Objective To study the clinical effects of delayed surgery for Maisonneuve fractures.Methods Between January 2006 to June 2011,we treated 21 patients with Maisonneuve fracture by delayed surgery.They were 18 men and 3 women,aged from 17 to 63 years (average,36.8 years).Rupture of inferior tibiofibular ligaments was complicated in all,lateral malleolus fracture in 17 cases,medial malleolus fracture in 14 cases,rupture of deltoid ligament in 7 cases,and posterior malleolus fracture in 15 cases.None of them got timely surgery due to complicated injuries,poor skin condition or missed diagnosis.Six patients had surgery after 2 weeks,11 after 3 weeks and 4 after 4 weeks.The interval from injury to surgery ranged from 14 to 32 days,averaging 21.3 days.Fractures of lateral,medial and posterior malleolus were treated with open reduction and internal fixation.Ruptures of deltoid ligament and anterior ligament of inferior tibiofibula were repaired and reconstructed.Functional recovery of the ankle joint was assessed using American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) scoring system.Results The patients were followed up for 10 to 18 months (average,12.3 months).All the fractures healed after an average time of 12.4 weeks (from 10 to 22 weeks).No infection or implant failure was observed in this group.The affected ankle restored inflexion basically to the range of the contralateral 6 months post-surgery,but was limited in the ranges of varus and valgus.Pain was extensively experienced.At the last follow-up,10 patients (47.6％) showed obvious disparity between the 2 sides,and 5 ones had lateral displacement of the talus and widened ankle mortise.AOFAS results were excellent in 5 cases,good in 9,fair in 4 and poor in 3,yielding a good to excellent rate of 66.7％.Conclusion Because delayed surgery increases the difficulties in surgery and functional recovery,early diagnosis and early surgery are crucial for treatment of Maisonneuve fractures to achieve satisfactory outcomes.

Objective To compare the effect of different analgesia methods on the treatment of pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA),and find the ideal analgesia way for peri operation period of TKA.Methods A total of 79 patients was randomly divided into three groups:cocktail,spinal,and multimodal analgesia groups.A comparative study among three groups was conducted on the postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) of pain score,range of motion,and adverse reaction.Results The motion pain score of using multimodal analgesia patients 24 hours after operation and the resting pain scores 48 hours after operation were less than the other two groups.The postoperative joint range of motion in 1 ～ 2 weeks of multimodal analgesia group was significantly better than the other two groups.Conclusions Multimodal analgesia was an effective way to treat pain after knee arthroplasty.

Objective To discuss the clinical therapeutic effect of tibia fracture treated by intramedullary nail using limited incision or close reduction.Methods We treated 54 tibia transverse fracture cases,93 oblique fracture cases, 7 1 fragmental fracture cases by intramedullary nail using open with limited incision or close reduction.We then compared operation time,X-ray time,hospital stay duration,infection rate,nonunion rate, and postoperative function restoration between patients with different fractures.Results There was no different operation time in transverse fracture group,but longer for close reduction in oblique fracture group and for open reduction in fragmental fracture group.X-ray time did not differ for open or close reduction in transverse fracture group.Long X-ray time was used in close reduction in oblique and fragmental fracture groups.There was no significant difference in nonunion rate for open and close reduction in both transverse and fragmental fracture groups.The oblique fracture nonuinon rate was higher in close reduction group than in open reduction group.No difference was found in infection rate or function recovery whether for open or close reduction in all types of fractures.Conclusion Different therapy methods should be determined by different fracture types.Open reduction with minimal incision should be used for oblique fracture cases and fragmental fracture cases with reduction difficulty.

Objective To compare the clinical effects of treating cervical prolapse of intervertebral disc by using Solis cage, titanium cage and autogenous iliac crest graft (AICG) combined with titanium plate. Methods 64 cases of cervical prolapse of intervertebral disc were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients were followed up for about one year. Group A is composed of 20 patients (30 intervertebral spaces) treated with microdiscectomy and Solis cage fusion;group B is composed of 21 patients(22 intervertebral spaces) treated with titanium cage and group C is involved of 23patients(28 intervertebral spaces) which were dealt with AICG combined with titanium plate. The differences in the to-tal X ray exposure time, time working on iliac bone, incidence of complications, fusion rate, incidence of JOA score recovery rate more than 50 % and rehabilitation time of the three groups are analyzed. Results All indexes from group A and B were more satisfactory than those from group C (P＜0. 05). The statistic analysis results of the incidence of complications of cervical part, rehabilitation time in group A are 5.0± 1.8, 5.1 ± 1.2; and that is 14.3±2.6, 7.5 ± 1.6and 26.1±6.2, 8.6±2.3 in group B and group C respectively. There is significant difference between group A and group B on the incidence of complications of cervical part and rehabilitation time (P＜0.05). Results of the incidence of JOA score recovery rate ＞ 50 % in group A(95.8 ± 3.2) was more satisfactory than that in group B(93.6 ± 2.9),while there was no statistical difference between group A and group B (P＞0.05). Conclusion The Solis cage is better in treating the cervical prolapse of intervertebral disc than other ways. Also, it makes the operation easier, rehabilitation time shorter, and it causes fewer complications.