Can Low Back Pain Be Managed Without Surgery or Drugs?
Medscape Orthopedics Can Low Back Pain Be Managed Without Surgery or Drugs? Laird Harrison Treating Nonspecific Low Back Pain David Hanscom, MD, was just completing his training as a spine surgeon at Twin Cities Scoliosis Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1985, when his own horrible spine pain overtook him. «I was spiraling down,» he says. […]
Exercise Therapy Versus Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Meniscal Tear in Middle Aged Patients
British Journal of Sports Medicine Exercise Therapy Versus Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy for Degenerative Meniscal Tear in Middle Aged Patients Randomised Controlled Trial With Two Year Follow-Up Nina Jullum Kise; May Arna Risberg; Silje Stensrud; Jonas Ranstam; Lars Engebretsen; Ewa M Roos Br J Sports Med. 2016;50(23):1473-1480. Abstract Objective To determine if exercise therapy is superior […]
Spinopelvic sagittal imbalance as a risk factor for adjacent-segment disease after single-segment posterior lumbar interbody fusion
Spinopelvic sagittal imbalance as a risk factor for adjacent-segment disease after single-segment posterior lumbar interbody fusion Tomiya Matsumoto, Shinya Okuda, Takafumi Maeno, Tomoya Yamashita, Ryoji Yamasaki, Tsuyoshi Sugiura, and Motoki Iwasaki Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Ahead of Print : Pages 1-6 Abstract OBJECTIVE The importance of spinopelvic balance and its implications for clinical outcomes […]
Do we still need autopsy in times of modern multislice computed tomography?—Missed diagnoses in the emergency room
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery January 2017, Volume 137, Issue 1, pp 43–47 Do we still need autopsy in times of modern multislice computed tomography?—Missed diagnoses in the emergency room Authors: S. A. Euler T. Kastenberger R. Attal M. Rieger M. Blauth M. Petri Abstract Introduction In spite of increasing quality of emergency room (ER) assessment in trauma patients and improved accuracy […]
Technical errors and complications in orthopaedic trauma surgery
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery February 2016, Volume 136, Issue 2, pp 185–193 Technical errors and complications in orthopaedic trauma surgery Authors M. A. Meeuwis M. A. C. de Jongh J. A. Roukema F. H. W. M. van der Heijden M. H. J. Verhofstad Abstract Introduction Adverse events and associated morbidity and subsequent costs receive increasing attention in clinical practice and research. As opposed to complications, errors are not described or […]
PEEK versus titanium locking plates for proximal humerus fracture fixation: a comparative biomechanical study in two- and three-part fractures
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery January 2017, Volume 137, Issue 1, pp 63–71 PEEK versus titanium locking plates for proximal humerus fracture fixation: a comparative biomechanical study in two- and three-part fractures Authors Benedikt Schliemann Robert Seifert Christina Theisen Dominic Gehweiler Dirk Wähnert Martin Schulze Michael J. Raschke Andre Weimann Abstract Introduction The high rigidity of metal implants may be a cause of failure […]
Arthroscopic treatment of symptomatic discoid meniscus in children
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery January 2017, Volume 137, Issue 1, pp 89–94 Arthroscopic treatment of symptomatic discoid meniscus in children Authors Tetsuo Hagino Satoshi Ochiai Shinya Senga Takashi Yamashita Masanori Wako Takashi Ando Hirotaka Haro Abstract Purpose To study discoid meniscus in children who underwent arthroscopic surgery at our center. Subjects and methods Thirty-four patients (39 knees) younger than 15 years with […]
Nerve supply of the subscapularis during anterior shoulder surgery: definition of a potential risk area
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery January 2017, Volume 137, Issue 1, pp 135–140 Nerve supply of the subscapularis during anterior shoulder surgery: definition of a potential risk area Authors Tim Leschinger Michael Hackl Felix Zeifang Martin Scaal Lars Peter Müller Kilian Wegmann Abstract Purpose The purpose of the study was to evaluate the position of the subscapular nerves relative to surgical landmarks […]
Modified step aerobics training and neuromuscular function in osteoporotic patients: a randomized controlled pilot study
Modified step aerobics training and neuromuscular function in osteoporotic patients: a randomized controlled pilot study Martin Behrens1 • Karoline Mu¨ller2 • Jill-Isabel Kilb3 • Lennart Schleese4 • Philipp K. E. Herlyn2 • Sven Bruhn1 • Thomas Mittlmeier2 • Hans-Christof Schober3 • Dagmar-C. Fischer Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery pp 1–13. First Online: 16 December 2016 […]
Anatomical variability and histological structure of the ulnar nerve in the Guyon’s canal
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery pp 1–7 Anatomical variability and histological structure of the ulnar nerve in the Guyon’s canal Paweł Depukat Brandon Michael Henry Patrick Popieluszko Joyeeta Roy Ewa Mizia Tomasz Konopka Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski Email author Jerzy A. Walocha Abstract Objectives The goal of our study was to analyze the prevalence of variations, branching patterns, and histology of the ulnar nerve (UN) in Guyon’s […]
