Massive psoas haematoma causing lumbar plexus palsy: a case report.

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate understanding of the fundamental concepts of informed consent by the public and patients. METHODS:Questionnaires were distributed to any persons (aged more than 16 years) attending the Palmerston North Hospital (excluding in-patients). The first 1000 completed questionnaires were analysed using the...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Amarasekera SS,Lander RO

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the possible short-term benefit of a single intra-articular corticosteroid injection in those patients treated with physiotherapy when compared to a group of patients undergoing physiotherapy only (PT only). METHODS:A retrospective chart review wa...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Kumar K,Thomas A,Tetsworth K,Hohmann E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our hypothesis is to utilize a simple suture-guiding device for minimally invasive repair of Achilles tendon without any extra cost with a minimal risk of rerupture. The purpose of this study is to investigate the results of our minimally invasive technique for Achilles tendon repair using a simple ovarian c...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Obut S,Gultekin A,Unal M,Serarslan U,Tuhanioğlu Ü

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, several in vitro biomechanical studies that used dual small locking plate fixation for humeral shaft fractures have investigated. However, in vivo studies about dual plate fixation for humeral shaft fractures are limited. The purpose of our study was to report the outcomes of dual small plating for...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Seo JB,Heo K,Yang JH,Yoo JS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) often lead to chronic wrist pain. The commonly used 2-needle outside-in and inside-out suturing techniques require an extra incision to tie the sutures subcutaneously. We use a practical and cost-effective arthroscopic technique for treatment of peripheral Palmer t...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Mahajan RH,Kim SJ,Song DH,Kang YH,Park KY

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity with underlying angiomatosis in a middle-aged man is described, with particular emphasis on the successful use of bisphosphonate in its treatment and the value of serial dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in its subsequent disease monitoring. This case illust...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Wong JW,Yip DK,Kong JK,Chien EP,Shek TW

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the quality of reduction and clinical outcomes by using Percutaneous Distractor and Subtalar Arthroscopy Closed Reduction followed by Internal Fixation (PDSA-CRIF) in the intra-articular calcaneal fracture. METHODS:A consecutive case series of 453 patients with 507 displaced intra-articular calcane...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Gao D,Wong TM,Fang C,Leung FK,Li X,Jia B,Wang Y,Yu B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neck manipulation is associated with spinal cord injury. However, occurrence of such cases is infrequent. This article presents a 33-year-old gentleman who sustained acute tetraplegia after neck manipulation. The aim of this case report is to create awareness that vigorous neck manipulation could cause injury to the s...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Ling TH,Zakaria AF,Abdullah AT

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To identify factors related to knee flexion after total knee arthroplasty in a Chinese population. METHODS:Records of 242 total knee arthroplasties were retrospectively reviewed. The parameters evaluated were age, gender, diagnosis, preoperative knee flexion and extension, preoperative flexion arc, tibiofemora...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Li PH,Wong YC,Wai YL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-osseous lipomas are rare benign tumours. We report one such case in the talus of a 60-year-old man. The patient underwent curettage and bone grafting. At the 22-month follow-up, radiographs of the talus showed dense sclerosis with multiple cortical breaks in the anterior process and no evidence of local recurren...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Rajmane S,Kulkarni PN,Patil A,Patil VC,Rajmane V

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare patients with increased risk of bleeding who received combined blood reinfusion and femoral nerve block in total knee replacement (TKR) to regular patients treated routinely with respect to pain relief, blood loss, and knee function. METHODS:In a consecutive series of 67 patients who underwent unila...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Simonsen OH,Gorst-Rasmussen A,Simonsen AB,Jorgensen MB,Rathleff MS,Lundbye-Christensen S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although polyethylene wear particles have been implicated in osteolysis and implant loosening, this study is the first to test whether chemical eluates extracted from ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) could also be involved in this process. Eluates were prepared from UHMWPE bar stock and examined for t...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Wang KY,Horne JG,Devane PA,Wilson T,Miller JH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer patients may experience hip problems related to the cancer itself or therapeutic management for the cancer. Septic arthritis should be one of the possibilities but there have been no reports on this. Here we present three patients who developed hip problems more than two years after radiotherapy with o...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Yang SH,Yang RS,Tsai CL

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the long-term results of 14 cases of histopathologically confirmed schwannoma of the hand and wrist treated with intracapsular tumour removal. METHODS:All operations were performed under loupe magnification and microsurgical dissection, and the tumour was removed after capsular (including endoneurium...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Ozdemir O,Ozsoy MH,Kurt C,Coskunol E,Calli I

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine whether the activity of peripheral sympathetic nerves in animals with spinal cord injury can be controlled using therapeutic electrical stimulation. METHODS:The spinal cords of 6 Wistar rats were severed at T12/T13 disk level and were given continuous therapeutic electrical stimulation. Microneurogr...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Mikami Y,Ogura T,Kubo T,Kira Y,Aramaki S

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the tibial articular cartilage and histology of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in osteoarthritic knees so as to determine predictors of PCL degeneration. METHODS:23 advanced osteoarthritic knees (mean patient age, 61 years) treated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were prospectively studie...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Aggarwal AK,Goel A,Radotra BD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review nutritional status and outcome of 90 patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) or hemiarthroplasty. METHODS:Records of 51 women and 39 men aged 26 to 96 (median, 71) years who underwent elective THA (n=48) for osteoarthritis, or trauma-related THA (n=10) or hemiarthroplasty (n=32) for subca...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Nicholson JA,Dowrick AS,Liew SM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of arthroscopic skills training. METHODS:A routine diagnostic arthroscopic exercise using a porcine knee was performed. A checklist of 10 tasks was used in the training and the time taken to complete the checklist was evaluated, and the Arthrosco...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Kim HJ,Kim DH,Kyung HS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cementless femoral reconstruction is challenging in hip dysplasia due to deformity of the proximal femur causing insufficient stem fixation and/or inadequate neck anteversion. Strategies to address these problems include the use of a modular stem or a distal fixation stem, but both stems have some characteri...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Hayama T,Otani T,Fujii H,Kawaguchi Y,Abe T,Takahashi M,Saito M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the efficacy of surgery for femoral neck fractures in children after a 24-h delay and the factors affecting the risk of complications. METHODS:The study included 16 children who underwent surgery after the first 24 h for femoral neck fractures. According to Delbet's classification, there...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Wu C,Ning B,Xu P,Song J,Wang D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the effect of CTLA4-lg on immune rejection of bone grafts, we observed the effect of CTLA4-lg on lymphocyte proliferation of BALB/C mice stimulated by lymphocytes and bone supernatant of C57BL/6 mice. The splenic lymphocytes and bone supernatant of C57BL/6 mice, as the stimulator cells and stimulator antige...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Guo C,Dai K,Tang T

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 17-year-old man who underwent open reduction and internal fixation for an inferior dislocation of the right hip and displaced fractures of the right femoral head and neck, and antegrade intramedullary nailing for a displaced fracture of the left femoral shaft. In addition, 13 men and 4 women aged 5 to 5...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Jain S,Haughton BA,Grogan RJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess applicability of arthroscopic technique in intramedullary nail fixation of humerus shaft fractures and to compare with conventional nailing in terms of its effects on perioperative and postoperative intra-articular complication rates as well as on clinical and functional outc...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Dedeoğlu SS,İmren Y,Çabuk H,Tekin AÇ,Kır MÇ,Gürbüz H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine correlation between metal hypersensitivity and long-term foot and ankle function and pain after internal fixation using stainless steel implants. METHODS:60 men and 46 women (mean age, 47 years) who underwent internal fixation for ankle fractures completed a questionnaire 13 to 38 (mean, 26) month...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： So S,Harris IA,Naylor JM,Adie S,Mittal R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we asked the question of whether non-invasive (NI) extendible bone tumour implants are as reliable and reduce infection when compared with patients who received a minimally invasive (MI) extendible implant. METHODS:Forty-two NI extendible bone tumour implants were investigated at a mean follow-u...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Coathup MJ,Ahmad S,Maempel JF,Briggs TW,Aston WJ,Skinner JA,Blunn GW

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We have analyzed the surgical outcomes of primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using computer-assisted (CA) navigation in terms of postoperative coronal alignment depending on preoperative lateral femoral bowing. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective study of patients who have undergone navigated primary TKA f...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Nam JH,Song SK,Cho MR,Kang DW,Choi WK

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the short-term ambulatory function of elderly patients after fixation of unstable intertrochanteric fractures with either the AO-ASIF proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) device or the dynamic hip screw (DHS). METHODS:63 patients aged 60 years or older underwent fixation for unstable intertroc...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Chua IT,Rajamoney GN,Kwek EB

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report our experience with the PRECICE nail for limb lengthening in 23 patients. METHODS:Records of 15 female and 8 male patients aged 14 to 38 (mean, 23.6) years who underwent lengthening of the tibia (n=6) or femur (n=21) using the PRECICE nail were reviewed. The reasons for lengthening included trauma (n...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Karakoyun O,Sokucu S,Erol MF,Kucukkaya M,Kabukçuoğlu YS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the condition of the tendons and neurovascular bundles after percutaneous release for trigger finger of the middle, ring, and little fingers. METHODS:30 women and 13 men aged 20 to 55 (mean, 40) years underwent percutaneous release of the A1 pulley using a 18-gauge needle for 43 trigger fingers of ...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Diab RA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine possible causes of publication bias in the orthopaedic literature so as to avoid inappropriate clinical decisions based on reviews of the literature. METHODS:Two reviewers independently reviewed abstracts presented to the 1999 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting. Data pertaining ...

journal_title：Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong)

authors： Harris IA,Mourad M,Kadir A,Solomon MJ,Young JM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00