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    Factors influencing treatment success of negative pressure wound therapy in patients with postoperative infections after Osteosynthetic fracture fixation

    Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is being increasingly used to treat postoperative infections after osteosynthetic fracture fixation. The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of epidemio...

    Kaywan Izadpanah, Stephanie Hansen, Julia Six-Merker in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2017)

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    Osteoarthritic changes rather than age predict outcome following arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular im**ement in middle-aged patients

    Our purpose was to evaluate outcome following arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular im**ement (FAI) in middle-aged patients and to define risk factors for conversion to total hip arthroplasty (THA).

    Simon Jakob Herrmann, Manuel Bernauer, Benjamin Erdle in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2016)

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    Early surgery-related complications after anteroposterior stabilization of vertebral body fractures in the thoracolumbar region

    The complication rate after trauma-associated spine surgery remains unknown because of the rarity of this injury and the polymorphism of treatment methods. We report the complication rates recorded at one cent...

    Lukas Konstantinidis, Elisabeth Mayer, Peter C. Strohm in Journal of Orthopaedic Science (2010)

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    Indications for computed tomography (CT-) diagnostics in proximal humeral fractures: a comparative study of plain radiography and computed tomography

    Precise indications for computed tomography (CT) in proximal humeral fractures are not established. The purpose of this study was a comparison of conventional radiographic views with different CT reconstructio...

    Christian Bahrs, Bernd Rolauffs, Norbert P Südkamp in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2009)

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    Inter- and intraobserver reliability of the MTM-classification for proximal humeral fractures: A prospective study

    A precise modular topographic-morphological (MTM) classification for proximal humeral fractures may address current classification problems. The classification was developed to evaluate whether a very detailed...

    Christian Bahrs, Hagen Schmal, Erich Lingenfelter in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2008)