Axis instrumentation: surgical results

Axis instrumentation: surgical results.

OBJECTIVE Evaluate the surgical results of axis screw instrumentation. METHODS Retrospective evaluation of the clinical and radiological data of patients submitted to axis fixation using screws. RESULTS Seventeen patients were surgically treated. The mean age was 41.8 years (range: 12-73). Spinal cord trauma was the most common cause of instability (8 patients - 47%). Bilateral axis fixatio...

Surgical treatment results of acute acromioclavicular injuries

  Abstract   Background: Different methods of surgical treatment for acromioclavicular(AC)   joint injury were considered in the literature. The purpose of the study was to compare intra- articular AC repair technique with the extra-articular coracoclavicular repair technique for the patients with Rockwood type III and VAC joint injury when indicated.   Methods: Nineteen consecutive patients wi...

Evaluation of surgical treatment results in parosteal osteosarcoma

  Abstract   Background: Parosteal osteosarcoma is rare low-grade malignancy which arises   on the surface of the metaphysis of long bones it has a low propensity to metastasize.   Different surgical treatment options including marginal resection, wide resection   and amputation were recommended for the tumor. The purpose of the study was to   assess the results of different surgical treatment ...

Results from helical axis stellarators

Chondrectomy--Review of Surgical Instrumentation and its Effectiveness.

UNLABELLED ΒACKGROUND: To present surgical instrumentation used in knee chondrectomy and evaluate its effectiveness - a review of the literature. Surgical removal of joint cartilage, or chondrectomy, has been performed by orthopedists since the 1950s. Initially carried out as an open surgery, it has generally come to be performed arthroscopically. Its aim is to create even and stable cartilagin...