Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis in a rare case of tuberculosis of the talus
Aim To assess our personal experience of a case of tuberculosis of the talus, and to provide an overview of the literature about this tuberculosis manifestations, including all its aspects: epidemiology, clinical and imaging presentation, and all the treatments available to the current state of knowledge.Methods We present our experience in a case ...
By Chiara Comis, Tommaso Greco, Michele Inverso, Antonio Mascio, Chiara Polichetti, Marco Barbaliscia, Vincenzo La vergata, Massimiliano Mosca, Silvio Caravelli, Nicola Mondanelli, Elisa Troiano, Giulio Maccauro, Carlo Perisano
Navigated percutaneous screw fixation of the pelvis with O-arm 2: two years’ experience
Aim To evaluate the case series of the patients operated with percutaneous fixation by the navigation system based on 3D fluoroscopic images, to assess the precision of a surgical implant and functional outcome of patients.Methods A retrospective study of pelvic ring fractures in a 2-year period included those treated with the use of the O-Arm 2 in...
By Gianluca Ciolli, Daniele Caviglia, Carla Vitiello, Salvatore Lucchesi, Corrado Pinelli, Domenico De Mauro, Amarildo Smakaj, Giuseppe Rovere, Luigi Meccariello, Lawrence Camarda, Giulio Maccauro, Francesco Liuzza
Single use instruments for total knee arthroplasty
Aim Total knee arthroplasty represents a procedure that is successfully performed to relieve functional limitation and pain in advanced stages of osteoarthritis. In the next 20 years the number of these procedures will be increased about four times. Patient specific instrumentation (PSI) has been introduced in the past years. The aim of this study ...
By Michele Romeo, Giuseppe Rovere, Leonardo Stramazzo, Francesco Liuzza, Luigi Meccariello, Giulio Maccauro, Lawrence Camarda