BACKGROUND The use of teriparatide in the management of fracture disorders is poorly documented. This study aims to show that teriparatide administration may improve the healing process in patients with nonunions after open fixation of traumatic fractures of the lower limb. METHODS Four patients received Teriparatide for management of non-unions after open fixation of traumatic fractures of t...

AIM To report the clinical and radiographic results of titanium elastic nail (TEN) in diaphyseal femoral fractures of children below age of six years. METHODS A retrospective analysis of 27 diaphyseal femoral fractures in children younger than six years treated with TEN between 2005 and 2015 was conducted. Patients were immobilized in a cast for 5 wk and the nails were removed from 6 to 12 wk...

BACKGROUND The overall incidence of fractures has been addressed in several studies, but there are few data on different types of fractures that require inpatient care, even though they account for considerable healthcare costs. We determined the incidence of limb and spine fractures that required hospitalization in people aged ≥ 16 years. PATIENTS AND METHODS We collected data on the diagnos...

BACKGROUND The significance of subclinical vitamin D deficiency in the pathogenesis of fractures in children and adolescents currently remains unclear. OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its effect on bone mineral density (BMD) and bone mineral content (BMC) values in a collective of Swiss Caucasian children with a first episode of appendicular fract...

We report a case of multiple upper limb fractures resulting from road traffic accident, wherein the patient declined general anesthesia. Instead, we successfully administered anesthesia using ultrasound-guided supraclavicular and suprascapular nerve blocks, combined with continuous perineural brachial plexus block. The surgical procedure was completed within six hours, no complications were enc...

PURPOSE To determine the role of qualitative cultures for detecting infection in open tibial fractures. METHODS From January 2003 to December 2004, 95 men and 13 women (mean age, 34 years) with open tibial fractures in one or both limbs and without any other sites of infection were prospectively studied. Patients who had been treated with intravenous or oral antibiotics before presentation an...

The authors performed a prospective study to evaluate limb length discrepancy in children following titanium elastic nailing for femoral shaft fractures. Thirty-seven children (28 boys and 9 girls) were included in the study. The average time to radiological union in our study was 7.8 weeks (range: 5 to 14). Results after 3 years were evaluated for 29 children. Limb lengthening was noted in the...

OBJECTIVE To investigate functional recovery after concomitant fractures of both hip and upper limb in elderly people. DESIGN Survey study. SETTING Rehabilitation hospital in Italy. PARTICIPANTS 586 consecutive in-patients with hip fracture. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Functional recovery was evaluated by using Barthel index score. RESULTS 4.1% of patients (i.e. 24/586) suffered from a conc...