Background: Coracoid bone graft osteolysis and fibrous union are the principal causes of failure in patients treated with the Latarjet procedure. This study aims to investigate the hypothesis that coracoid bone graft osteolysis is more pronounced in cases without glenoid bone loss, which may be due to a diminished mechanotransduction effect at the bone healing site. Methods: We prospectively fo...

Although the real actual incidence of metallosis is unknown, it is described as a rare diagnosis with a 5% estimated incidence in the hip prosthetic replacements. The adoption of non-metallic articular prosthetic devices, made of polyethylene and ceramic, is the main reason to the diminishing number of reported cases. We present a case of metallosis with a clinical systemic presentation in a pa...

Aseptic loosening and periprosthetic osteolysis occur as a result of the biological response to particulate wear debris and are one of the leading causes of arthroplasty failure. Periprosthetic osteolysis originates from chronic inflammatory responses triggered by implant-derived particulate debris, which cause recruitment of cells, including macrophages, fibroblasts, lymphocytes and osteoclast...

Bioabsorbable implants are very frequently used to treat rotator cuff and shoulder labrum injuries. Many researchers have observed small areas of osteolysis after treating pathological conditions of the shoulder using bioabsorbable anchors. Biological and mechanical theories have been put forward to account for the osteolysis caused by these materials. The case of a patient who was simultaneous...

Multicentric disappearing bone disease, or Gorham disease, is a rare entity. A middle age woman, presented to us with left sided antalgic gait and severe bony deformity of her left knee. Radiograph revealed massive bone defect of the medial condyle of the left tibia with subluxation of the knee joint. She was scheduled for knee replacement in six months. However, she developed another lesion ov...

The Gorham-Stout disease is a very rare condition, characterized by lymphovascular proliferation and massive bone resorption. We present a 48-year-old male patient with osteolysis involving the left femoral head and neck, as well as to the ipsilateral acetabulum. Besides the morphological imaging, he underwent bone scintigraphy, technetium-99m-V-dimercaptosuccinic acid [99mTc(V)-DMSA] single ph...

We reviewed prospectively cemented stem revision in 106 patients with severe femoral endosteal bone lysis without infection. Bone grafts were not used in any of the patients. The minimum follow-up was three years (mean 6 years 4 months). At the last review 76.4% of the patients were free of pain and 17.9% had only mild or occasional discomfort; radiographs showed well-fixed stable stems in 101 ...

Gorham’s disease, also known as vanishing bone disease and massive osteolysis is a very rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of vascular or lymphatic capillaries within bone.1 As the endothelial cells proliferate, they aggressively yet painlessly invade the adjacent bone, leading to resorption and replacement with angiomatous tissue. Surrounding soft tis...

A completely extruded talus without any remaining soft tissue attachments is extremely rare. The present report describes treatment of a 45-year-old man who sustained a completely extruded talus injury following a rock-climbing fall. Upon admission, the extruded talus was deep-frozen in our bone bank. The open ankle joint underwent massive wound debridement and irrigation for 3 days. Four days ...

INTRODUCTION Gorham's disease is a rare musculoskeletal disease which causes progressive osteolysis and is characterized by massive bone destruction due to proliferation of vascular elements along with a great number of osteoclasts. The etiology of the disease is unknown. Gorham's disease is essentially rare in the forearm bones. As far as we know, only 2 cases of Gorham's disease of the forear...