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

Aim The septic non-union is a common compliance in bone healing due to bone infection. Bone resection, associated with Ilizarov osteo-distraction technique, is commonly used in these cases. The aim of this study was to analyse clinical and radiological results of teriparatide in combination with the Ilizarov technique and to compare this treatment ...

By Giuseppe Rollo, Francesco Luceri, Gabriele Falzarano, Carlo Salomone, Enrico Maria Bonura, Dmitry Popkov, Mario Ronga, Giuseppe Pica, Michele Bisaccia, Valentina Russi, Predrag Grubor, Raffaele Franzese, Giuseppe M. Peretti, Luigi Meccariello

Aim Distal radius/forearm fractures in adolescent patients remain challenging injuries to treat. Distal radius/forearm bony anatomy is not completely restored with intramedullary K wire fixation. The aim of this study was to compare radiographic and functional outcomes obtained using intramedullary K wire fixation and open reduction and internal fi...

By Salvatore Di Giacinto, Giuseppe Pica, Alessandro Stasi, Lorenzo Scialpi, Alessandro Tomarchio, Alberto Galeotti, Vlora Podvorica, Annamaria dell’Unto, Luigi Meccariello

Aim To illustrate the surgical treatment of relapses of traumatic peroneal tendons subluxation.Methods We came across a young woman, who sustained a sprain in her dominant ankle after a trauma; we noticed subluxation ofthe peroneal tendons during eversion and extension of the foot. She referred to a previous accident some years before with peroneal...

By Alessandro Tomarchio, Luigi Meccariello, Dariush Ghargozloo, Andrea Pasquino, Enrico Leonardi

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

Aim Periprosthetic fracture after knee arthroplasty occurs more frequently in the supracondylar area of femur, especially after low energy trauma associated with torsional or compressive forces. Several techniques have been described for the treatment of displaced fractures. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the outcomes and bone healing o...

By Giuseppe Rollo, Enrico Maria Bonura, Gazi Huri, Mario Ronga, Christian Carulli, Michele Bisaccia, Francesco Traina, Paolo Pichierri, Marco Filipponi, Marco Giaracuni, Danilo Leonetti, Luigi Meccariello

Aim Multifragmentary segmental femoral shaft fracture is a high energy injury frequently associated with life-threatening conditions. The aim of this study was to compare the use of bio metallic open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) (plate with allograft bone strut) with minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) fixation for the treatment of...

By Giuseppe Rollo, Mario Ronga, Enrico Maria Bonura, Rocco Erasmo, Michele Bisaccia, Paolo Pichierri, Antonio Marsilio, Andrea Pasquino, David Gomez Garrido, Raffaele Franzese, Andrea Schiavone, Luigi Meccariello

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

Aim The gradual increase in shoulder implants in active elderly patients has appeared in a parallel increase in periprosthetic humeral fractures. The aim of this study was to investigate the advantages of using strut grafting with plate fixation during periprosthetic humerus fractures.Methods Thirty patients diagnosed with periprosthetic humeral fr...

By Giuseppe Rollo, Michele Biserni, Gazi Huri, Christian Carulli, Mario Ronga, Michele Bisaccia, David Gomez-Garrido, Nezih Ziroglu, Enrico Maria Bonura, Andrea Alberto Ruberti, Andrea Schiavone, Luigi Meccariello

Aim To report our indications and limitations about the use of external fixation in children.Methods It was retrospectively reviewed all tibial fractures treated with monolateral and hybrid external fixator, at our three Centres. It was included 32 fractures which did not show an acceptable reduction after an attempt under anaesthesia. The exclusio...

By Michele Bisaccia, Giuseppe Rinonapoli, Salvatore Di Giacinto, Andrea Schiavone, Simone Lazzeri, David Gomez-Garrido, Juan Antonio Herrera-Molpeceres, Umberto Ripani, Cristina Ibáñez-Vicente, Giuseppe Rollo, Enrico Maria Bonura, Raffaele Franzese, Luigi Meccariello, Auro Caraffa