Published in SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
A 70-year-old patient was referred for a surgical opinion with a flail digit. Flail digit occurs as a result of over resection to the head of the proximal phalanx beyond the surgical neck and proximally into the shaft. The patient was complaining of a symptomatic right fourth digit (pain 7/10 on a Visual Analogue Scale) that had previously undergon...
Published in Clinical implant dentistry and related research
To assess the effect of grafting the gap (SG) between the implant surface and alveolar socket on hard and soft tissue changes following single immediate implant placement (IIP). Two independent reviewers conducted an electronic literature search in Pubmed, Web of Science, Embase and Cochrane databases as well as a manual search to identify eligible...
Published in Journal of plastic surgery and hand surgery
Claw nail deformity is common in patients with fingertip injury. The optimal reconstruction remains unclear. We devised a unique strategy for reconstruction of claw nail deformity. We divided the approach into three parts: soft tissue reconstruction, bone graft and nail bed graft. In the soft-tissue reconstruction, a reverse digital arterial finger...
Published in Clinical implant dentistry and related research
The effect of different deproteinized bovine bone mineral (DBBM) particle sizes on bone healing in maxillary sinus floor augmentation remains unclear. This study compared the newly formed tissue and angiogenesis-related bone healing after sinus floor augmentation using large or small DBBM particles. Overall 32 patients were randomly divided into tw...
Published in Clinical Medicine Insights. Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Purpose: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication that can affect hip arthroplasty. Its treatment is extremely difficult, and issues regarding the optimal treatment remain unanswered. This study intended to show the effectiveness of the one-stage treatment of PJI. Materials and Methods: A retrospective observational cohort stu...
Published in In Vivo
Background/Aim Enchondroma is the most common primary bone tumour of the hand. When surgery is indicated, curettage with or without void augmentation has been described. However, only few comparative studies exist. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of hand enchondromas treated with autologous bone graft (AG) and bioactive glass S53P...
Published in Cureus
Bone grafting replaces damaged or missing bone with new bone and is used for surgical arthrodesis. Patients benefit from a huge variety of bone graft techniques and options for spinal fusions. This article reviews the rich history of bone grafts in surgery with particular emphasis on spinal fusion. During the early years of bone grafting in spine s...
Published in Journal of clinical periodontology
To evaluate the efficacy of different techniques to seal the alveolus (flap advancement [FA], open healing with barrier [OHB], and open healing without barrier [OHNB]) during alveolar ridge preservation (ARP) in terms of horizontal ridge width resorption. Randomized trials of at least 2 months duration comparing at least two techniques to seal the ...
Tooth shell technique (TST) using autologous dentine is possible with lateral ridge augmentation while avoiding a donor region. This study aimed to clarify whether the use of periodontally compromised teeth (PCT) leads to similar results compared to non-periodontally compromised teeth (NPCT). In this retrospective study, the dentin matrix of 41 pat...
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials
The ability of particulate bioactive glass to function as an effective bone graft material is directly related to its in vivo dissolution, ion release, and interparticle spacing (area associated with bone in-growth). A spherical shape represents an optimal geometry to control bioactive glass bone formation properties. Spherical particles were fabri...
