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The Impact of Pseudoarthrosis on Clinical Outcome A 58-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a history of being hit by an automobile (at approximately 30 miles per hour). He had fallen on his back onto the hood of the car.
Journal Article, March 14, 2006
Case Report: Sciatic Nerve Block After Total Knee Replacement Peripheral nerve blocks are effective for postoperative analgesia after total knee replacement surgery. However, in some cases, problems can arise to delay the rehabilitation of the patient.
Journal Article, October 06, 2005
Case Report: Unusual Mechanism of Chance Fracture in an Adult Ma A 30-year-old man fell from a height of 20 feet. He sustained close fracture of both calcanei, an open fracture of the left tibia, and complained of pain in his lumbar area.
Journal Article, April 25, 2005
Case Report: Unusual Mechanism of Chance Fracture in Adult Male A 30-year-old man falls from a height of 20 feet. He sustains close fracture of both calcanei and an open fracture of the left tibia, and complains of pain in his lumbar area.
Clinical Case, April 25, 2005
Neuropathic Arthropathy of the Shoulder (Charcot Shoulder) Once a neuropathic joint has been diagnosed, its etiology should be pursued with aseptic joint aspiration to look for infection or tumor.
Journal Article, February 09, 2005
AAOS 2004: All About Allografts Allografts have been in vogue in orthopaedic medicine for over 20 years; however, many questions regarding their use still remain. Are allografts safe? Do allografts work? Well, yes -- and no.
Journal Article, October 19, 2004
ACL Injury and Open Physes in the Young Athlete Don Johnson, MD, discusses the risks and benefits of treating ACL injuries in children and adolescents.
Journal Article, September 24, 2003
Meniscal Repair After Soccer Injury Read about an 18-year-old who presents with complaints of pain and instability in his right knee after playing soccer.
Journal Article, June 23, 2003
Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head Read the case report of a woman who presented with a history of isolated hip pain that evolved after receiving treatment for acute encephalitis secondary to Lyme disease.
Journal Article, May 08, 2003
Clinical Gait Analysis and Its Role in Treatment Decision-Making
Clinical Case, September 01, 1999
Knee Arthrodesis in Treatment of Failed Total Knee Replacement A review of 26 patients that had failed total knee replacements treated by knee arthrodesis occurring over 10 years.
Journal Article, May 01, 1999
Meniscal Transplantation: Indications and Results Meniscal transplant attempts to restore native function to the knee. Learn the important points to remember in graft selection and in transplant technique.
Journal Article, August 03, 2001
Common Sports Injuries in Children and Adolescents A review of injury risk and patterns of childhood athletic injuries and how they differ from adult sports injuries.
Journal Article, July 19, 2000
Anteromedial Approach for Cervical Disc Surgery The anteromedial approach is described, and a discussion of specific anatomic structures encountered and selected postoperative sequelae of intraoperative injury is presented.
Journal Article, July 13, 2000
Meniscal Allograft Transplantation More than 60% of patients have long-term clinical sequelae associated with a meniscectomy.
Journal Article, July 07, 2000
MRI in Spinal Cord Decompression Sickness Previously undetectable by other neuroimaging modalities, MRI is capable of demonstrating the pathologic changes of the spinal cord in decompression sickness.
Journal Article, June 06, 2000
Press-Fit Components and Iatrogenic Fractures of the Femur Despite using good technique when reaming and broaching the femoral component in uncemented hip arthroplasty, unrecognized fractures through the proximal and medial femur can occur.
Journal Article, May 03, 2000
Meniscal Lesions: Diagnosis and Treatment Recognition that the menisci provide load transmission, shock absorption, joint lubrication, and joint nutrition and stability has altered our treatment of those who are injured.
Journal Article, March 21, 2000
Treatment of Articular Cartilage Defects Full-thickness chondral defects are frequently found in young patients and are often associated with worsening symptoms that lead to early osteoarthritis and limited mobility.
Journal Article, March 20, 2000
Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures Up to 30% of femoral shaft fractures in children younger than 4 years is attributable to child abuse, and the most common cause of femur fractures in the nonambulatory infant is nonaccidental trauma.
Journal Article, February 22, 2000

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