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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of bipolar hemiarthroplasty using a cementless femoral stem for treating unstable intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This...
Spinal epidural abscesses are uncommon, but potentially devastating and often fatal. They can be found in normal patients, but they are more prevalent in immunocompromised patients, such as intravenous drug...
PURPOSE: To analyze the effectiveness of a two-stage revision surgery for an infected total hip arthroplasty.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1988 and 2005, twenty-four patients (24 hips, 18 males, 6 females)...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the value and limitation of modified Mau osteotomy through the review of 30 feet treated by this procedure.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 30 cases treated with...