Background: Pelvic and acetabular fractures are rare injuries and account for approximately
3% to 8% of all fractures. Often the result of high energy blunt trauma, most of the patients …

PURPOSE: Our purpose was to evaluate the 3-year clinical results of patients with medial-compartment
osteoarthritis of the knee and varus malalignment who underwent open-wedge …

Introduction Percutaneous iliosacral screw placement following pelvic trauma is associated
with high rates of revisions, screw malpositioning, the risk of neurological damage and …

Purpose Relatively little is known about the extent to which periprosthetic joint infections (PJI)
affect the patient’s long-term quality of life (QoL). Our study aim was to assess the effect of …

BACKGROUND Hemorrhage from pelvic vessels is a potentially lethal complication of pelvic
fractures. There is ongoing controversy on the ideal treatment strategy for patients with …

Background Prosthetic joint infections (PJI) are associated with high morbidity and costs.
Various efforts have been made to improve the diagnosis of PJI over the past years, but only …

Purpose Longterm outcomes after valgization high tibial osteotomy (HTO) to treat varus
osteoarthritis seem to depend mainly on correction precision. Intraoperative assessment of leg …

Background The aim of this study was to assess and present the radiological morphology of
the non-ossifying fibroma (NOF), to describe the life span according to the Ritschl-stages in …

Background Synovial sarcoma account for approximately 10 % of all soft-tissue tumors and
occur most frequently in young adults. A specific translocation in this sarcoma induces fusion …

Background Microvesicles are small vesicles expressing specific antigens from their cells of
origin. Elevated levels of microvesicles have been shown to be associated with coagulation …