Twenty-one tibial plateau fractures with 1 to 5 years follow-up are reviewed for the purpose of demonstrating the positive impact arthroscopy can have on patients sustaining this injury. Controversy between open and nonopen management has existed for decades. Arthroscopy bridges that controversy, allowing the advantages of accurate reduction and rigid fixation without extensive operative exposu...

OBJECTIVE To carry out a biomechanical study of four techniques for fixation of four-part humeral head fractures. METHODS The fracture was reproduced in 40 plastic humeri, divided into groups of ten according to the fixation technique, each one employing different fixation resources, in different configurations. The humeral models were mounted on an aluminum scapula, with leather straps simul...

PURPOSE The surgical management of the patients with traumatic sternal fractures remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an early surgical reconstruction of a displaced sternal fracture utilizing longitudinal rigid polymer fixation in the settings of an acute chest trauma. METHODS To perform the sternal fixation, we utilized a longitudinal rigid plati...

The present study aimed to identify the key genes influenced by fixation stability in early fracture hematoma and to elucidate their roles in fracture healing. The GSE53256 gene expression profile, including six fracture hematoma tissues, was downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus database. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the fracture hematoma tissues from old rats with rigid ...

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with miniplate fixation of fractures of the symphyseal and parasymphyseal regions of the mandible. METHODS A retrospective review of all mandible fractures treated from July 1, 1999, through July 31, 2011, by one of us (Y.D.) was performed. Intraoral, open rigid fixation of noncomminuted symphyseal and parasymphyseal fractures was performed using a combinati...

Surgery for mandibular condyle fractures must allow direct vision of the fracture, reduce surgical trauma and achieve reduction and fixation while avoiding facial nerve injury. This prospective study was conducted to introduce a new surgical approach for open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular condyle fractures using a modified transparotid approach via the parotid mini-incision, and...