Orthopaedics Today Europe Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopaedics Today Europe.

Table of Contents

• Revision may be inevitable after THA in children for tumors, fractures and necrosis
• Anterolateral deltoid-splitting ORIF may avoid AVN in proximal humerus fractures
• Casting for elderly patients with distal radius fractures found a viable treatment
• EFORT Awards in Prague 2015
• EFORT Open Reviews: Accurate, compact information
• Endoscopic Achilles tendon rupture repair is safe with local anesthesia Gazi Huri, MD; Mahmut Nedim Doral, MD; Mustafa Sargon, MD, PhD; Egemen Turhan, MD; Gürhan Dönmez, MD; Defne Kaya, MD
• Fusion offered no potential benefit in decompressive surgery for spinal stenosis
• Investigators found patient dissatisfaction may decrease over time following TKA
• Long, smooth taper with MoM hip bearing associated with less material loss
• Medial quadriceps tendon-femoral ligament provides alternative for medial patellofemoral stabilization John P. Fulkerson, MD
• Metal implant shown effective at mid-term follow-up for osteochondral ankle defects
• NORE: New network of orthopaedic registries to further enhance treatment quality
• OTE200: Working time directive
• PRP and placebo treatment may be equally effective for epicondylitis pain
• Pain management should be as important to surgeons as it is to patients Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, MD
• Crespine Gel may reduce pain in patients with knee OA
• Study: Misuse of NSAIDs in European patients with chronic pain may be prevalent
• Invibio announces new trauma technology platform
• MedTech names Peplinski VP of sales in Asia, Middle East and Latin America
• Autologous chondrocyte implantation on biphasic scaffold improved pain and function
• Certain patients with AKIH prone to collagen loss after moderate running
• Framework useful to identify barriers, facilitators to exercise for patients with OA
• Habitual running not linked to knee OA progression
• Higher risk of medial end-stage OA found in patients with constitutional varus
• Imaging techniques accurately diagnose cartilage defects
• Intra-articular corticosteroid injection comparable to placebo in patients with OA
• Location of meniscal injury determines shift in weightbearing line
• MACI, novel treatment clinically valid for femoroacetabular impingement
• Osteochondral autograft transplantation may offer higher rate of return to pre-injury athletics
• Results equivalent for patients undergoing microfracture and autologous chondrocyte implantation