BACKGROUND: The repair and functional reconstruction of peripheral traumatic nerves depend, on posttraumatic operation time and operative techniques which have certain referential value.OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of related factors on the repair and functional reconstruction of common peroneal nerve (CPN) after injuries.DESIGN: A case analysis.SETTING: Department of Orthopaedics, Fourth Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University.PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen patients diagnosed with simple CPN injury received treatment in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Chinese Medical University, between January 1991 and January 2001. There were 15 males and 3 females aged 12-61 years old with the mean age of 26.5 years; there were 9 cases of complete transection, 3 cases of incomplete transection, 1 case of compression, 4 cases of contusion, and 1 case of irreversible injury. Posttraumatic treatment at hospital was obtained 0.5 hour to 6 months after injury.METHODS: All patients were subjected to CPN explorative operation;neuroanastomosis was performed on 12 cases, neurolysis on 2 cases, tendon graft on 1 case and conservative treatment on 3 cases. Antibiotics were administered after operation together with blood activating medicine and neurotrophic medicine. Moreover, the patients were required to do passive functional exercise in order to avoid arkylosis and myoatrophy.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Functional recovery of CPN was assessed at postoperative 6 months based on the myodynamia of the same side anterior tibia muscles (excellent: above grade 4; good: grade 3; passable: grade 2; poor: grade 1 or grade 0).RESULTS: All the 18 patients entered the results analysis; their outcomes were assessed as excellent in 10 cases, good in 6 cases, and passable in 2cases, with the excellent rate being 89% (16/18).CONCLUSION: Patients diagnosed with CPN injury should be treated with primary repair of traumatic nerves as early as possible, which will benefit the functional recovery of limbs.

Objective To investigate the methods and results of lengthened proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) in the treatment of femoral shaft fractures combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fractures. Methods Of the 21 patients with femoral shaft combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fractures treated by lengthened PFNA from 2006 to 2009,16 patients with complete follow-up were retrospectively studied.There were 15 males and 1 female,at mean age of 35 years (range,21-51 years).Injury causes were all high-energy trauma including traffic injuries in 11 patients and fall injuries in five.According to Garden classification,there were seven patients with type Ⅰ femoral neck fractures,six with type Ⅱ and three with type Ⅲ.Femoral shift fractures contained six superior part fractures and nine medial part fractures and one inferior part fracture.According to Winquist classification,there were two patients with type Ⅰ femoral shaft fractures,four with type Ⅱ,six with type Ⅲ and four with type Ⅳ.Two patients had open fractures belonging to type Ⅰ Gustilo-Anderson.Harris hip score was used to evaluate functional outcomes at the last follow-up postoperatively. Result The mean follow-up time was 2.4years (range,1-4 years ).The mean period for healing of femoral neck and shaft fractures was 4.2months ( range,3-6 months) and 5.1 months ( range,3-8 months) respectively.Four patients showed delayed diagnoses of femoral neck fractures ; two patients had delayed union of femoral shaft fractures ; one suffered from avascular necrosis of the femoral head ; one patient presented 3 cm of extension of the affected limb and was accompanied by active pain of the knee joint for over four months.According to Harris score,function of hip joints was excellent in seven patients,good in six and fair in three,with excellence rate of 82％. Conclusions It is relatively few that the femoral shaft fracture is combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fracture.The rate of missed diagnosis of femoral neck fractures is high and the patients with high energy trauma hould be highly paid attention to.Lengthened PFNA conforms to characteristics of biomechanical fixation and presents short operation time and solid fixation. Lengthened PFNA achieves affirmatory effects for treatment of femoral shaft fractures combined with ipsilateral femoral neck fractures.

Methods: Between January 2016 and December 2016, 84 patients with hip disease were included in the study and randomly divided into 2 groups. Forty patients were treated with THA via SuperPATH approach (SuperPATH group), and 44 patients were treated with THA via posterolateral approach (PSA group). There was no significant difference in gender, age, body mass index, the type of disease, the complicating diseases, and preoperative thrombosis of lower extremity and Harris score between 2 groups ( P>0.05). The operation time, intraoperative blood loss, length of incision, postoperative drainage volume, unloaded activity time, Harris score, and short-form 36 health survey scale (SF-36) score were compared. The postoperative X-ray films were used to observe the position of joint prosthesis.

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to analyze the outcomes of surgical treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures (ICFs) in children and its characteristics.MethodsBetween January 2004 and October 2008,we review the results of 9 displaced,intra-articular fractures in 8 skeletally immature patients,who were treated with open reduction and internal fixation in our hospital.There were 7 males and 1 female,with the mean age of 13.1 years(range:10 to 15 years).Preoperative radiographs and computed tomographic scans were used to classify fractures.Clinical and radiographic evaluation were performed in postoperative follow-up visits.The functional outcomes were assessed with use of the modified American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society(AOFAS) ankle and hindfoot score.The published literatures of child ICFs treated with ORIF were reviewed.ResultsIn the series,there were 4 tongue-type and 5 joint depression-type fractures according to Essex-Lopresti classification,and according to Sanders classification,we found 5 type-Ⅱ fractures,3 type-Ⅲ and 1 type-Ⅳ fractures.The mean follow-up time was 47.4 months (range:21 to 72 months).All fractures healed within 2 to 4 months.The average preoperative and postoperative Bohler angles were 5.7 and 33.1 degrees respectively,and the mean Gissane angles were 106.5 and 128.0 degrees respectively.The mean modified-AOFAS score was 65.2 points(range:53 to 68 points).Skin necrosis was found in one foot.After the review of literatures,78.6％ (48/61) of displaced ICFs were male in children.Based on the Sanders classification,36 of 67 (53.7％) were type-Ⅱ fractures,25 of 67 (37.3％) were type-Ⅲ and 6 of 67 (9.0％) were type-Ⅳ; And 15 of 37 (40.5％) were tongue-type,22 of 37 (59.5％) were joint depression-type fractures according to Essex-Lopresti classification.ConclusionMost children with displaced ICFs treated with ORIF had a good clinical outcome with few complications.The children and adolescents that were exposed to high-energy trauma suffer calcaneal fractures that were similar to adult fracture patterns.