Issue 1

Volume 74, February 2008

• review article

  • Current limitations to the histopathological diagnosis of some frequently encountered bone tumours

    Christine Galant, Jacques Malghem, Catherine Sibille, Pierre-Louis Docquier, Christian Delloye

    p1-6

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• original studies

  • Outcome of cemented Neer II hemiarthroplasty in displaced humeral head fractures

    Bettina Falborg, Henrik Palm, Anne Marie Fenger, Kiran Anderson, Claus Hjorth Jensen

    p7-12

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  • Helix wire osteosynthesis of proximal humerus fractures : Unacceptably high rate of failure

    Suhab Ali Khan

    p13-16

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  • Evaluation of functional outcome and patient satisfaction after arthroscopic elbow arthrolysis

    Brinda Vihari Somanchi, Lennard Funk

    p17-23

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  • Treatment of scaphoid non-unions with a corticocancellous graft and Herbert screw fixation : Results at five years follow-up

    Marlies Schreuder, Ilse Degreef, Luc De Smet

    p24-28

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  • Midterm results of concomitant epiphyseal fixation and trochanteric osteotomy for severe chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis

    Mostafa A. K. El-Sayed, Mahmoud El-Hadidi, Wael El-Adl

    p29-38

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  • The percutaneous compression plate versus the dynamic hip screw : A meta-analysis

    Sukhmeet Singh Panesar, Saqeb Mirza, Gaurav Bharadwaj, Victor Woolf, Ratukondla Ravikumar, Thanos Athanasiou

    p39-48

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  • Achieving the required medial offset and limb length in total hip arthroplasty

    Palaniappan Lakshmanan, Shabhaz M. Y. Ahmed, Richard G. N. Hansford, David J. Woodnutt

    p49-53

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  • Total hip replacement for acute femoral neck fracture : A survey of National Joint Registries

    Murali Krishna Sayana, Palaniappan Lakshmanan, Jeetender Pal Peehal, Charles Wynn-Jones, Nicola Maffuli

    p54-58

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  • Patients are more satisfied than they expected after joint arthroplasty

    Roy Brokelman, Corne van Loon, Job van Susante, Albert van Kampen, Rene Veth

    p59-63

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  • Experimental investigation of negative pressure intrusion techniques of acetabular cementation in total hip arthroplasty

    Ruairi F. Mac Niocaill, Shane Guerin, John R. Bitton, Alex B. Lennon, Patrick J. Prendergast, Patrick Kenny

    p64-71

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  • Accuracy and reproducibility of computer-assisted measurement of polyethylene wear in knee arthroplasty

    Philippe Massin, Jean Heizmann, Stéphane Prove, François Régis Dupuy, Anne Ponthieux

    p72-82

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  • Predictors for blood transfusion following total knee arthroplasty : A prospective randomised study

    Francisco Mesa-Ramos, Manuel Mesa-Ramos, Carmen Maquieira-Canosa, Pedro Carpintero

    p83-89

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  • An analysis of different types of surgical fixation for avulsion fractures of the anterior tibial spine

    Ajay Sharma, Palaniappan Lakshmanan, Jeetender Peehal, Huw David

    p90-97

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  • Extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) with a new-generation pneumatic device in the treatment of heel pain. A double blind randomised controlled trial

    Wojciech Marks, Agnieszka Jackiewicz, Zbigniew Witkowski, Jacek Kot, W≥odzimierz Deja, Jerzy Lasek

    p98-101

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  • Mini-open percutaneous transarticular screw fixation for acute and late atlantoaxial instability

    Andrzej Kaminski, Arnold Gstrein, Thomas Kälicke, Gert Muhr, Ernst Josef Müller

    p102-108

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• technical note

  • A simple external fixator for complex finger fractures

    Roshin K. Thomas, Rajinder S. Gaheer, Rupert D. Ferdinand

    p109-113

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• case report

  • Lymphangiomyoma of the shoulder : An exceptional localisation

    Mostapha Boussouga, Anas Harket, Nabile Bousselmame, Khalid Lazrak

    p114-117

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  • Radial nerve entrapment in a humeral fracture callus

    Sébastien Hugon, François Daubresse, Luc Depierreux

    p118-121

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  • Metastasis from renal cell carcinoma presenting as osteolysis in total hip arthroplasty

    Jean-Pierre Simon, Johan Bellemans, Ignace Samson

    p122-124

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  • False aneurysm of the anterior tibial artery following total knee arthroplasty

    Rohit Gupta, Amol Chitre, William Ryan

    p128-131

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  • Treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia with native bovine BMP

    Sauli Kujala, Vesa Vähäsarja, Willy Serlo, Pekka Jalovaara

    p132-136

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  • Non-operative management of a talar body fracture in a skeletally immature patient

    Matthew Cartwright-Terry, Huw Pullen

    p137-140

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  • Progression of spondylolysis to isthmic spondylolisthesis in an adult without accompanying disc degeneration

    Dimitris N. Lyras, Kostas Tilkeridis, Tzanis Stavrakis

    p141-144

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  • Osteosynthesis of a periprosthetic fracture of the proximal femur with the distal femur LISS® system

    Jan Robert Tarnowski, Kim Holck

    p125-127

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