The role of primary total hip replacement for the treatment of the displaced femoral neck fractures

Summary The management of displaced intracapsular fractures of the hip is still controversial because of the high incidence of complications after internal fixation or hemiarthroplasty. To avoid some of these complications we have used primary total hip replacement for independently mobile patients over 65 years of age.Of 49 patients who were interviewed an average of 4.6 years after total hip replacement, 81.6% had excellent or good results as assessed by the Harris Hip Score. At that time two hips had been revised and another converted to Girdlestone due to deep infection. The survival of the prostheses was at 5 years 91.3%.It is concluded that total hip replacement is an established method of management for a selected group of patients with this injury, but further prospective studies are needed in order to define the groups of patients that benefit the most.     

Rotational occlusion of the vertebral artery at the atlantoaxial joint: is it truly physiological?

We present a patient with vertebrobasilar insufficiency, with vertigo and horizontal nystagmus, induced by turning the head to the right. Angiography demonstrated transient occlusion of the left vertebral artery at the atlantoaxial joint during rotation of the head. The pathogenesis and angiographic findings are discussed.     

INVOLVEMENT OF NON-NMDA AND NMDA RECEPTORS IN GLUTAMATE-INDUCED PRESSOR OR DEPRESSOR RESPONSES OF THE PONS AND MEDULLA

1. Fifty-five intact and six baroreceptor denervated and vagotomized cats of either sex were anaesthetized intraperito-neally with urethane (400 mg/kg) and a-chloralose (40 mg/kg). Responses of the systemic arterial pressure (SAP), mean SAP (MSAP) and sympathetic vertebral nerve (VNA) and renal nerve activities (RNA) were recorded. 2. In intact animals, monosodium L-glutamate (Glu, 0.1 mol/L, 50 nL) was microinjected into pressor areas of the locus coeruleus (LC), gigantocellular tegmental field (GTF), rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) and dorsomedial medulla (DM), and the depressor areas of caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM). The induced actions were compared before and after microinjection of either glutamate antagonists, glutamate diethylester (GDEE, 0.5 mol/L, 50–100nL), a competitive AMPA receptor blocker, or 2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (D-AP5, 0.025 mol/L, 50–100 nL), a competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor blocker. GDEE completely blocked the increases of SAP and VNA elicited from all pressor areas. D-AP5 only partially blocked the pressor but slightly blocked VNA and RNA responses from LC, GTF and DM, particularly those from RVLM. Neither GDEE nor D-AP5 blocked the depressor responses of SAP and two nerve activities elicited from CVLM. 3. In baroreceptor denervated animals, NMDA (2 mmol/L, 50–100 nL) and AMPA (0.2 mmol/L, 50–100 nL) were micro-injected into the same pressor areas of GTF, RVLM and DM and the depressor area of CVLM responsive to Glu activation (0.1 mol/L, 30 nL). In RVLM, DM and CVLM, the results of either NMDA or AMPA were similar to those induced by Glu. However, in GTF, microinjection of either NMDA or AMPA did not induce similar responses to Glu. This suggests that the nature of GTF may differ from RVLM and DM. 4. The above results suggest that the Glu-induced pressor responses from LC, GTF, DM and especially RVLM, are primarily mediated through AMPA receptors. The Glu-induced depressor responses from CVLM may not be predominantly mediated by either AMPA or NMDA receptors. 5. In both baroreceptor-intact and -denervated cats stimulation of the pressor areas often produced an increase of VNA and a decrease of RNA, while in the depressor CVLM decreased both VNA and RNA. The VNA, but not RNA were positively correlated with the pressor responses, while both VNA and RNA were positively correlated with the depressor responses. This may suggest that neurons of the sympathetic vertebral and renal nerves are topographically organized in the brain.     

膝内侧改良切口结合NT-pc治疗粉碎性髌骨骨折

目的 寻找一种有利于粉碎性髌骨骨折术中复位、固定和术后恢复的手术入路。方法 采用膝内侧改良切口结合NT-聚髌器(NT-pc)治疗粉碎性髌骨骨折38例，其中碎骨块呈3块者18例、4块者13例、5块者5例、6块者2例。结果 38例随访时间3个月—2年6个月，除1例因二次手术病程较长、1例术后缺乏锻炼致膝关节功能稍受影响外，其他患者膝关节活动均恢复正常，切口愈合好，按李纯志等疗效评定标准，优良率94．7％。结论 膝内侧改良切口具有充分显露髌骨、切口短、组织损伤小，有利于术中手指对骨块抚平复位和对关节面复位质量的检查及术后功能恢复；NT-pc符合张力带原理，对严重粉碎性髌骨骨折的骨折面具有持续的纵向及横向的应力作用，有复位及固定的双重作用。对于严重粉碎性髌骨骨折，采用内侧改良切口及NT-pc固定不失为一种较理想的方法。     

经椎弓根椎间融合与AF治疗胸腰椎骨折

目的：总结32例经椎弓根椎间融合与AF治疗胸腰椎骨折的经验。方法：应用经伤椎椎弓根椎体间融合并AF系统复位内固定，以提高复位效果与脊柱的稳定性。结果：全部病例获随访，时间3～23个月，伤椎均与上位椎体间融合，无矫正角度与高度丢失，无断钉及螺钉松动，神经功能平均1．5级以上的恢复。结论：经椎弓根椎间融合与AF治疗胸腰椎骨折，操作简单，复位可靠，可重建脊柱的稳定性，椎体间融合更符合生物力学内环境的持久稳定。     

压缩回复式椎管扩大成形术治疗胸腰椎骨折并脊髓损伤

目的介绍压缩回复式椎管扩大成形加内固定术在胸腰椎骨折并脊髓损伤中的应用。方法对58例胸腰椎骨折合并脊髓损伤患者，采用自制组合式嵌打整复器对突入椎管的碎骨块，嵌击复位压缩成形，从而扩大椎管容积，同时重建病椎棘上棘间韧带，并行内固定，恢复脊柱后部结构的稳定性。结果50例获得随访，平均2年6个月，30例已恢复轻工作，9例可扶拐下地活动。结论压缩回复式椎管扩大成形术是治疗胸腰椎骨折合并脊髓损伤的新术式，值得在基层医院推广。     

双枚和三枚细加压螺纹钉内固定治疗股骨颈骨折的疗效比较

近年来我院采用手法复位的同时用双枚或三枚细加压螺纹钉内固定治疗股骨颈骨折,效果良好,现对比分析报告如下。1 临床资料 1991年1月-2000年1月,共收治新鲜股骨颈骨折患者480例,采用内固定治疗者388例,其中采用X线闭路电视下手法整复双枚或三枚细加压螺纹钉内固定者282例。为缩小年龄跨度,便于比较疗效,年龄小于45岁和大于75岁31例未收集。因死亡而不能继续随访者21例,死亡均发生于术后半年以上,与骨折或手术无直接关系。因其他原因而失访者16例。其余214例资料较完整,其中男86例,女128例。有5例伴同侧的Colles骨折,3例同侧肱骨外科颈骨折,其他无严重并发症。所有伤侧髋关节手术前无明显关节炎改变。加压螺纹钉规     

逆行交锁髓内钉治疗肱骨骨折

我科2001年1月-2002年12月采用带锁髓内钉逆行穿钉的方法治疗肱骨干骨折23例，疗效满意。