BACKGROUND Delayed unions or refractures are not rare following surgical treatment for proximal fifth metatarsal metaphyseal-diaphyseal fractures. Intramedullary screw fixation with bone autografting has the potential to resolve the issue. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the result of the procedure. METHODS The authors retrospectively reviewed 15 athletes who underwent surgical trea...

Background: C ompression plates and intramedullary nails are the devices for humeral shaft fracture stabilization. “The nailing has been associated with post operative shoulder pain and stiffness due to impingement from prominent implants. Plate fixationreduced the risk of shoulder problems and may also reduce the risk of reoperation and shoulder impingement.” Objective:To “compare the outcomes...

In this study; it is aimed to present the operative treatment and results, which are indicated for continue of their racing life in splint bone fractures frequently occurred race horses. The 2nd 4th metacarpal (Mc-II Mc-IV) metatarsal bones (Mt-II Mt-IV) horse accessory structures that support carpus tarsus. Fractures these horses called “splint fractures”. Splint relatively common usually seen...

Metacarpal (MCP) base fractures are less commonly encountered than diaphyseal or metacarpal neck fractures. These are difficult injuries to diagnose and are challenging to treat. Neglect of these injuries, either by missed diagnosis or by inadequate treatment, causes significant disability due a poorly functioning carpo-metacarpal joint. There have been several developments in the management of...

A prospective study was conducted to determine the efficacy of using recombinant BMP-7 (rhOP-1) as an adjuvant in the treatment of diaphyseal humeral nonunions. Twenty-three consecutive patients with atrophic humeral diaphyseal nonunions were treated at seven separate institutions. All nonunions were fixed with either a compression plate or an intramedullary nail in conjunction with various bon...

The objective of this study was to compare the Locking Compression Plate (LCP) with the more cost-effective straight-dynamic compression plate (DCP) and wave-DCPs by testing in vitro the effects of plate stiffness on different types of diaphyseal femur fractures (A, B, and C, according to AO classification). The bending structural stiffness of each plate was obtained from four-point bending tes...

Received: July 2005. Accepted: January 2006. Aim. To value the technical complications associated with Seidel’s intramedullary nailing using in the management of humeral diaphyseal fractures. Materials and methods. Retrospective study of 43 cases, controlled between the year 1999 and 2003, analyzing epidemiological, clinical-radilogical parameters, as well as the most frequent complications and...

We compared the results of primary ultrasonographic examination of 163 children with 224 suspected fractures with the subsequent radiological findings. The aim was to assess the value of ultrasound in the diagnosis of fractures in children. We found a good correlation for fractures of the long bones of the upper and lower limbs. Ultrasound was most reliable for the detection of simple femoral a...

Intraoperative proximal femoral fracture, one of the most common complications of total hip arthroplasty (THA), occurs more often in cementless procedures and can affect rehabilitation, hospitalization time, and cost of treatment. The goal of this study was to identify risk factors for intraoperative proximal femoral fracture in THA to identify high-risk groups preoperatively and minimize the i...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to describe the experience of our group in treating humeral shaft fractures using the bridge-plate technique via an anterior approach. METHODS Seventeen patients with acute diaphyseal humeral fractures with an indication for surgical treatment who were operated in 2006-2010 were evaluated. The AO and Gustilo & Anderson classifications were used. All the patients were ope...