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Última actualización 5/07/06Xabier Goikoetxea MD, , , Iñigo Etxebarria MD and Miguel Careaga MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Txagorritxu Hospital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Ectopic nail, also known as onychoheterotopia or onychoheterotropia, is an extremely rare disorder. It is characterized by the growth of nail-like tissue in a different location other than …

Última actualización 5/07/06“Fijación intramedular de fracturas del túnel tibial utilizando un clavo expansible: Primeros resultados de 54 fracturas agudas del túnel tibial.” Steinberg, Ely L. MD *; Geller, David S. MD +; Yacoubian, Shahan V. MD +; Shasha, Nadav MD *; Dekel, Shmuel PhD *; Lorich, Dean G. MD ++ …

Última actualización 21/06/06“Prótesis de rodilla de cojinete-móvil puede reducir el esfuerzo en la tibia proximal.” Clinical Bottlang, Michael PhD *; Erne, Oliver K MS *; Lacatusu, Elvis MS *; Sommers, Mark B MS *; Kessler, Oliver MD, MS + Abstract: Mobile and fixed-bearing knee prostheses are likely to generate distinct …

Última actualización 19/06/06“Fascitis unilateral de la pierna inferior: Una manifestación paraneoplásica de un tumor pancreático oculto.” Kuempers, Philipp *; Kohler, Lars MD *; Pertschy, Stefanie MD +; Kruger, Martin MD ++; Zeidler, Henning MD *; Freise, Julia MD, PhD * Abstract: We report an elderly woman with a 3-month history …

Última actualización 19/06/06Summary Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage is a high-risk sports injury which, if not treated surgically, leads to significant medium- to long-term disability and degenerative change. ACL reconstruction should be carried out using autogenous tendon grafting a month to 6 weeks after injury. With appropriate rehabilitation, return to …

Última actualización 19/06/06“Hueso tumorado autoclavado para la reconstrucción: Una alternativa en paises en desarrollo.” Khattak, Mujahid Jamil FCPS; Umer, Masood FCPS; Haroon-ur-Rasheed, FCPS; Umar, Mohammad FAAOS Abstract: The options for reconstruction after excision of skeletal tumors include reimplanting the autoclaved tumor-bearing bone. We asked whether such bone will survive and …

Última actualización 19/06/06“Injerto óseo ilíaco vascularizado para defecto óseo ilio-sacro posterior a la extirpación de tumor.” Nishida, Jun MD *; Shiraishi, Hideo MD *; Okada, Kyoji MD +; Ehara, Shigeru MD ++; Shimamura, Tadashi MD * Abstract: We present the clinical outcome of five patients who had reconstruction of large …

Última actualización 12/06/06“Infección profunda de la herida después de la fractura de fémur proximal: Consecuencias y costes.” T.C.B. Pollard, , J.E. Newman, N.J. Barlow, J.D. Price and K.M. Willett Oxford Trauma Unit, The John Radcliffe Hospital, and Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Summary The purpose …

Última actualización 26/05/06Slade, Joseph F III MD; Dodds, Seth D MD Abstract: Not all proximal pole scaphoid nonunions with avascular necrosis require vascularized bone graft or a formal open incision. If the distal scaphoid is well perfused and the proximal pole can be secured rigidly after percutaneous bone grafting, then …

Última actualización 24/05/06“Detección y caracterización inicial de fragmentos del recubrimiento sinovial en el líquido sinovial.”L. Dai1,5, F. Pessler3, L. X. Chen1,2,4, G. Clayburne2 and H. R. Schumacher1,2 1 University of Pennsylvania, 2 Philadelphia VA Medical Center, 3 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 4 Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA and …