Preliminary Results of Bone Lengthening over Telescopic Titanium Intramedullary Rod [PDF]
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2023 Background. Limb lengthening and deformity correction in patients with abnormal bone associating fragility often require an approach combining methods of external and internal fixation.
Eduard Mingazov +4 more
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Optimal Sagittal Insertion Depth and Direction of Femoral Intramedullary Rod in Total Knee Arthroplasty in Chinese Osteoarthritis Patients [PDF]
Orthopaedic Surgery, 2020 Objective To identify the optimal femoral intramedullary rod insertion depth and direction on the sagittal plane in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) of Chinese osteoarthritis (OA) patients.
Yong‐liang Ou, Ping‐yue Li, Hong Xia
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Intramedullary rod insertion places the femoral component more laterally during Oxford medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty [PDF]
Knee Surgery & Related Research, 2022 Background This study aims to assess the influence of intramedullary rods on the implantation positions of femoral components using Microplasty instrumentation in Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
Toshikazu Tanaka +6 more
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Comparative study of different extendable intramedullary rods combined with surgery in the treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia [PDF]
Orphanet Journal of Rare DiseasesBackground When using traditional extensible intramedullary rods to treat congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT), there were cases of re-fracture and internal fixation fracture.
Yaoxi Liu +7 more
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Intramedullary rod failure in metastatic breast cancer: Do triple negative cancer patients have more revision surgery? [PDF]
Journal of Bone Oncology, 2021 Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and second cause of death in women worldwide. Patients with breast cancer are classified into subgroups based on the presence or absence of hormone receptors and the human epidermal growth factor 2-neu (
Ana C. Belzarena +3 more
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Ankle arthrodesis using a retrograde intramedullary rod with fins for highly destructive joints in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A report of two cases. [PDF]
Clin Case Rep, 2022 Herein, we present two cases of older adult patients with highly destructive changes in ankle joints (Larsen grade IV) who underwent retrograde intramedullary ankle nail fixation with fins.
Takahashi S +5 more
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Effects of a telescopic intramedullary rod for treating patients with osteogenesis imperfecta of the femur. [PDF]
J Child Orthop, 2018 Purpose To introduce a new model of telescopic intramedullary rod (TIR), evaluate its effects on treating patients presenting with moderate and severe osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and to compare the findings with those of other telescopic rods. Methods A
Rosemberg DL +3 more
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Finite Element Analysis of Existing and Modified Intramedullary Rod for Orthopedic Applications [PDF]
INCAS Bulletin, 2020 Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has been used in the field of biomedical engineering and especially in biomechanics, which helps to predict and validate feasible designs for complex cases.
J. UDAYA PRAKASH +2 more
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Percutaneous rotational osteotomy of the femur utilizing an intramedullary rod. [PDF]
Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr, 2016 The purpose is to describe the technique and report the results and complications of percutaneous femoral rotational osteotomy, secured with a trochanteric-entry, locked intramedullary rod, in adolescents with femoral anteversion. Our series comprised an IRB approved, retrospective, consecutive series of 85 osteotomies (57 patients), followed to ...
Stevens PM, Gaffney CJ, Fillerup H.
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Combination of intramedullary rod, wrapping bone grafting and Ilizarov's fixator for the treatment of Crawford type IV congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia: mid-term follow up of 56 cases. [PDF]
BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2016 BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to investigate the initial union rate, refracture rate and residual deformities of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia (CPT), using combined surgery including pseudarthrosis resection, intramedullary rodding ...
Zhu GH +6 more
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