PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The conservative treatment of an odontoid fracture with immobilization in a halo-vest or collar often results in pseudoarthrosis. Therefore, surgical treatment is preferred, and the Magerl-Böhler anterior osteosynthesis of the C2 dens is one of the options for achieving good bony union. The aim of this study was to show that the success of reducing an odontoid fracture is r...

Aims. The aim of the study was to compare endotracheal intubation with i-gel and LMA (laryngeal mask airway) supreme supraglottic airway devices in orbital osteosynthesis surgery. Methods. 134 patients undergoing orbital plasty after fracture were enrolled in our study and were randomized into three groups: 43 in the endotracheal intubation group, 42 in the LMA-Supreme group, and 49 patients w...

Background: Postoperative infections and wound complications are among the main complications of any surgical treatment. Knowledge of patient-specific factors in cases of wound healing disorder, which can ultimately lead to failure of fixation, would allow such complications to be counteracted. Methods: A search of operation records for the period 2005 to 2010, for mandibular fractures treated ...

Late osteosynthesis-associated infection (OAI) is an uncommon and potentially serious disease. Its clinical presentation may mimic skin soft tissue infection, leading to misdiagnosis. We report the case of a 64 year-old man with late OAI in frontal bone, initially misdiagnosed as infectious cellulitis. can be difficult suspect, especially if intervention was performed years ago. Because misdiag...

PURPOSE To review outcomes of 10 patients who underwent plate osteosynthesis for severe olecranon fractures. METHODS Records of 7 men and 3 women aged 33 to 73 years who underwent plate osteosynthesis for severe olecranon fractures were reviewed. All had some degree of soft-tissue injury; 6 presented with associated fractures. Seven patients were treated with a limited contact dynamic compres...

AIM To evaluate minimal fixation method with Kirschner's wires in the treatment of open fractures of the hand and foot short bones, caused by explosive devices. METHOD There were 270 wounded persons with open fractures of hand and foot short bones, who were surgically treated at the Department of Surgery at the Osijek University Hospital. The stabilization of an unstable open fracture was per...

BACKGROUND Irradiation results in impaired bone healing. Thus, osteosynthesis procedures are afflicted with increased failure rates. To improve osseointegration bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) immobilized on nanocrystalline diamond (NCD)-coated implant surfaces might be 1 solution. METHODS By 4 weeks after irradiation of pig's mandible with a dose of 60 Gy a fracture was accomplished. Os...

This paper presents the results of numerical analysis aimed at determining the state of stresses and displacements of compression plate used in osteosynthesis of tibia, carried out by applying finite element method using the ANSYS program. The analysis took into account two variants of the osteosynthesis. Variant I included the osteosynthesis in which plate was attached directly to the bone, in...

Introduction: Tibia is one of the most commonly fractured long bone of the body. Distal tibia fractures are primarily located within a square based on the width of the distal tibia. Treatment of distal tibia fracture is challenging because of its unique anatomical characteristics of subcutaneous location with precarious blood supply and proximity to the ankle joint. Minimally invasive plate ost...