BACKGROUND Pelvic fixation with S2-alar-iliac (S2AI) screws can increase the rigidity of a lumbosacral construct, which may promote bone healing, improve antibiotic delivery to infected tissues, and avoid L5-S1 pseudarthrosis. PURPOSE To describe the use of single-stage posterior fixation without debridement for the treatment of pyogenic vertebral diskitis and osteomyelitis (PVDO) at the lumb...

For the reconstruction of extensive craniofacial bony defects, autogenous bone is the material of choice because of its potential for revascularization and its osteoconductive and osteoinductive properties. In the present study, the results obtained after grafting with autogenous bone grafts in 233 patients with facial bony defects are analyzed retrospectively. At the Department of Maxillo-Faci...

Rigid stability has long been the accepted major principle for treatment of non-union of shaft fractures (MUller, Allgower and Willenegger 1965; B#{246}hler1966; MUller 1966; KUntscher 1967). Until recently, methods of gaining stability have usually combined internal fixation by osteosyntheses and external fixation by plaster or traction (Boyd, Anderson and Johnston 1966). These methods have th...

BACKGROUND : The outcome of patients undergoing rigid plate fixation of symphyseal mandibular osteotomies for exposure, resection, and reconstruction of tumors in the oral cavity or oropharynx was analyzed to determine the impact of hardware selection on complications. METHODS : Forty-five patients underwent titanium plate rigid internal fixation of mandibular osteotomies during cancer resect...

Background. Ministernotomy incisions have been increasingly used in a variety of settings. We describe a novel approach to ministernotomy using arrowhead incision and rigid sternal fixation with a standard sternal plating system. Methods. A small, midline, vertical incision is made from the midportion of the manubrium to a point just above the 4th intercostal mark. The sternum is opened in the ...