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Surgical suture material-fundamentals
Oper Orthop Traumatol. 2023 Aug 21. doi: 10.1007/s00064-023-00812-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAt the end of surgical therapy, the access is closed with sutures. Surgical sutures are thus used to adapt wound edges and tissues. The task of the suture material is to hold the tissues together until healing. For patients, a cosmetically good suture is often the sign of good surgery. Different tissues and layers have different requirements regarding the suture material. The different types from monofil to polyfil, braided, from absorbable to nonabsorbable are presented. The classification of suture strengths is compared. Th...
Source: Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie - August 21, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Klaus Dresing Theddy Slongo Source Type: research

Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) for scapular fractures
Oper Orthop Traumatol. 2023 Aug 18. doi: 10.1007/s00064-023-00819-5. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Presentation of a minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of scapular fractures and the clinical outcome using this technique.INDICATIONS: Displaced extra-articular fractures of the scapula body and glenoid neck (AO 14B and 14F) and simple intra-articular fractures of the glenoid.CONTRAINDICATIONS: Complex intra-articular fractures and isolated fractures of the coracoid base.SURGICAL TECHNIQUE: Make a straight or slightly curved incision along the lateral margin of the scapula leaving the deltoid fas...
Source: Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie - August 18, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: B J M van de Wall R J Hoepelman C Michelitsch N Diwersi C Sommer R Babst F J P Beeres Source Type: research

Posterior instrumented correction and fusion of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
Oper Orthop Traumatol. 2023 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s00064-023-00825-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Balanced frontal curve correction with horizontal shoulder levels, restoration of sagittal plane and vertebral derotation with a fusion length as short as possible.INDICATIONS: Curves larger than 40-50° Cobb angle; furthermore age, location, degree of rotation, and sagittal plane deviation have to be considered.SURGICAL TECHNIQUE: Posteriorly, segmental pedicle screw instrumentation with a high screw density (80%) and both titanium alloy and cobalt chrome rods. Freehand screw placement under consideration of both n...
Source: Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie - August 3, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Ulf Liljenqvist Viola Bullmann Source Type: research