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The prevalence of osteoporosis and incidence of osteoporotic fractures is increasing gradually as life expectancy is prolonged and the aged population increases. Osteoporotic hip fractures (femoral neck fractures and femoral...
Complications of hand fractures occur regardless of the methods used for their treatment. The treatment is also challenging. The most common and troublesome complications of hand fractures are malunion, finger...
Purpose: This study examined whether preoperative radiological evaluations can predict syndesmotic instability according to the lateral malleolus fracture pattern in supination-external rotation-type ankle fractures.
Materials and Methods: This study enrolled 132...
Purpose: This study measured the physeal fracture gap on preoperative ankle computed tomography (CT) to predict the periosteal entrapment that requires an open reduction in distal tibia triplane fractures.
Materials and...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the clinical results of patients with basicervical fracture
undergoing cephalomedullary nailing (CMN) with an additional cannulated screw fixation compared to only performing...
Checkrein deformity has dynamic characteristics in which the degree of extension contracture of the metatarsophalangeal joint and flexion contracture of the interphalangeal joint change according to the movement of the...
Purpose: To evaluate the results of intramedullary nailing with sliding restriction and dynamization methods in treating intertrochanteric fractures.
Materials and Methods: From August 2016 to March 2019, patients aged 65 years...
Purpose: This study compared the 3-month treatment effects of teriparatide and percutaneous vertebroplasty for acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 76 patients diagnosed...
Purpose: This study examined the outcomes of additional medial locking plate fixation and autogenous bone grafting in the treatment of nonunions that occurred after initial fixation for distal femoral fractures...