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Hip fractures in children and adolescents
No full textFemoral neck fractures account for <1% of the fractures in children, and are produced by high energy trauma. The most commonly accepted treatment for such fractures is gentle manual anatomical reduction and internal fixation, yielding a healing rate between 80% and 90%
RC-QOL score for rotator cuff pathology: Adaptation to Italian
No full textWe translated and adapted the English RC-QOL (rotator cuff quality of life) questionnaire into Italian and performed reliability and validity evaluations of the Italian RC-QOL version in patients with rotator cuff tears. The RC-QOL English version was translated into Italian by a bilingual orthopaedic surgeon. The back translation of the Italian version into English was performed by another bilingual orthopaedic surgeon. The original version was compared with the back translation. The RC-QOL questionnaire was then administered to 22 subjects (range 45-74 years) with a diagnosis of rotator cuff tears. For test-retest evaluation, the 22 patients were asked to complete the questionnaire at first examination, and 30 min following the end of this examination. The intraclass correlation coefficient for the 22 patients was 0.94 (95% CI = 0.85-0.98), indicating a high reliability. There were no significant differences between the scores immediately after the consultation and 30 min later. The Italian and the English versions of the RC-QOL questionnaire evaluate the same aspects of clinical severity in patients with rotator cuff tears. © 2009 Springer-Verlag
Laparoscopic "single knot-single running" suture vesico-urethral anastomosis with posterior musculofascial reconstruction
No full textEarly and late urodynamic assessment of simplified Indiana pouch with multiple taeniamyotomies
No full textSurgical treatment for failure of repair of patellar and quadriceps tendon rupture with ipsilateral hamstring tendon graft
No full textTears of the patellar and quadriceps tendon are common in the active population, especially in athletes. At present, several techniques for surgical repair and reconstruction are available. When reruptures occur, a reconstruction is mandatory. In the present paper, we describe a surgical technique for patellar and quadriceps tendon reconstruction using ipsilateral hamstring autograft. After routine hamstring tendon harvesting, the tendon ends are prepared using a whip stitch. A transverse tunnel is drilled in the midportion of the patella, the hamstring graft is passed through the patella, and firmly secured to the patellar tunnel openings with sutures. The details of the technique are fully described. Autologous ipsilateral hamstring tendon grafts provide a secure sound means to manage these challenging injuries
Osteoarthritis of the hip and knee in former male professional soccer players
No full textProfessional soccer (PS) players are at great risk of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and hip
Top orthopedic sports medicine procedures
No full textAbstract Orthopedic sports medicine is a subspecialty of Orthopedics that focuses on managing pathological conditions of the musculoskeletal system arising from sports practice. When dealing with athletes, timing is the most difficult issue to face. Typically, athletes aim to return to play as soon as possible and at the pre-injury level. This means that management should be optimized to combine the need for prompt return to sport and to the biologic healing time of the musculo-skeletal. This poses a great challenge to sport medicine surgeons, who need to follow with attention to the latest scientific evidence to offer their patients the best available treatment options. We briefly review the most commonly performed orthopedic sports medicine procedures, outlining the presently available scientific evidence on their indications and outcomes
Zero-ischemia minimally invasive partial nephrectomy
No full textIn the last decade, many authors reported single center experiences of "off-clamp", "clamp-less", or "unclamped" minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MIPN). These procedures, despite the potential risk of increased intraoperative blood loss, attempted to minimize the loss of renal function by eliminating ischemic renal injury. "Zero ischemia" MIPN has emerged as new treatment option in 2011, initially performed under controlled hypotension, and later mainly by performing a "superselective microdissection". The former technique minimizes the arterial bleeding from the renal stump, allowing surgeon to dissect the tumor in a bloodless field; the latter consists of identifying, antegradely from the renal hilum, the tertiary and quaternary arterial branches directly supplying the kidney neoplasm, and then selectively controlling them before dissecting the renal mass. This review critically analyzes these techniques, focusing on perioperative, oncologic and functional outcomes
Cervical spine alignment in disc arthroplasty: should we change our perspective?
No full textPurpose The alignment at the cervical spine has been considered a determinant of degeneration at the adjacent disc, but this issue in cervical disc replacement surgery is poorly explored and discussed in this patient population. The aim of this systematic review is to compare anterior cervical fusion and total disc replacement (TDR) in terms of preservation of the overall cervical alignment and complications.Methods A systematic review of the current literature was performed, together with the evaluation of the methodological quality of all the retrieved studies.Results In most of the retrieved studies, a tendency towards a more postoperative kyphotic alignment in TDR was reported. The reported mean complication rate was of 12.5 % (0-66.2 %). Complications associated with cervical prosthesis included heterotopic ossification, device migration, mechanical instability, failure, implant removal, reoperations and revision.Conclusions Even though cervical disc arthroplasty leads to similar outcomes compared to arthrodesis in the middle term follow-up, no evidence of superiority of cervical TDR is available up to date. We understand that the overall cervical alignment after TDR tends towards the loss of lordosis, but only longer follow-up can determine its influence on the clinical results
Response to ‘Comment on robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy using the HugoTM RAS system: first multicentre study’
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