original studies

  • Variety in diagnosis and treatment of periprosthetic joint infections in Belgium and the Netherlands

    Jesse W.P. KUIPER, Stan (C.J.) VOS, Bart J. BURGER, Sascha COLEN

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  • Acromioclavicular joint cyst in ASA 3-4 patients. Whether and how quickly it recurs after aspiration and steroid injection

    S. GUMINA, V. CANDELA, D. PASSARETTI

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  • Empty can and drop arm tests for cuff rupture : Improved specificity after subacromial injection

    Ludo I. F. PENNING, Rob A. DE BIE, Pieter LEFFERS, René E. WEIJERS, Geert H. I. M. WALENKAMP

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  • Radiological and clinical outcome of arthroscopic labral repair with all-suture anchors

    Laurent WILLEMOT, Redouan ELFADALLI, Kjell C. JASPARS, Mark H. AWH, Jeff PEETERS, Nick JANSEN, Geert DECLERQ, Olivier VERBORGT

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  • Histological and biochemical evidence related to the collagen quality in torn rotator cuff tendons

    Sokratis E. VARITIMIDIS, Zoe H. DAILIANA, Dimitrios CHRISTOU, Katerina GRAFANAKI, Maria G. IOANNOU, Costas STATHOPOULOS, Konstantinos N. MALIZOS

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  • The necessity of strength evaluation in assessment of clinical outcome after shoulder surgery : follow-up data from patients with complex proximal humerus fractures treated by locking plate fixation

    Y. WU, P. SHANG, L. CHE, T. YE, L. WANG, S. QIU

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  • Avulsions of Triceps Brachii : associated injuries and surgical treatment ; a case series

    Kaveh GHARANIZADEH, Farid NAJD MAZHAR, Nima MOLAVY, Abolfazl BAGHERIFARD, Hooman SHARIATZADEH

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  • The value of manipulation of displaced distal radius fractures in the emergency department

    Robert W. JORDAN, Rahil NAEEM, Saqiba JADOON, Kuntrapaka SRINIVAS, Gunaratnam SHYAMALAN

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  • Combined Open Reduction and Dega Transiliac Osteotomy for Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in walking children

    Mazen M. IBRAHIM, Mohamed R. S. EL-LAKKANY, Mohamed M. WAHBA, Abd-Elrahman A. EL-GANAINY, Ayman M. A. ALY

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  • The reliability and validity of the Unified Classification System of periprosthetic femoral fractures after hip arthroplasty

    Jie-Feng HUANG, Jun-Jie CHEN, Jian-Jian SHEN, Wen-Xi DU, Fu-Cun LIU, Pei-Jian TONG

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  • Direct anterior approach versus posterolateral approach in total hip arthroplasty : one surgeon, two approaches

    Bas FRANSEN, Marco HOOZEMANS, Stan VOS

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  • Augmentative compression plating versus exchanging reamed nailing for nonunion of femoral shaft fracture after intramedullary nailing : A retrospective cohort study

    Jiangying RU, Haidong XU (the co-first author), Wenbo KANG, Haibin CANG, Yunfei NIU, Jianning ZHAO

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  • A posteromedial approach for open reduction and internal fixation of posteromedial tibial plateau fracture

    Hong-wei CHEN, Jun Pan, Xian-hong YI, Yi-xing HUANG

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  • Pedobarographic measurements after repair of Achilles tendon by minimal invasive surgery

    Huseyin OZKAN, Tolga EGE, Kenan KOCA, Nuray CAN, Yuksel YURTTAS, Servet TUNAY

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  • Heel reconstruction with parallel fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap

    Ruiduan LIU, Zhaoxu LI, Anmin JIN

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  • Evaluation of the metaphyseal ulnar shortening technique according to Sennwald

    Joris BECKERS, Bertram THE, Ilse DEGREEF, Luc DE SMET

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  • Gait analysis in tumor patients after distal femoral resection and implantation of a megaprosthesis

    J. BRUNS, K. RAABE, G. DEURETZBACHER

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  • Bicondylar tibial plateau fractures involving the posteromedial fragment : morphology based fixation

    Barakat EL-ALFY, Ayman M. ALI, Abdelrahman EL-GANINEY

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  • Analysis of soft-tissue complications of volar plate fixation for managing distal radius fractures and clinical effect while preserving pronator quadratus

    Jian FAN, Bo JIANG, Bing WANG, Kai CHEN, Feng YUAN, Jiong MEI, Guang-rong YU

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  • Morphological characteristics of olecranon fractures in adults : a Computed Tomography-based study

    Yuki FUJIHARA, Masahiro TATEBE, Nasa FUJIHARA, Hiromasa TANAKA, Hitoshi HIRATA

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  • Four-corner arthrodesis using two headless compression screws

    Sorin Daniel IORDACHE, Diane NAM, Jacques PEYLAN, Terry AXELROD

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  • Arthroscopic treatment of the young degenerative shoulder joint ; is there a role for interpositioning arthroplasty ?

    Anne KARELSE, Nouchka SPAPENS, Alexander VAN TONGEL, Lieven DE WILDE

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  • Dynamic hip screw fixation of intertrochanteric fractures without using traction table

    Satish KUMAR, Gaggan Naresh CHADHA

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  • Median nerve biodegradable wrapping : Clinical outcome of 10 patients

    Zinon T. KOKKALIS, Andreas F. MAVROGENIS, Christos VOTTIS, Loukia PAPATHEODOROU, Panayiotis J. PAPAGELOPOULOS, Panayotis N. SOUCACOS, Dean G. SOTEREANOS

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  • Outcomes of combined tibial tuberosity transfer and medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for recurrent patellar instability

    Gopalakrishna PEMMARAJU, James BASSETT, Raad ABBAS, Gurpreet NAGRA, Sanjiv CHUGH, Ejaz MUGHAL

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  • Prospective mid-term results of a consecutive series of a short stem

    Nicola STADLER, Johann LEHNER, Klemens TRIEB

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  • Long term results after bipolar radial head arthroplasty

    Emanuel VAN HOECKE, Arne VAN DE VIJVER, Francis VAN GLABBEEK, Jan GIELEN

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  • The Accessory muscles of the Axilla

    F. VERHAEGEN, P. DEBEER, M. MOYAERT

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  • How often absence of palmaris longus and functional deficiency of flexor digitorum superficialis occurs ?

    Nikola VUČINIĆ, Mirela ERIĆ, Mirjana SAVIĆ

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  • Unilateral lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF)

    Benoit ZACHEE, Luc VANDEN BERGHE

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  • Combination of transpedicular enucleation and Plate-Rod System for single-stage correction of progressive hemivertebral scoliosis

    Kuang ZHENGDA, Wang GUANJUN, Ye QIBIN, Ji HUIRU , Zhang XINYU, Du MINGKUI

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  • Scaphoid nonunion with carpal ligament injury - radiological, arthroscopical assessment and clinical results

    Masahiro TATEBE, Hitoshi HIRATA, Kenji TANAKA, Takeshi OGUCHI, Shiro URATA

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  • Non-Metastatic Pelvic Ewing’s Sarcoma : oncologic outcomes and evaluation of prognostic factors

    Asterios DRAMIS, Robert J. GRIMER, Konstantinos MALIZOS, Roger M. TILLMAN, LEE Jeys, Simon R. CARTER

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  • Postoperative pain relief and functional outcome following total knee arthroplasty - a prospective comparative audit of three analgesic regimes

    Aysha RAJEEV, Nezar TUMIA, Kaushlendra KARN, Shankar KASHYAP, David MAYNE

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  • Does the implant make the difference ? - Prospective comparison of two different proximal femur nails

    Sascha HOPP, Reiner WIRBEL, Ishaq OJODU, Antonius PIZANIS, Tim POHLEMANN, Joerg FLEISCHER

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  • Supplementary tibial fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Direct cortical fixation using spiked washer screw vs. post-tie using washer screw

    Jung Ho NOH, Hee Soo KYUNG, Kyoung Ho YOON, Young Hak ROH

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  • Atypical femur fractures - Patient characteristics and results of intramedullary nailing for a series of 21 patients

    Sivaraman SUBRAMANIAN, Martyn J. PARKER

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  • Effectiveness and safety of collagenase Clostridium histolyticum in Dupuytren's disease : an observational study in Belgium

    Frederik VERSTREKEN, Ilse DEGREEF, Arne DECRAMER, Katleen LIBBERECHT, Wim VANHOVE, Alexandru DATCO, Jeroen VANHAECKE, Didier CLERMONT, Joris DUERINCKX

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