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Is antegrade nailing a proper option in 2- and 3-part proximal humeral fractures?
To report our experience with antegrade short locked intramedullary nail for treatment of proximal humeral fractures and to review the current literature.
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Open AccessSuicidal jumper’s fracture – sacral fractures and spinopelvic instability: a case series
Sacral fractures with spinopelvic dissociation are rare, and hard to diagnose and treat. Fractures with a H- or U-shaped line are severely unstable, due to a dissociation of the spine and of the upper body of ...
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Hospital mortality predictive factors following Rapid Response Team activation
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Current options to surgical treatment in osteoporotic fractures
Treatment of osteoporotic fractures leads to significant challenges for the surgeon, including poor implant fixation related to low bone quality and compromised capacity of fracture healing. This article revie...
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Acetabular revisions using a cementless oblong cup: five to ten year results
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the results of acetabular revisions with the use of an oblong revision cup that is designed with its longitudinal diameter elongated relative to its transverse diamete...
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Total hip replacement in neurogenic arthropathy
Neurogenic arthropathy of the hip can cause insidious articular destruction. Differential diagnosis includes tumor and septic arthritis. We report a case of neurogenic hip arthropathy in a 30-year-old diabetic...
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Moyamoya disease and Moyamoya syndrome: experience in Europe; choice of revascularisation procedures
To present our clinical experience in terms of disease presentation and choice of revascularisation procedure in our first group of 23 European Moyamoya angiopathy (disease and syndrome) patients.
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The primary role of steroids on the osteoporosis in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients evaluated by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
Osteoporosis, a common clinical feature in children affected with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), is generally divided into two forms, a localized juxta-articular osteoporosis of the single joints and a g...