Instability of the hip joint in the young adult is a difficult problem. Patients with an unstable hip secondary to any aetiology usually have loss of bone from the proximal femur or shortening of the limb or both. In this study we report our results in the treatment of the unstable hip joint in young adults by pelvic support osteotomy using the Ilizarov method. From 1997 to 2004, 25 patients (1...

We measured cartilage thickness, contact surface area, volume of the capitate and shape of the capitate during motion in the operated and unaffected wrists of 11 patients with a mean follow-up of 7.3 years after proximal row carpectomy. Radiocapitate cartilage thickness in the operated wrists did not differ significantly from radiolunate cartilage thickness in the unaffected wrists. The radiolu...

Many of the surgical techniques currently used in the management of hal!ux valgus result in shortening of the first metatarsal. Although this is usually of little significance, if recurrence of the deformity demands further surgical correction, this may produce unacceptable shortening ; the first metatarsal head may no longer be capable of transmitting weight, which may lead to metatarsalgia or...

BACKGROUND Numerous metatarsal osteotomies have been developed for the treatment of Freiberg's disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of modified Weil osteotomy in the treatment of Freiberg's disease. METHODS From November 2001 to July 2008, nineteen patients (twenty feet), treated surgically for Freiberg's disease, were included in this study. The average ag...

Distal radius physeal fractures are common in children and adolescents. However, posttraumatic growth arrest is uncommon. The management of posttraumatic growth arrest is dependent on the severity of the deformity and the remaining growth potential of the patient. Various treatment options exist. We present a 17-year-old male with distal radius growth arrest who presented four years after the i...

OBJECTIVES to evaluate the radiographic results from patients with bilateral developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) who underwent surgical treatment by means of open reduction and Salter osteotomy, with or without associated femoral shortening as described by Ombrédanne. METHODS this was a retrospective descriptive study in which 21 patients with bilateral DDH (42 hips) were analyzed. They ...

Loading of the lunate in patients with Kienböck's disease and a negative ulnar variance provide the rationale for a radial shortening osteotomy. This osteotomy decreases forces transmitted from the radius to the lunate. We retrospectively reviewed 12 patients with Kienböck's disease who had 13 radial shortening osteotomies to ascertain whether the reported short- and medium-term results endured...

Abstract
 Background: In this study, we examined whether carpal bones (lunate, hamate, capitate) morphologies and fourth metecarp-capitate articulation have an effect on the distal radius fracture pattern.
 
 Methods: 206 patients who applied to emergency department with between 2016-2020 were included in study. Preoperative pre-reduction x-ray films of examined. Lunate, capitate...

BACKGROUND Selecting the correct type of osteosynthesis has a crucial impact on the final outcome of shortening operations for leg length discrepancy (LLD). One approach, introduced at the beginning of the 1950's, was fixation of femoral shortening osteotomy using the Pavlik intramedullary nail. AIM The aim of this paper is to draw attention to the outstanding contribution of this great repre...

BACKGROUND Trigger wrist is a rare condition first described by Marti in 1960, and various causes have been reported. The condition mostly occurs with finger flexion and extension, and rarely with flexion and extension of the wrist itself. Avascular necrosis of the capitate is also a rare condition, first described by Jönsson in 1942. While some reports of this condition have been published, li...