Paediatric distal radial fracture manipulation: multicentre analysis of process times
Emergency Medicine Journal 26 (1), 41-2 (Jan 2009) Mitchell L, Archer E, Middleton S, Maclean A, Jones L, Benger J, Lloyd G; BACKGROUND: Children with simple radial fractures requiring manipulation are conventionally admitted for manipulation under general anaesthesia. On the assumption that children (and their parents) wish to spend as little time in hospital as […]
Cementless Fixation in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Past, Present, and Future
R. Michael Meneghini, MD; Arlen D. Hanssen, MD J Knee Surg. 2008;21:307-314. ABSTRACT Cementless fixation in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has had limited use in recent decades due to past failures in the early generation of cementless designs. Screw track osteolysis, poor polyethylene, and metal-backed patellar component failures contributed to a controversial track record and […]
Hip Disease in the Young, Active Patient: Evaluation and Nonarthroplasty Surgical Options
J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 16, No 12, December 2008 Rafael J. Sierra, MD, Robert T. Trousdale, MD, Reinhold Ganz, MD and Michael Leunig, MD As a distinct entity, femoroacetabular impingement has been suggested to be a preosteoarthritic mechanism. The condition occurs when the proximal femur repeatedly comes into contact with the native acetabular […]
Adverse Events Associated With Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 16, No 12, December 2008 Alan H. Daniels, MD, K. Daniel Riew, MD, J. U. Yoo, MD, Alexander Ching, MD, Keith R. Birchard, MD, Andy J. Kranenburg, MD and Robert A. Hart, MD Anterior cervical procedures for neurologic decompression and fusion, including cervical diskectomy and cervical corpectomy, are commonly […]
Cold Exposure Injuries to the Extremities
J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 16, No 12, December 2008 Alexander Golant, MD, Russell M. Nord, MD, Nader Paksima, DO, MPH and Martin A. Posner, MD Cold exposure injuries comprise nonfreezing injuries that include chilblain (aka pernio) and trench, or immersion, foot, as well as freezing injuries that affect core body tissues resulting in […]
The Pivot Shift
J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 16, No 12, December 2008 Clayton G. Lane, MD, Russell Warren, MD and Andrew D. Pearle, MD The Lachman and the pivot shift are the two clinical tests most commonly used to assess instability in the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)deficient knee. Because it is quantifiable, the Lachman test has […]
Effect of procedure duration on total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty survivorship in the United States Medicare population
J Arthroplasty. 2008 Sep;23(6 Suppl 1):127-32. Epub 2008 Jun 13. Ong KL, Lau E, Manley M, Kurtz SM. The effect of procedure duration on joint arthroplasty survivorship in the USA is unknown. We examined the association between procedure duration with primary total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty survivorship at 8 years in the Medicare […]
Prevalence of and Traits Associated With Low BMD Among Female Adolescent Runners
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40(12) 2008 Michelle T. Barrack; Mitchell J. Rauh; Jeanne F. Nichols Abstract Purpose: Identify the prevalence of and traits that may increase the risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) among 93 female adolescent competitive endurance runners. Methods: Participants were 93 high school runners, ages 13-18 yr, from southern California. Eating […]
Do not implant!–long-term follow-up of a patient who received a trial hip stem
J Arthroplasty. 2008 Dec;23(8):1239.e19-23. Hirschmann MT, Helfrich C, Friederich NF. We describe the case of a patient who had undergone a total hip arthroplasty for primary osteoarthritis 17 years previously. Clinical and radiologic signs of aseptic loosening compelled a revision arthroplasty. Surprisingly, the removed femoral stem turned out to be a trial stem. Retrospective examination […]
Pathophysiology of ankylosing spondylitis: What’s new?
Joint Bone Spine. 2008 Dec;75(6):656-60. Pham T. Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease that predominantly affects the sacroiliac joints and spine. Its pathophysiology remains one of the most vexing enigmas of rheumatology. However, new insights have been provided by the recent identification of susceptibility genes other than HLA-B27; evidence of a pivotal role […]