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Protesi femoro-rotulea
Patellofemoral osteoarthritis is a common cause of anterior knee pain. Some authors reported an incidence of 9% in population over 40 years, with a...
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Il trattamento delle lesioni massive di cuffia con lo spaziatore biodegradabile sottoacromiale
The treatment of massive rotator cuff tears remains a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. There are several arthroscopic possibilities in the absence...
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Evoluzione della chirurgia sostitutiva del polso e mano
Prosthetic development in the treatment of arthritis is an important part of modern orthopaedics. As regards the wrist, prostheses have been...
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Le protesi di gomito: considerazioni cliniche e metodologiche
Elbow replacement has been typically used for patients suffering from autoimmune arthritis resistant to medical therapy; at present, some of its main...
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Sistemi di scarico articolare extra-capsulari del ginocchio: stato dell’arte
The treatment of early osteoarthritis of the knee can also be addressed with the use of different techniques that provide for the discharge of the...
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La protesi monocompartimentale
The concept of unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) has been described as early as the 1950’s following the introduction of the MacIntosh and McKeever...
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La protesi d’anca: anything new?
Total hip arthroplasty has been described as “the operation of the 20th century”, thanks to the great outcomes, patient satisfaction and improvement...
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Protesi metatarso-falangee
Several techniques, from cheilectomy to arthrodesis, have been proposed for the treatment of degenerative disease of the first metatarsophalangeal...
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Impianti e sostituti meniscali
When meniscal lesions occur, preservation of meniscal tissue and restoration of the normal meniscal biomechanics is imperative to avoid early knee...
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Protesi di rivestimento di anca
Hip resurfacing arthroplasty is a concept of hip replacement surgery developed specifically for young and active patients. Femoral bone stock...
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Le protesi di capitello radiale
Radial head prosthesis has been developed to reduce potential complications resulting from radial head resection surgery. Principal indications are...
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Protesi di rivestimento e stemless in chirurgia della spalla. Indicazioni, limiti e prospettive
Small implants in shoulder replacement surgery represent a viable alternative to traditional surgery in specific conditions. Resurfacing and stemless...
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Evoluzione della chirurgia sostitutiva di ginocchio
The advent of knee arthroplasty is one of the most significant advances in surgery. Engineering and biomechanical innovations have shown a fast and...
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Protesi bi-compartimentali di ginocchio: trend di utilizzo e analisi della letteratura
Minimally invasive surgery in knee arthroplasty has been a challenge since the 1950s, when the first mono-compartmental knee prostheses were...
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Il legamento artificiale: dal tutore intrarticolare al sostituto biomimetico
In ACL reconstruction, the search for the ideal transplant still finds too many controversies. The choice of surgeons has always turned towards the...
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L’artrodesi circonferenziale selettiva mini-invasiva nel trattamento della patologia discale degenerativa lombare
Degenerative lumbar spine disease is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) is a valid approach in the...
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Le fratture esposte articolari e periarticolari
Exposed articular and periarticular fractures are serious injuries, often resulting from high-energy traumas, associated to high risk of septic...
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Epidemiologia delle fratture esposte presso AOU Careggi, Firenze; criticità nel percorso diagnostico
To assess whether our epidemiological data on infections in exposed fractures were in line with the literature, we evaluated the wound swabs and...
