Transient osteomyelitis of the distal radius in a three-year-old patient
Aim Reporting on an atypical case of a three-year-old patient affected by osteomyelitis of the distal radius, completely healed without antibiotic therapy. Methods The clinical case is related to a three-year-old patient, whose clinical picture began with fever, pain and swelling of the right wrist. After three days, fever and swelling disappeared,...
By Giuseppe Rinonapoli, Michele Bisaccia, Luigi Meccariello, Giovanni Battista Mancini, Flavia Marrani, Predrag Grubor, Giuseppe Rollo, Auro Caraffa
Feasibility and value of non-locking retrograde nail vs. locking retrograde nail in fixation of distal third femoral shaft fractures: radiographic, bone densitometry and clinical outcome assessments
Aim Distal femoral shaft fractures are characterized by increasing incidence and complexity and are still considered a challenging problem. No consensus on best surgical option has been achieved. The aim of this study is to investigate mineral bone densitometry, radiographic and clinical outcomes of locking retrograde intramedullary nailing (LRN) a...
By Michele Bisaccia, Auro Caraffa, Giuseppe Rinonapoli, Giovanni Battista Mancini, Giuseppe Rollo, Miguel Carrato-Gomez, David Gomez-Garrido, Cristina Ibáñez-Vicente, John W. Trilleras-Berrío, Valerio Pace, Raffaele Franzese, Mariagiovanna Vastarella, Gorizio Pieretti, Giacomo Errico, Luigi Meccariello