma 38.0%, of 219 patients with small cell carcinoma 15.4%, of 74 patients with giant cell carcinoma 19.0%, and of 139 patients with other histologic findings 27.8%. In all, 680 patients (51.4%) underwent surgery. ⋯ Stepwise logistic regression analysis identified tumour stage, therapy, and histologic result as the factors with the greatest impact on the prognosis. Adjuvant radiation after resection in patients with T2-3 adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma improved the prognosis by one tumour stage compared with patients who only underwent surgery. In conclusion, surgical therapy of bronchogenic carcinoma offers favourable survival rates with acceptable risk.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Langenbecks Arch Chir · Jan 1993
[Late results of surgical treatment of chronic anterolateral instability of the proximal ankle joint].
In the literature more than 30 methods of syndesmoplastic surgery are described for the treatment of chronic ligament instability in the ankle. The aim of our investigation was, on the basis of long-term results, to determine which surgical method has the least complications, which offers the best chances from the viewpoint of exercise and sports, and whether degenerative changes in the joint can be avoided by restitution of stability. ⋯ Of these cases, 45 were followed up for 6-136 months after the operation. On the basis of the results of these postoperative examinations we recommend periosteal syndesmoplasty for management of chronic ligament instability in the ankle, as this method is relatively easy to perform, prevents post-traumatic arthrosis, ensures maximum stability, which consequently means a low complication rate, and shows favorable final results in isokinetic testing.