Authors suggest to use a term polystrusctural injuries when two or more anatomic structures within either one segment extremity are injured and reconstructive treatment is required. Experience in of 256 patients with polystructural limb summarized. The consequence operations on skin, bones, muscular-ligamentous elements, vessels peripheral nerves. Main techniques for the reconstruction dependin...

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Abstract Reconstruction of the lateral ulnar collateral ligament is undertaken in situations of isolated ligament injury as well as in cases of fractures or fracture dislocations with instability following reduction. This chapter reviews the bony and ligamentous anatomy of the elbow, the physic...

The principles of rehabilitation after medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction are similar to those guiding rehabilitation after other ligamentous reconstructions of the knee, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The key features are to address pain control, range of motion (ROM), quadriceps strengthening, and proximal lower limb control. Return of full ROM, pain control, and protect...

In recent years there have been many advances and developments in all orthopaedic disciplines and knee surgery is no exception. These advances and developments in knee surgery have been due to our better understanding, and in turn better management of arthroses, fractures, and ligamentous injuries of the knee. These have been coupled with advances in our understanding of biomechanics as well as...

Background: The epidemiology of traumatic dislocations and ligamentous/tendinous injuries is poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence and distribution of various dislocations and ligamentous/tendinous injuries in a tertiary orthopedic hospital in Iran. Methods: Musculoskeletal injuries in an academic tertiary health care center in Tehran February 2005 to October 201...

©2006 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.88B6. 17448 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006;88-B:706-11. Dislocation of the knee is a serious injury which can have long-term adverse effects which may impair the patient’s return to physical employment and recreational activity. Vascular disruption and injury to the common peroneal nerve are not unusual and will ...

  Background :Disruption of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a common ligamentous injury of the knee. The choice of graft for (ACL) reconstruction remains controversial. This prospective, randomized clinical trial aimed to compare clinical results of bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) grafts and four-strand semitendinosus-gracilis (ST) grafts for ACL reconstruction over a 3-year follow-up inte...