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An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice

Bone healing models are essential to the development of new therapeutic strategies for clinical fracture treatment. Furthermore, mouse models are becoming ...

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A Minimally Invasive Model to Analyze Endochondral Fracture Healing in Mice Under Standardized Biomechanical Conditions

Bone healing models are necessary to analyze the complex mechanisms of fracture healing to improve clinical fracture treatment. During the last decade, an ...

Saarland University

Fast delivery of food to the terminal ileum is thought to be pathophysiologically responsible for type 2 diabetes remission after obesity surgery. Imitating this effect, ileal transposition (IT) is designed as initiating diabetes remission for non-obese patients.

Long segment ileal transposition leads to early amelioration of glucose control in the diabetic obese Zucker rat.

Rehabilitation after lower-extremity fractures is based on the physicians' recommendation for non-, partial-, or full weight-bearing. Clinical studies rely on this assumption, but continuous compliance or objective loading rates are unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the compliance to weight-bearing recommendations by introducing a novel, pedobarography system continuously registering postoperative ground forces into ankle, tibial shaft and proximal femur fracture aftercare and test its feasibility for this purpose.

Weight-bearing recommendations after operative fracture treatment-fact or fiction? Gait results with and feasibility of a dynamic, continuous pedobarography insole.

Although the field of geriatric trauma is - ironically - young, care for the elderly trauma patient is increasingly recognised as an important challenge, considering the worldwide trend towards increasing longevity.Increasing age is associated with physiological changes and resulting comorbidities that present multiple challenges to the treating physician.Even though polytrauma is less likely with increasing age, lower-energy trauma can also result in life-threatening injuries due to the reduced physiological reserve.Mechanisms of injury and resulting injury patterns are markedly changed in the elderly population and new management strategies are needed. From initial triage to long-term rehabilitation, these patients require care that differs from the everyday standard.In the current review, the special requirements of this increasing patient population are reviewed and management options discussed. With the increase in orthogeriatrics as a speciality, the current status quo will almost certainly shift towards a more tailored treatment approach for the elderly patient. Further research expanding our current knowledge is needed to reduce the high morbidity and mortality rate. Cite this article: Braun BJ, Holstein J, Fritz T, Veith NT, Herath S, Mörsdorf P, Pohlemann T. Polytrauma in the elderly: a review.2016;1:146-151. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.1.160002.

Tobias Fritz

Department of Trauma,
Hand and Reconstructive Surgery,
Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery

Saarland University

An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice

A Minimally Invasive Model to Analyze Endochondral Fracture Healing in Mice Under Standardized Biomechanical Conditions

Tobias Fritz

Department of Trauma,Hand and Reconstructive Surgery,Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery

Saarland University

An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice

A Minimally Invasive Model to Analyze Endochondral Fracture Healing in Mice Under Standardized Biomechanical Conditions

Department of Trauma,
Hand and Reconstructive Surgery,
Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery