abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate the use of amniotic membrane as a long-term bioprosthesis in hand surgery. The role of the amniotic membrane was investigated in chickens with regard to the prevention of adhesion formation following tendon repair in zone II. METHODS:In the control group, the f...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Demirkan F,Colakoglu N,Herek O,Erkula G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotational open wedge osteotomy was performed on 20 hips in 19 older patients with Perthes' disease with an extensive lesion. All subjects had little viable bone in the posterolateral epiphysis preoperatively. The repair process was observed radiographically until 1 year postoperatively. The patients' mean age at the ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Atsumi T,Yoshiwara S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term anchorage of cementless total hip arthroplasty relies on a direct bone to implant bonding. Several factors including material properties and surface treatment determine the interfacial response of the host bone to a foreign material. In the case presented, a chondrosarcoma of the proximal femur required an e...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Dohle J,Becker W,Braun M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the spontaneous healing capability of acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, conservative treatment was applied in a selected group of 31 patients, who had low athletic demands. Each patient demonstrated a continuous ACL on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), from the original femoral attachment th...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Fujimoto E,Sumen Y,Ochi M,Ikuta Y

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight patients (mean age 49 years; range 19-91 years; nine of them over 60 years; 28 women, 10 men) suffering from an isolated Weber B fracture with a dislocation of less than 1 mm underwent functional therapy using a pneumatic ankle brace and were included in a prospective study. The clinical outcome was measu...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Dietrich A,Lill H,Engel T,Schönfelder M,Josten C

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often not feasible to conduct large trials in orthopaedic surgery. Therefore, surgeons must identify strategies to optimize the statistical power of their smaller studies. The aim of this study was to compare study power in randomized trials with continuous versus dichotomous outcome variables. We performed a sy...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Bhandari M,Lochner H,Tornetta P 3rd

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB contributes to the dysfunctional inflammatory response accompanying resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock (HS), in part through induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines including granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and interleukin (IL)-6. In previous studies, we dem...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Hierholzer C,Billiar TR,Tweardy DJ

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of the patellar tendon is a rare injury requiring acute repair to reestablish knee extensor continuity and to allow early motion. Different pathomechanisms have been postulated, and multiple techniques for repair have been described in the literature. Firstly, the current study reviews the epidemiology, pathom...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Kasten P,Schewe B,Maurer F,Gösling T,Krettek C,Weise K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the demographic details and patterns of injuries related to horse handling, we reviewed 637 horse-related injuries in 581 stable- or stud-workers in a representative area of thoroughbred stabling in Japan. We found that (1) injuries occurred most frequently in a group of a relatively young workers, with...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Iba K,Wada T,Kawaguchi S,Fujisaki T,Yamashita T,Ishii S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete transection of the median nerve associated with minimally displaced fractures of forearm bones is described in a 20-year-old woman. An end-to-end epineural repair was performed. There was good sensory and motor recovery of the median nerve in the hand. ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Garg M,Kumar S

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies about the regenerative capacity of chondrocytes located in the growth plate of long bones revealed a potential for reparation. A measurable advance in the understanding of the physiologic processes in the bone growth plate and their modifications after defined lesions is based on the recognition of th...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Breburda E,Wirth T,Leiser R,Griss P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wanted to prove the hypothesis that calcified deposits within the rotator cuff tendons are merely an epiphenomenon of complex morphological alterations in the shoulders of patients with shoulder pain and dysfunction. The shoulders of 92 patients with calcified deposits within the rotator cuff tendons as noted on pl...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Maier M,Stäbler A,Schmitz C,Lienemann A,Köhler S,Dürr HR,Pfahler M,Refior HJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proprioceptive mechanisms appear to play a role in stabilizing the glenohumeral joint and may serve as a means for interplay between the static stabilizers and the dynamic muscle restraints. The aim of this study was to investigate proprioception of the joint in healthy and surgically repaired shoulders. Shoulder prop...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Aydin T,Yildiz Y,Yanmis I,Yildiz C,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In trans-tibial amputees, PTB (patellar tendon bearing) prostheses provide almost physiological mobility of the knee joint in the sagittal plane. Nevertheless, there are characteristic adaptations of the knee joint muscles. Myosonography is a suitable method for depicting muscle atrophy and hypertrophy due to muscle d...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Schmalz T,Blumentritt S,Reimers CD

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft-tissue defects following calcaneal fractures can be covered in a relatively easy and safe procedure. We have modified the familiar distally based sural artery flap by lifting a part of the gastrocnemius muscle. With an inferior pedicle, this musulocutaneous flap can be rotated onto the defect on the sole of the f...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Mueller JE,Ilchmann T,Lowatscheff T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the results of 238 consecutive patients who underwent in total 261 acromioplasties because of chronic rotator cuff impingement. The procedure was performed either in conventional open technique (80) or arthroscopically (181). Two years (1-10) after the operation 68% of the patients treated with the open tech...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Schröder J,van Dijk CN,Wielinga A,Kerkhoffs GM,Marti RK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bone mineral density (BMD) of the distal femur may decrease after cemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as a result of the stress shielding effect of the femoral component. The purpose of the study was to determine the changes in BMD of the distal femur compared with those of the femoral necks and the lumbar spin...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： van Loon CJ,Oyen WJ,de Waal Malefijt MC,Verdonschot N

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor that rarely localizes in the hand or the carpal bones. We report two cases of osteoid osteoma localized in two different carpal bones. Unremitting wrist pain was a major clinical symptom. Surgical treatment including excision of the nidus was dramatically curative. In young patie...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Arazi M,Memik R,Yel M,Oğün TC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent secondary stability of the uncemented femoral stem of hip prostheses can only be achieved once primary rotational and axial stability has been ensured. Rotational stability means that the stem is resistant to the articular forces that induce rotation around the implant's longitudinal axis. The 10-year surviv...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Effenberger H,Heiland A,Ramsauer T,Plitz W,Dorn U

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid disease of the muscle is very rare and represents approximately 3% of all patients with hydatidosis. Since the infection closely resembles a soft-tissue tumor on clinical examination, the preoperative radiologic diagnosis is very important to avoid biopsy. We report an unusual case of primary intramuscular hyd...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Tatari H,Baran O,Sanlidağ T,Göre O,Ak D,Manisali M,Havitçioğlu H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 72 patients with 79 tears of the rotator cuff that had been completely repaired by open surgery, the outcome was evaluated on the basis of history, Constant functional score and radiography. At a mean follow-up period of 6.75 years, the Constant score was 71.5 points on average, showing a high correlation with the ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Motycka T,Kriegleder B,Landsiedl F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shortening of the femoral neck and proximal displacement of the greater trochanter are the principal complications following avascular necrosis of the capital epiphysis head in early childhood. We report here the long-term follow-up of a series of osteotomies performed to lengthen the femoral neck and thus to restore ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Lengsfeld M,Schuler P,Griss P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the anatomical situation, intervertebral disc herniation usually results in compression of the anterior epidural space, with lateral or medial irritation of nerve root or cauda equina. Rare locations are an intra- or extraforaminal position or dislocation dorsally. Three patients with dorsal cauda equina compre...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Eysel P,Herbsthofer B

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the ambulatory level premorbid or at discharge reflected the survival rate better. Ambulatory level was retrospectively evaluated as a postoperative indicator of survival rate following operative treatment in 301 consecutive patients over 65 years old. All of the patie...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Imura K,Ishii Y,Yagisawa K,Matsueda M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the fate of an impacted allograft after a minimum follow-up of 1 year, we examined 9 of 40 patients who underwent revision arthroplasty with the impaction grafting technique. The allograft used in this study was morselized cancellous freeze-dried allograft. We examined these 9 patients with technetium-99 ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Mazhar Tokgözoğlu A,Aydin M,Atilla B,Caner B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-ossifying fibroma with a pathological fracture of the radius in a 10-year-old girl was successfully treated by curettage and autogenous bone marrow graft. The lesion was completely replaced by normal bone at 1 year after the operation. Autogenous bone-marrow graft was considered to be a useful method for the treat...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Hase T,Miki T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accessory navicular bone is one of the most symptomatic bones of the foot. Although it has been reported to be present in various members of the same family, there is a lack of knowledge about its inheritance in the literature. We examined three families and suggest that it has an autosomal dominant trait with inc...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Kiter E,Erduran M,Günal I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ankle fractures in the elderly are extremely common (up to 184 fractures per 100,000 persons per year, and of these approximately 20%-30% occur in the elderly). The medical literature contains no research that has investigated ankle fractures in the elderly. A prospective, randomised study was conducted of 84 patients...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Salai M,Dudkiewicz I,Novikov I,Amit Y,Chechick A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed two rotationplasties (type A1 and A2) as salvage procedures in cases of custom-made endoprosthetic replacements of the distal femur and knee joint. The patients suffered from malignant bone and soft-tissue tumors of the knee, respectively. One of them developed chronic osteomyelitis around both stems of t...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Nebelung W,Birger T,Röpke M,Neumann HW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramuscular hemangiomas are rare benign tumors, making up 0.8% of all hemangiomas. They are of interest to the surgeon because their location may present considerable therapeutic challenge since radiographic work-up of the soft- tissue mass by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be suspicious for malignancy. The de...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Wild AT,Raab P,Krauspe R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the technique of intraoperative sonography of the spinal canal, a teaching model of the thoracolumbar spine was developed. It allows to simulate the typical spinal stenosis of a vertebral fracture and the sonographic procedure to detect and measure such a lesion. Moreover, partial laminectomy and modificati...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Fritz T,Klein A,Krieglstein C,Mattern R,Kallieris D,Meeder PJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a case of colocutaneous fistula drained from the retroperitoneal space mimicking a cold abscess of the psoas muscle. A 60-year-old diabetic woman with a 6-year history of a chronic draining sinus over her right thigh had been treated intermittently with antibiotics. At presentation, she had no systemic ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Lee SS,Chan YS,Chen CY,Fu TS,Ueng SW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetabular, femoral and tibial torsion of 50 normal adult male subjects were measured by computerized tomography and the relationship between these angles and foot-progression angle was examined. The mean acetabular anteversion was 15.6 degrees on the right and 15.8 degrees on the left, (range 3 degrees-30 degrees). T...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Seber S,Hazer B,Köse N,Göktürk E,Günal I,Turgut A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1985 to 1995, 417 patients with dislocated medial femoral neck fractures (Garden III-IV) were treated with hemiarthroplasty using a Biolox ceramic head. The average patient age at the time of operation was 81.5 years. A total of 140 survivors was available for follow-up examination with a mean prosthesis longevit...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Müller LP,Degreif J,Basten K,Zöphel O,Rommens PM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma was detected in two siblings. Their human leukocyte antigen (HLA) phenotypes were completely identical, although they were different from those of osteosarcoma patients in previous reports. Despite an extensive search of family and past history, no significant background related to the induction of cancer...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Shinozaki T,Watanabe H,Shimizu T,Yanagawa T,Takagishi K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From March 1984 to April 1996, 60 consecutive patients with spinal metastasis underwent palliative surgery by anterior corpectomy and Zielke instrumentation. Their ages ranged from 21 to 76 years (mean 54 years). Thirty-two patients had metastasis to the thoracic spine, 20 to the lumbar spine, and 8 had both thoracic ...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Chen LH,Chen WJ,Niu CC,Shih CH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four beagle dogs underwent a lower leg lengthening on the right side of 2.5 cm at a distraction rate of 2 times 0.5 mm per day using a circular fixator system. After a latency phase of 5 days and a distraction phase of 25 days, 12 dogs (30-day dogs) underwent electromyography (EMG) of the gastrocnemius muscle o...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Fink B,von Giesen HJ,Wilcke C,Lehmann J,Sager M,Schmielau G,Rüther W

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had had been treated by surgery for spinal echinococcosis in a Mediterranean country emigrated to northern Europe. After surgery, the echinococcosis disseminated and he developed chronic lytic and sinus-draining hydatid disease of the left hip and neuromuscular weakness of the left lower extremity. Seven...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Santavirta S,Valtonen M,Pätiälä H,Saarinen O,Konttinen YT

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients with aneurysmal bone cyst of the spine (excluding sacral lesions) were retrospectively reviewed. Treatment for aneurysmal bone cysts remains controversial, but surgical resection, irradiation, and embolization are common treatment modalities for those involving the spine. Of 102 patients with aneurys...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Ozaki T,Halm H,Hillmann A,Blasius S,Winkelmann W

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of heterotopic ossifications after total hip endoprosthesis implantation is a well-known complication. During the postoperative course laboratory parameters are subject to partial change due to the development of heterotopic ossifications. However, these changes occur relatively late at a time when the a...

journal_title：Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery

authors： Sell S,Schleh T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00