Post-traumatic arthritis of the knee is the third most common cause of total knee replacement after primary arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The number of operations for post-traumatic conditions has increased only slightly 1 Distal
Francesco Benazzo, Stefano M.P. Rossi, Alberto Combi, Sanjay Meena, and Matteo Ghiara
Farhan Syed and Anthony Ugwuoke
joint is less commonly affected by primary arthritis. 2 Post-traumatic arthritis is the most common occurrence. 3 , 4 Ankle arthroplasty, when compared with fusion, has an added advantage of maintaining joint movement, besides the primary goal
Jordi Tomás-Hernández
post-traumatic arthritis. 33 In order to improve the articular reduction that can be obtained with external fixation, it is useful in many cases to perform a limited articular ORIF as an adjunct. 34 , 35 Generally, fractures with metaphyseal
Daniel Bachman and Akin Cil
arthroplasty for load sharing, however, alignment of the components is often challenging, especially in the setting of post-traumatic arthritis where the radial head and neck was previously resected or deformed ( Fig. 1 ). Fig. 1 a,b) Pre
Peter Ström
scapular fractures can be treated conservatively with expected good outcome. 4 , 5 However, whenever there is involvement of the glenoid, especially if there is great fracture displacement which may lead to post-traumatic arthritis or instability
Ippokratis Pountos and Peter V. Giannoudis
residual step-off and inadequate joint congruency, which frequently leads to the development of post-traumatic arthritis. A 2-mm articular step or depression is considered the maximal limit of ‘permitted’ incongruency that can be managed by non
Alexandre Sitnik, Aleksander Beletsky, and Steven Schelkun
infection, malunion, nonunion and post-traumatic arthritis. The published results are often difficult to compare because of significant heterogeneity of bone and soft-tissue injuries, the small number of patients in reported series, the retrospective nature
Thomas J. Holme, Marta Karbowiak, Magnus Arnander, and Yael Gelfer
with regard to deformity or post-traumatic arthritis. Poorly reduced fractures resulted in non-union in one case (not immobilized), and post-traumatic arthritis development in another (inadequate intra-operative reduction). Olecranon epiphyseal
Massimo Ceruso, Sandra Pfanner, and Christian Carulli
Questionnaire score. These data are summarised in Table 1 . Osteoarthritis, post-traumatic arthritis and in some series RA and psoriatic arthritis have been the main causes of disease of PIP joints. Considering degenerative and inflammatory conditions together
May Fong Mak, Richard Stern, and Mathieu Assal
Introduction The operative goal in the treatment of ankle fractures is well established: to restore anatomy and stability for early movement and full functional recovery, and prevent post-traumatic arthritis. However, the surgical approach
