Bolus or weekly zoledronic acid administration does not delay endochondral fracture repair but weekly dosing enhances delays in hard callus remodeling
NULL Bone. 2008 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print] McDonald MM, Dulai S, Godfrey C, Amanat N, Sztynda T, Little DG. Orthopaedic Research and Biotechnology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead Australia; Science Department, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. INTRODUCTION: It has been widely assumed that osteoclasts play a pivotal role during the entire process […]
Metal-on-metal hybrid hip resurfacing : Development and current state
NULL Orthopade. 2008 Jun 18. [Epub ahead of print] Hoberg M, Le Duff MJ, Amstutz HC. [Article in German] Worldwide the employment of surface replacements using metal-on-metal components as an option, particularly for the young and active patient, has gained broad acceptance. Part of the attraction for hip resurfacing is its conservative nature as a […]
Functional assessment in patients with osteoporotic wrist fractures treated with external fixation: a review of randomized trials
NULL Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2008 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print] Hoang-Kim A, Scott J, Micera G, Orsini R, Moroni A. INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is a chronic and progressive condition that leads to decreased bone mass and skeletal fragility which may result in fractures, disability, pain, deformity and even death. Fractures of the wrist are […]
Changes of the quality-of-life under the treatment of severe senile osteoporosis with teriparatide
NULL Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2008 Jun 12. [Epub ahead of print] Maugeri D, Russo E, Luca S, Carmelo L, Mamazza G, Sorace R, Rizzotto M, Manuele S, Fiore V, Taverna G, Biagio C, Calitro M. Despite being treated with antiresorptive drugs, the severe osteoporosis (SO) is being considered as a condition in which patients are […]
Neurologic injuries after total hip arthroplasty
NULL Am J Orthop. 2008 Apr;37(4):191-7. Brown GD, Swanson EA, Nercessian OA. Neurologic injuries are a potentially devastating complication of total hip arthroplasty (THA). Review of the literature reveals that these injuries are uncommon. The reported incidence ranges from 0.08% to 7.6%. The incidence in primary THA ranges from 0.09% to 3.7% and in revision […]
Revision surgery of hip resurfacing
NULL Orthopade. 2008 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]. Article in German Günther KP, Witzleb WC, Stiehler M, Kirschner S. Early results of contemporary hip resurfacing are encouraging and consequently an increasing number of this procedure has been performed worldwide. A theoretical advantage of hip resurfacing is that failed components can be revised safely and […]
Clinical Evaluation of the Shoulder Shrug Sign
NULL Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] Jia X, Ji JH, Petersen SA, Keefer J, McFarland EG. The ‘shrug sign’ (inability to lift the arm to 90 degrees abduction without elevating the whole scapula or shoulder girdle) has been associated with a diagnosis of rotator cuff disease. Based on our […]
Osteogenesis Imperfecta: Diagnosis and Treatment
NULL J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 16, No 6, June 2008 Gheorghe Burnei, MD, PhD, Costel Vlad, MD, Ileana Georgescu, MD, Traian Stefan Gavriliu, MD and Daniela Dan, MD Osteogenesis imperfecta is a heritable disorder characterized by extremely fragile bones, blue sclerae, dentinogenesis imperfecta, hearing loss, and scoliosis. In 1979, Sillence classified the condition […]
Repair of Patellar Tendon Rupture Using Suture Anchors
NULL J Knee Surg. 2008;21:122-129 Brandon D. Bushnell; Joshua N. Tennant; James H. Rubright; R. Alexander Creighton. ABSTRACT Acute isolated rupture of the patellar tendon traditionally has been repaired via transpatellar suture tunnels. This retrospective study evaluated the demographics and epidemiology of this injury as well as the effectiveness and complication rates of our suture […]
Potent anticoagulants are associated with a higher all-cause mortality rate after hip and knee arthroplasty
NULL Sharrock NE; Gonzalez Della Valle A; Go G; Lyman S; Salvati EA Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008; 466(3):714-21 Anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis after THA and TKA has not been confirmed to diminish all-cause mortality. We determined whether the incidence of all-cause mortality and pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty differs with currently used […]