Background: Massive tears of the tendons of the rotator cuff cause atrophy and fatty
degeneration of the rotator cuff muscles and painful loss of function of the shoulder. Repair of …

Forty-one patients scheduled for shoulder surgery underwent computed tomography (CT)
and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination of their affected shoulder to verify …

PURPOSE: To investigate the predictive value of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of
abnormalities of the lumbar intervertebral disks, particularly with adjacent endplate changes, to …

Background: Sacrococcygeal chordoma presents a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic problem,
with a high rate of local recurrence. The purpose of this report is to define the importance …

Although the prognosis and quality of life of patients with osteosarcoma were improved
significantly during the past decades, the pathogenesis and etiology of this disease remain …

The posterior inclination of the tibial plateau, which is referred to as posterior tibial slope, is
determined routinely on lateral radiographs. However, radiographically, it is not always …

Highlights • Although rare, bone cancers frequently cause death in the pediatric population.
• Osteosarcoma patient survival has plateaued over the last 20 years. • The large tumor …

Background: The clinical outcomes of open rotator cuff repair are well established, but the
structural results and their effect on clinical outcome are poorly known. We assessed the …

Background: The treatment of recurrent posterior instability of the shoulder, especially when
it is associated with voluntary subluxation, remains controversial, and operative correction …

Background: There are very few published data on the survival of patients with dedifferentiated
chondrosarcoma, or, more specifically, on the efficacy and role of chemotherapy, …