Patient-proxy response comparability on measures of patient health and functional status

The present study evaluates the response comparability between 361 elderly hip fracture patients admitted from the community to seven Baltimore area hospitals between 1984 and 1986 and interviewer selected proxies on items pertaining to patients' pre-fracture health and functional status. Agreement across items ranges from very poor to good and varies with respect to the health or functional area assessed. Proxies tend to overestimate patient disability relative to the patients themselves, especially with regard to capacity to perform instrumental activities of daily living. Although proxies who report the greatest contact with patients respond most comparably to the patients, when they do disagree, proxies with the greatest patient contact tend to overestimate patient disability. The authors suggest that attention to item construction and phrasing may improve response comparability.     

胫骨骨条植骨结合多根克氏针内固定治疗股骨颈骨折

从1985年起,应用胫骨骨条植骨结合多根克氏针内固定治疗股骨颈骨折21例,经随访7个月—48个月,优17例、良3例、差1例。通过临床观察,用自体胫骨骨条植骨提供活的骨细胞及诱导成骨,能促进加速骨折愈合。本手术方法简单、安全     

Nasal fractures in children

Summary A group of thirty children with nasal fractures was evaluated retrospectively by means of a questionnaire and hospital records. Age at the time of injury ranged from age 3 to 12 (mean = 8.6) years and mean follow-up period was 9 years. Eight patients reported some degree of nasal obstruction post reduction, but only one patient required submucous resection and two patients underwent septorhinoplasty for appearance. No patients reported class III malocclusion, or required orthodontic treatment or maxillofacial corrective surgery for maxillary hypoplasia. We concluded that a childhood nasal fracture treated by closed reduction does not have deleterious effects on facial or nasal growth.This work was supported in part by the Brigham Surgical Group Foundation, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA     

手术治疗跟骨塌陷性骨折

目的　评估跟骨塌陷性骨折手术治疗的效果。方法　 1996年 5月～ 2 0 0 0年 6月共手术治疗跟骨塌陷性骨折 15例 ,8例内固定 ,7例植骨 ,平均随访 14个月 ,参照AOFAS评分对患者有否疼痛、步态、距下关节活动 ,是否支架辅助、术后X线照片等加以评估。结果　两组结果无明显差异。 2例手术切口皮缘坏死 ,6例疗效为优 ,9例为良。结论　跟骨塌陷性骨折手术解剖复位能取得好的效果     

The healing of femoral neck fractures in dogs

Summary This study evaluates healing fractures of the femoral neck in dogs by using standard radiography, intraosseous venography, India ink staining and histology.The 45 animals were divided into three groups, one of which was not treated, but in the other two the fracture was fixed with a screw or two Kirschner wires.Our results suggest that, when intraosseous venography was positive, India ink injection was also positive, and the late phase of fracture healing was reached.

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Résumé Etude de la consolidation des fractures du col fémoral chez le chien à l'aide des radiographies standard, de la phlébographie osseuse, de la coloration par l'encre de Chine et de l'examen anatomopathologique. Les animaux ont été divisés en trois groupes, dans l'un la fracture n'a pas été traitée, dans les deux autres elle a été fixée soit par une vis, soit par deux broches de Kirschner. Les résultats tendent à montrer que lorsque la phlébographie est positive, la coloration par l'encre de Chine l'est également et que la phase ultime de la consolidation est atteinte.

     

关节镜监视下治疗胫骨平台骨折

2004—2006年，我院采用关节镜监视和定位治疗胫骨平台骨折，获得了良好的效果。     

Safety and reliability of external fixation for basicervical and intertrochanteric fractures in high-risk elderly patients

Forty elderly patients with basicervical and pertrochanteric fractures were managed with uniplanar AO external fixator under regional anaesthetic block of the femoral nerve and lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh from April 2003 to March 2006. The mean age of the patients was 67.9 ± 5.5 years. External fixator application was performed under radiological control after closed reduction had been obtained. Comorbid factors, duration of surgery, duration of hospitalisation, complications, walking ability, time to union and mortality rate were recorded. Patients were followed up for a mean period of 12 ± 4.5 months. Superficial pin tract infection occurred in 13 patients, healing in varus >10° and with shortening >2 cm occurred in six patients, and one patient suffered a spontaneous ipsilateral femoral neck fracture after removal of the fixator. The mean time for union was 10.4 ± 1.2 weeks. Rapid union rate and minor complications obtained in the present study are comparable to those obtained with standard internal fixation techniques. Minimal intraoperative blood loss, short operative time and early patient mobilisation are advantages signifying uniplanar external fixator application under regional anaesthetic block to be a viable option in treatment of basicervical and pertrochanteric fractures in high-risk elderly patients.     

超声引导下压迫修复冠脉介入术后假性动脉瘤

目的:探讨超声引导下压迫法修复冠脉介入术后假性动脉瘤的可行性和方法。方法:4例冠脉介入术后腹股沟搏动性肿块患者,经彩色多普勒超声确诊股动脉假性动脉瘤,采用实时超声定位及监测下直接压迫法修复股动脉破裂口。结果:3例股动脉假性动脉瘤在超声引导下压迫修复成功,1例失败,未出现并发症。结论:早期超声引导下压迫法结合绷带加压包扎是治疗冠脉介入术后假性动脉瘤的有效方法,简便安全,值得推广。     

股骨干粉碎性骨折的治疗

近年来随着交通运输业的发展,由于高能伤所导致创伤骨科中骨折粉碎程度愈来愈重,甚至使骨骼失去完整形态,尤其在股骨干部位,治疗极其困难,开放复位损伤大且达不到满意的固定,疗效不佳。我们最大限度地使用外固定器,很好地解决了这一难题,同样适用于肱骨和胫骨骨折。1临床资料本组12例,均为男性,年龄18~40岁,平均31.3岁。左侧5例,右侧7例。其中交通事故伤8例,高处坠落伤3例,摔伤1例。闭合伤10例,开放伤2例。骨折均为粉碎性,无软组织及血管神经损伤。2治疗方法患者麻醉后仰卧于骨科牵引手术床上,注意使患肢靠外,消毒铺巾后,保持下肢中立位轻度…     

Vertebral body replacement system Synex in unstable burst fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine

A prospective longitudinal study was performed to evaluate the vertebral body replacement system Synex associated with posterior fixation in unstable burst fractures of the lumbar and thoracic spine. Within 24 months, we treated 28 patients (average age, 41 years; range, 22–64 years; 14 women, 14 men) with acute unstable burst fractures without osteoporosis of the thoracolumbar region (n=16) and the thoracic (n=3) as well as the lumbar (n=9) spine in two stages (primary dorsal transpedicular stabilization and secondary vertebral body replacement). The complications were analyzed and the postoperative follow-up result was evaluated regarding stability, bone fusion, correction loss, pain and neurological status. One patient showed a transient irritation of the lumbosacral plexus and one patient had a superficial wound infection (complication rate, 7.1%). At the follow-up examination (mean follow-up, 13 months) only in two cases a minimal loss of correction (<5°) was measured. Radiologically, 27 patients showed secure bone fusions and all patients had stability of the osteosynthesis. Most of the patients stated no or just slight pain at follow-up. Only two patients with pain to a medium degree had to take painkillers. The vertebral body replacement system Synex seems to be a good alternative for vertebral body replacement in unstable burst fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine since at present follow-up it shows a high rate of bone fusion and minimal loss of correction.