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Fractures of the medial condyle of the distal humerus in children are very rare, and the younger the age, the more difficult it is to diagnose. These fractures include an...
Talar fracture management is one of the most challenging tasks for orthopedic surgeons. High complication rates and functional impairments after talar fractures have been well documented, and thus, surgical strategies...
Ankle fractures are the most common type of foot and ankle fracture injury. Several types of fractures occur in the ankle structures (medial malleolus, lateral malleolus, posterior malleolus, and Chaput’s...
A short femoral stem (type 1 cementless stem) is being increasingly used to perform total hip arthroplasty; however, various types of intra- or postoperative periprosthetic fractures have been reported in...
Purpose: To report the surgical results of the parapatellar approach for AO/OTA 33-C distal femoral intra-articular fractures.
Materials and Methods: Twenty-one patients with AO/OTA 33-C distal femoral intra-articular fracture were included....
Infective nonunion after fracture surgery can cause persistent pain and inflammatory exudate in patients, requiring long-term treatment. To treat infective nonunion, radical debridement of infective bone and soft tissue should...
Purpose: This study compared the radiologic and clinical outcomes of metacarpal fractures treated with two minimally invasive surgical techniques: Kirschner wire (K-wire) fixation and headless screw fixation.
Materials and Methods: This...