AIM To evaluate the management of aseptic non-unions of the distal third of the tibial diaphysis, using static interlocking intramedullary nailing. METHODS Between January 2005 and November 2012, a total number of 42 patients who underwent surgery at our hospital for aseptic non-unions of the distal third of the tibial diaphysis, were included in our study. Preoperatively, all the patients we...

Our primary objective was to validate the Bone Strength Index for compression (BSIC) by determining the amount of variance in failure load and stiffness that was explained by BSIC and bone properties at two distal sites in human cadaveric tibiae when tested in axial compression. Our secondary objective was to assess the variance in failure moment and flexural rigidity that was explained by bone...

BACKGROUND Aseptic implant loosening and periprosthetic bone loss are major problems after total hip arthroplasty (THA). We present an in vivo method of computed tomography (CT) assisted osteodensitometry after THA that differentiates between cortical and cancellous bone density (BD) and area around the femoral component. METHOD Cortical and cancellous periprosthetic femoral BD (mg CaHA/mL), ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the changes in bone density and geometry of the radius after chronic stroke and the associated clinical factors. METHODS Twenty stroke patients (12 men and 8 women, age=42-78 years, time post-stroke=12-166 months) and 23 control participants (14 men and 9 women, age=53-77 years) were assessed at the time of enrolment and one year later. Peripheral quantitative computed ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the indications, epidemiology, associated lesions, complications and prognosis among children with unstable femoral diaphysis fractures who were treated with titanium elastic intramedullary nails. METHOD This was a retrospective analysis on 24 patients aged 5-12 years with unstable femoral diaphysis fractures who underwent surgical treatment with elastic titanium intrame...

Mechanobiology In article 2201830 by Lining Arnold Ju and co-workers, a 3D-rendered tibia bone, featuring an observation window located in its diaphysis region, reveals bone marrow that is abundant vasculature. During exercise, the central arteries transverse arterioles experience substantial surface stresses, which are then transferred from cortical to more pliable through process known as mec...

Objective The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the 2D scanning measurement of the foetal femoral diaphysis using anterior or lateral/external incidence at ultrasound. Methods In August 2016, 30 consecutive patients underwent a second trimester morphology ultrasound between 21 and 24 weeks of gestation by a senior sonographist. In each case, the femur length was measured either with a...

PURPOSE To investigate the etiologic factors related to refractures of the upper extremity in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eighteen refractures were divided into three groups according to the location of the initial fractures. They were analyzed in terms of the type of refractures, fracture patterns, and the existence of an underlying deformity. RESULTS Of nine supracondylar fractures of ...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the clinical and functional results from treatment of humeral diaphysis fractures using Ender nails. METHODS Eighteen patients who underwent osteosynthesis of humeral diaphysis fractures using Ender nails were evaluated. In addition to the clinical and radiographic evaluations, patients with a minimum of one year of follow-up were assessed by means of the Constant, Am...