The most significant complication in external fixation is pin tract infection causally related to
the highly adaptive ability of bacteria to colonise the surfaces of “inert” biomaterials or of …

Infections in orthopaedic surgery are a serious issue. Antibiotic-loaded bone cement was
developed for the treatment of infected joint arthroplasties and for prophylaxes in total joint …

Pin tract infection is a frequent complication of external fixation; according to literature its
frequency ranges from 2–30%. The recent introduction of silver coating of polymeric materials …

Background This meta-analysis aimed to determine the bone union rate of bone defects
treated with the different autologous bone graft techniques. Methods The PubMed and the …

Background From February 21, the day of hospitalisation in ICU of the first diagnosed case
of Covid-19, the social situation and the hospitals’ organisation throughout Italy dramatically …

Purpose Suspected fractures are among the most common reasons for patients to visit
emergency departments and often can be difficult to detect and analyze them on film scans. …

We report a case of osteomyelitis caused by Enterobacter cancerogenus resistant to
aminopenicillins in a 56-year-old male who had a motorcycle accident and suffered from multiple …

Interest for uncemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has greatly increased in recent years.
This technique, less used than cemented knee replacement in the last decades, sees a …

Purpose This study aims to examine the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients who
underwent ACL reconstruction (ACLR) combined with anterior closed-wedge high tibial …

Background Femoral head fractures are rare injuries; incongruency and instability are indications
for surgical intervention. Anterior, posterior, and transtrochanteric surgical approaches …