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

Aim To investigate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium sp. and B. hominis among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients in two different outpatient clinics, Haji Adam Malik General Hospital and Primary Care Centre of Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia, between two interval periods.Method Cryptosporidium spp. microscopic examination, as well ...

By Hemma Yulfi, Muhammad Fakhrur Rozi, Yunilda Andriyani, Dewi Masyithah Darlan

Aim To evaluate tunnel positioning on radiographs in singlebundle (SB) and double-bundle (DB) anterior cruciate ligament(ACL) reconstruction, to evaluate if measurement is accurate and reproducible.Methods Radiographs of 30 SB and 30 DB ACL reconstruction were reviewed by two examiners who measured tunnel positioning with the quadrant method on the...

By Michele Losco, Francesco Giron, Luca Giannini, Pierlugi Cuomo, Roberto Buzzi, Stefano Giannotti, Nicola Mondanelli

Aim To investigate interleukin 6 (IL-6) values depending on duration of diabetes mellitus (DM) and evaluate possible correlationwith diabetic polyneuropathy.Methods The research study included 90 patients with DM divided into three groups (30 patients each) according to the durationof DM: group A – patients who had DM for less than 10 years, ...

By Emina Karahmet, Besim Prnjavorac, Tamer Bego, Adaleta Softić, Lejla Begić, Edin Begić, Esma Karahmet, Lejla Prnjavorac, Irfan Prnjavorac

Aim Posture requires fine integrative elaboration, performed by the central nervous system, of neurosensory information originated from the visual, vestibular and spinal circuit. Many perturbing agents can influence this elaboration and then the postural stability. Several studies have evaluated only the effect of a single agent on the postural con...

By Valentina Li Causi, Alessandro Manelli, Valentina Gianpaola Marini, Mario Cherubino, Luigi Meccariello, Michael Mazzacane, Mario Ronga

Aim To investigate the effect of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) administration among liverfibrosis experimental rat model via the regulation of angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R) and platelet-derived growth factor-β (PDGF-β) due to their therapeutic potential to replace liver transplantation for advanced liver ...

By Taufik Sungkar, Agung Putra, Dharma Lindarto, Rosita Juwita Sembiring

Aim In the scientific literature there are no papers that clarify which method of surgical fixation in transverse metacarpal fractures has the best functional outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare the hand strength obtained using two different methods in the treatment of these fractures.Methods A total of 52 patients who presented a transv...

By Andrea Pasquino, Alessandro Tomarchio, Enio De Cruto, Jacopo Conteduca, Damiano Longo, Valentina Russi, Giuseppe Pica, Luigi Meccariello, Giuseppe Rollo

Aim A SARS Coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) pandemic drastically changed the way the health system works. In Croatia, lockdownmeasures to curb virus spread lasted from March to May 2020, and all non-essential medical procedures and patients’ visits have been cancelled. The study aimed to compare patients’ flow and interventions in the surgical ...

By Ana Kvolik Pavić, Vedran Zubčić, Slavica Kvolik

Aim Vascular pathologies have been already explored for the most of their aspects. It is a group of pathologies with unclear ethology and with an evolution in time not easy to forecast. Treatment guidelines are conflicting. The aim of this study was to describe cases in their most practical and technical aspect, especially in complicated conditions...

By Gianpaolo Santini, Pasquale Quassone, Luca Tarotto, Francesco Arienzo, Giuseppe Sarti

Aim To propose a new prognostic classification system for pelvic injuries based on a new detailed and all-encompassing evaluation of the injury pelvic outcome score and to check the prognostic value of this classification and evaluate its reliability and reproducibility.Methods From January 2017 to June 2020 from 156 pelvic fractures treated at our...

By Luigi Meccariello, Cristina Razzano, Cristina De Dominicis, Juan Antonio Herrera-Molpeceres, Francesco Liuzza, Rocco Erasmo, Guido Rocca, Michele Bisaccia, Enzo Pagliarulo, Pietro Cirfeda, David Gómez Garrido, Giuseppe Pica, Giuseppe Rollo