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, over time, the facet joint complex fails and the vertebrae sublux relative to each other. 1 There is limited literature on the natural history of degenerative spondylolisthesis but various local and systemic factors have been proposed as potential
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.g. Keller’s procedure, or other ‘old-fashioned’ osteotomies that cause excessive shortening, failed forefoot surgery), are factors that can result in shortening or elevation and secondary de-functioning of the first ray, thus causing transfer load
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when the initial attempt at conservative therapy fails. Ruch at al reported the results of arthroscopic treatment for patients who were symptomatic for at least six months despite non-operative therapy. 22 However, they have admitted that for most
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physicians, finding the evidence is an issue. Even well-published researchers often fail to appreciate the background knowledge required to conduct a good literature search on the internet. A successful search should be time-efficient, reproducible, complete
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+/− revision fixation at a mean of 5.4 months ( 74 ). Of those that failed to heal with this approach, 75% had co-existing infection predisposing to treatment failure. Kanakaris et al. reported on a series of 30 patients with aseptic femoral non-union managed
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Origins and pathoanatomy When any of the primary ossification centres of the acromion fail to fuse to the basi-acromion the resulting non-union is termed an os acromiale. 1 An early mention of this type of os in the literature comes from
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Surgery is considered if conservative treatments fail to control the symptoms but operative treatment should only be considered in carefully selected patients. The aim of surgery is to achieve a foot that is plantigrade, mobile and pain-free. In any case
