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The standard of care for femoral fractures is an intramedullary nail, placed in an antegrade approach. This has produced high rates of healing and low complication rates. The use of retrograde nailing for femoral shaft fractures is a relatively new technique, previously described as an extraarticular approach. Forty-one patients with 45 fractures were available for assessment after retrograde femoral nailing using an intracondylar approach. There were 2 nonunions, which healed with revision surgery, in addition to 5 other complications including: reflex sympathetic dystrophy, an ileus, deep vein thrombosis, skin loss about the knee, and malrotation noted after initial nailing. There were no postoperative infections, no arthrosis was noted, and flexion of the knee averaged 129 degrees. Retrograde femoral nailing may be used to treat fractures in patients who present with multisystem trauma; multiskeletal trauma, especially peritrochanteric and acetabular injuries; floating knee fractures; bilateral femur fractures; and patients with morbid obesity.
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PMID:Retrograde nailing of the femur using an intercondylar approach. 891 50

We present a new surgical subperiosteal endoscopic technique for the release of fibrosis of the quadriceps to the femur caused by gunshot injuries, postsurgical scarring, and fractures, that was developed at the Arthroscopy Group at Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras in Havana, Cuba. The technique used is a proximal endoscopic subperiosteal extension of the usual arthroscopic intra-articular release of adhesions, using periosteal elevators and arthroscopic scissors placed through medial and lateral superior knee portals to release adhesions and bands of scar tissue beneath the quadriceps mechanism. The technique was used in a prospective case series of 26 male patients aged 19 to 22 years between February 1997 and March 1998 who presented with clinically and ultrasonically documented extra-articular fibrosis resulting in ankylosis of the knee in extension. Only patients who had reached a plateau in their aggressive physiotherapy program with no further progression in knee flexion for 3 months were selected. Those with joint instability, motion-limiting articular surface pathology, and muscle or neurologic injury were excluded. All patients had obtained satisfactory results at 2-year follow-up. The extra-articular release gained at final follow-up was between 30 degrees and 90 degrees of flexion in addition to that obtained at the completion of the standard intra-articular release. Complications included 1 case of deep vein thrombosis, 2 cases of scrotal edema, 5 cases of hemarthrosis, and 2 cases of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. We have found this technique useful in obtaining additional flexion and improved function in a difficult class of patients with ankylosis caused by extra-articular fibrosis of the quadriceps to the femur, allowing immediate aggressive rehabilitation and presenting a useful outpatient alternative with fewer and less severe complications than described with the classic open Thompson's quadricepsplasty.
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PMID:Endoscopic quadricepsplasty: A new surgical technique. 1133 18

The objective of this report is to represent a case of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) secondary to the upper extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT). A 21-year-old man admitted with the complaints of pain and swelling in his right upper limb was presented. The patient had been diagnosed DVT in the right subclavian vein. The thrombosis had recovered completely with the standard treatment of DVT and doppler ultrasound had revealed normal findings at follow-up. After few months, he developed limb edema and pain considering post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). The patient showed no response to the treatments for PTS. He was diagnosed with RSD according to the clinical findings. The bone scan confirmed the diagnosis. He responded well to the physical therapy and therapeutic exercises program. RSD and PTS are the two conditions having some common features and resembling clinical pictures. RSD also should be kept in mind in differential diagnosis of patients who developed limb pain and edema after DVT. There are some different points in the characteristics of the common symptoms obtained in both of the clinical conditions. Bone scan can help to confirm the diagnosis if RSD is suspected. Because the treatments of two conditions are different, making the differential diagnosis is crucial.
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PMID:Reflex sympathetic dystrophy secondary to deep venous thrombosis mimicking post-thrombotic syndrome. 1936 11