Shirzad Houshian, Charlotte Buch Gøthgen, Niels Wisbech Pedersen, Søren Harving
{"title":"Femoral shaft fractures in children: elastic stable intramedullary nailing in 31 cases.","authors":"Shirzad Houshian, Charlotte Buch Gøthgen, Niels Wisbech Pedersen, Søren Harving","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report our experience with elastic stable intramedullary titanium nailing (ESIN) of femoral shaft fractures in children. From 1998 to 2001, we treated 31 children (20 boys), median age 6 (4-11) years, with ESIN for 29 closed and 2 grade I open femoral shaft fractures. We reviewed 30 children clinically after median 1.5 (1-3) years. Their median hospital stay was 6 (2-20) days. All fractures were radiographically united at a median of 7 (5-9) weeks. The nails were removed in 29 children after a median of 22 (6-38) weeks postoperatively. At follow-up, we found a leg-length discrepancy up to 1 cm in 6 children and 10 degrees of internal rotational deformity in 1 child. No angular deformity had occurred. Elastic stable intramedullary nailing seems to be a safe method for the treatment of femoral shaft fractures in children between 4 and 11 years of age.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"249-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001150","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24619551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Surgical treatment of femoral fractures in children. Comparison between external fixation and elastic intramedullary nails: a review.","authors":"Hanne Hedin","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001132","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Femoral fractures represent about 2% of all fractures in childhood. Children with femoral fractures always need to be admitted to hospital and the use of resources is much higher than for other childhood fractures. During the past decade, there has been a trend towards surgical treatment of these fractures, one advantage being the shorter time required in hospital. Two common surgical treatment options are external fixation (EF) and elastic stable intramedullary nails (ESIN). Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and neither of them solves all of the problems. Used in a complementary manner, they are safe and reliable for the treatment of femoral fractures in children, and they give good long-term results and few serious complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"231-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001132","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24620238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Magnus Tägil, Jan Reimertz, Renate Elborgh, Philippe Kopylov
{"title":"Intravenous regional administration of corticosteroids in juvenile chronic arthritis.","authors":"Magnus Tägil, Jan Reimertz, Renate Elborgh, Philippe Kopylov","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Treatment of juvenile chronic arthritis patients with longstanding multiple joint or tendon involvement that is resistant to medication remains a challenge. For 20 years, we have been treating these severely ill patients with intravenous regional glucocorticoids (a modified Bier's block).</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>Since 1996, all juvenile chronic arthritis patients have been followed prospectively by an occupational therapist who has registered the grip strength and range of motion at an average of 6 months after treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 22/40 wrists and hands, increased grip strength was recorded. The mean grip strength increased for the whole group from 47 to 59 N and the flexion lag decreased.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>The effect of intravenous regional steroid treatment may be limited from a long-term perspective, but in our series, half of the patients showed a considerable improvement after 6 months. Surgical synovectomy can be postponed and perhaps even be omitted.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"352-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001312","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24621559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A cost analysis of three methods of treating femoral shaft fractures in children: a comparison of traction in hospital, traction in hospital/home and external fixation.","authors":"Hanne Hedin, Lars Borgquist, Sune Larsson","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There is no consensus as to which is best treatment of femoral fractures in children.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>We performed a cost analysis comparing three treatments of femoral shaft fractures in children aged 3-15 years at 3 hospitals during the same period (1993-2000). The analysis included total medical costs and costs for the care provider and were calculated from the time of injury up to 1 year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At hospital 1, treatment consisted of external fixation and early mobilization. At hospital 2, the treatment was skin or skeletal traction in hospital for 1-2 weeks, followed by home traction. At hospital 3, treatment was skin or skeletal traction in hospital until the fracture healed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average total costs per patient were EUR 10,000 at hospital 1, EUR 23,000 at hospital 2, and EUR 38,000 at hospital 3.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>The main factor for determining the cost of treatment was the number of days in hospital, which was lower in children treated with external fixation.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"241-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24619550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cigarette smoking delays bone healing: a prospective study of 200 patients operated on by the hemicallotasis technique.","authors":"Annette W-Dahl, Sören Toksvig-Larsen","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cigarette smoking is known to impede bone healing. The hemicallotasis technique is based on an external fixation and delayed healing prolongs treatment and increases the risk of further complications.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>200 patients, 34 smokers and 166 nonsmokers, operated on by the hemicallotasis technique in the proximal tibia for deformities of the knee (knee arthrosis in 186 patients) were consecutively studied. We recorded their preoperative smoking habits, postoperative complications and the duration of treatment with external fixation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Half of the smokers and one fifth of the nonsmokers developed complications. Their mean time in external fixation was 96 (SD 20) days. Smokers required an average of 16 days more in external fixation. Delayed healing and pseudoarthrosis were commoner in smokers than nonsmokers. The risk ratio for smokers to develop complications was 2.5, as compared to nonsmokers.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"347-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001303","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24621558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominique A Rothenfluh, Thomas J Demhartner, Christian R Fraitzl, Marco G Cecchini, Reinhold Ganz, Michael Leunig
{"title":"Potential role of pre-existing blood vessels for vascularization and mineralization of osteochondral grafts: an intravital microscopic study in mice.","authors":"Dominique A Rothenfluh, Thomas J Demhartner, Christian R Fraitzl, Marco G Cecchini, Reinhold Ganz, Michael Leunig","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim of this study was to develop an experimental model that allows to elude the potential role of the preexisting graft microvasculature for vascularization and mineralization of osteochondral grafts.</p><p><strong>Animals and methods: </strong>For that purpose, the II-IV metatarsals of fetal DDY-mice known to be nonvascularized at day 16 of gestation (M16) but vascularized at day 18 (M18) were freshly transplanted into dorsal skin fold chambers of adult DDY mice. Using intravital microscopy angiogenesis, leukocyte-endothelium interaction and mineralization were assessed for 12 days.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Angiogenesis occurred at 32 hours in M18, but not before 57 hours in M16 (p = 0.002), with perfusion of these vessels at 42 hours (p = 0.005) and 65 hours (p = 0.1), respectively. Vessels reached a density three times as high as that of the recipient site at day 6, remaining constant until day 12 in M18, whereas in M16 vascular density increased from day 6 and reached that of M18 at day 12 (p = 0.04). Leukocyte-endothelium interaction showed sticker counts elevated by a factor of 4-5 in M18 as compared to M16. Mineralization of osteochondral grafts did not differ between M16 and M18, which significantly increased in both groups throughout the observation period.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>We propose the faster kinetics in the angiogenic response to M18 and the elevated counts of sticking leukocytes to rest on the potential of establishing end-to-end anastomoses (inosculation) of the vascularized graft with recipient vessels.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"359-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001330","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24621561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonathan M F Spencer, C L Maxime H Gibbons, Robert J Sharp, Andrew J Carr, Nicholas A Athanasou
{"title":"Arthroplasty for ochronotic arthritis: no failure of 11 replacements in 3 patients followed 6-12 years.","authors":"Jonathan M F Spencer, C L Maxime H Gibbons, Robert J Sharp, Andrew J Carr, Nicholas A Athanasou","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001321","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alkaptonuria is a rare single-gene disorder characterized by black pigmentation of cartilage and other connective tissues. Premature degenerative arthritis affects the large joints in many of these of patients. Medical treatment is limited to a protein-restricted diet (phenylalanine and tyrosine) with surgery reserved for end-stage joint disease. As in other metabolic bone diseases, there are concerns about the quality and strength of affected bones and therefore the suitability and longevity of replacement arthroplasty. The histopathology and outcome of joint replacement for alkaptonuric arthritis is unknown and limited to sporadic case reports.</p><p><strong>Patients and results: </strong>We describe 11 joint replacements in 3 patients with alkaptonuric polyarthropathy, including shoulder and elbow replacements not previously reported. No prosthetic failures occurred in up to 12 years of follow-up.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Total joint replacement is an acceptable treatment for degenerative joint disease in alkaptonuric patients, with implant survival comparable to that found in patients with osteoarthritis.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"355-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001321","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24621560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dean Pakvis, Gijs van Hellemondt, Patsy Anderson, Marinus de Kleuver
{"title":"No benefits with computer assistance in triple pelvic osteotomy.","authors":"Dean Pakvis, Gijs van Hellemondt, Patsy Anderson, Marinus de Kleuver","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001187","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We evaluated computer-assisted surgery (CAS) used for 21 triple pelvic osteotomies on 20 patients with symptomatic acetabular dysplasia and compared the intraoperative and immediate postoperative data with those of 32 patients who underwent 40 pelvic osteotomies without CAS. The use of the CAS system was abandoned during 9/21 operations mostly because of technical and CT data failure. The peroperative blood loss and duration of surgery were greater, while neurovascular damage occurred less often in the CAS group. We found that the CAS system for pelvic osteotomy was not better than conventional methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"265-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001187","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24619554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominik Parsch, Caroline Diehm, Sven Schneider, Andrew New, Steffen J Breusch
{"title":"Acetabular cementing technique in THA--flanged versus unflanged cups, cadaver experiments.","authors":"Dominik Parsch, Caroline Diehm, Sven Schneider, Andrew New, Steffen J Breusch","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are few studies on the effect of acetabular cup design on cement penetration.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We evaluated the effects of an acetabular flange on cement pressurization and cement penetration in 12 cadavers. Flanged or unflanged cups were implanted in paired human acetabula with simulated intraosseous bleeding pressure but without cement pressurization before insertion of the cup. Three pressure transducers were used to record intra-acetabular peak and average pressures during cup insertion. Following implantation, the whole specimens were AP-radiographed and standardized sections through the acetabula were microradiographed to evaluate cement penetration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Flanged cups produced greater intra-acetabular peak pressures than unflanged cups, but did not increase the average intra-acetabular pressure. Cement penetration did not differ significantly between the two groups.</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Our findings do not support the use of flanged cups as the sole means of cement pressurization in the acetabulum.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"269-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001196","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24619555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impact of time of admission on major complications and mortality in patients undergoing emergency trauma surgery.","authors":"Jason W Busse, Mohit Bhandari, P J Devereaux","doi":"10.1080/00016470410001286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00016470410001286","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous studies have shown a relationship between time of admission to hospital and mortality rates; however, it is uncertain whether such a relationship exists for patients requiring emergency trauma surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included all trauma patients, except those with moderate to severe burns, who presented to a university-affiliated level 1 trauma center and underwent surgery, from 1995 until 2001 (n = 1044). We conducted univariate and multivariate analyses in which the dependent variables were in-hospital mortality and major complications, and the independent variables were the time of presentation to the trauma centre (nighttime vs. daytime, weekend vs. weekday, month of year, and year), age, sex, injury severity score, type of operative procedure, and total number of operative procedures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>None of the factors related to time of presentation were associated with major complications or mortality. Factors predictive of increased mortality were higher ISS (odds ratio 1.07; 95% confidence interval 1.03-1.08), older age (1.04; 1.03-1.07), operations involving the cardiovascular system (1.7; 1-2.6), \"miscellaneous\" operative procedures (1.8; 1.1-2.9), and major complications (2.4; 1.4-4.2).</p><p><strong>Interpretation: </strong>Time of presentation for emergency trauma surgery was not associated with differences in major complications or in mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":75403,"journal":{"name":"Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica","volume":"75 3","pages":"333-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00016470410001286","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24620584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}