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neutrophils per high power field has high sensitivity and specificity to diagnose infection in the context of non-union ( 49 ). This is a technique that is well suited to low resource settings as the infrastructure and reagents needed for this are low cost and
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medical treatment outweigh the risks of delaying surgery. 2 No evidence promoting general or regional anaesthesia exists. However, nerve blockade is recommended, irrespective of the type of anaesthesia administered. 2 i) Non
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non-union is significant, so this is another area where the indications for surgery and the most successful techniques are still to be defined. Open access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non
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very high, reaching as much as 87%, although a fibrous union is thought to be sufficient to obtain a good clinical outcome. 18 - 20 Fig. 4 SL arthrodesis. Ulnar side Lunotriquetral (LT) LT arthrodesis (see Fig. 5 ) has
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. Complications In PIP fusion the most common complications are non-union and malunion. 20 , 21 Non-union might be due to biological factors, mainly in difficult bone conditions or as a result of technical problems with the bone fixation. Bone conditions
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into non-hydrolysable analogues of adenosine triphosphate and induce osteoclast apoptosis. In contrast, second and third-generation nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (aminobisphosphonates) suppress farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase, a key enzyme of the
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the treatment of elderly patients with pelvic ring injuries is to sustain their mobility or to treat the consequences of immobility actively. 28 – 30 Therefore, the aim of all treatment options – whether non-operative or surgical – must be the
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contributing to fracture non-unions . Injury 2007 ; 38 : S11 – S18 . 21. Kubosch EJ Bernstein A Wolf L Fretwurst T Nelson K Schmal H . Clinical trial and in-vitro study comparing the efficacy of
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. The Medical Device Regulation (MDR) is the new European legislation to improve patient safety in the European Union for all medical devices. In the MDR, new regulations on medical devices were adopted and will become effective after a transitional
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medial margin of the glenoid track, there is a risk of engagement. The former used to be called ‘non-engaging HSL’ and the latter ‘engaging HSL’. However, as described above, these terms are almost always misused and cause a lot of confusion. In order to
