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R J Boyd. 1977. Orthopedic surgery.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197710001-00014
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INTRODUCTION: To correct trapezium dysplasia we propose a new surgical technique. The operation consists of a double osteotomy of the trapezium and of the first metacarpal base, thereby harvesting the trapezo-metacarpal joint en-bloc. Vascularization is via the radial artery pedicle divided at the first web level. The articular block is then rotated 180 degrees on the longitudinal axis of the thumb. METHOD: An anatomic study was performed on six fresh cadaveric upper limbs. The radial artery was injected with colored latex, 5 cm above the wrist. The peri-articular vascular network was studied. The feasibility of harvesting and rotating the articular bloc after double osteotomy of the first metacarpal basis and the trapezium was also studied. RESULTS: In all the cases, the radial artery was present with branches supplying the peri-articular vascular network. After double osteotomy of the metacarpal base and of the trapezium, the articular bloc was harvested and rotated by 180 degrees. We describe the surgical technique. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The surgical technique has been confirmed with the first clinical cases. The double oblique osteotomy with rotation of the articular bloc corrects trapezium dysplasia and preserves first metacarpal abduction. This procedure appears to be a solution in cases of trapezium dysplasia associated with instability and early stage osteoarthritis.
When a metallic implant is in contact with human tissues, the organism reacts and a corrosion process starts. Consequently, we might observe liberation of metallic debris and wear. Our purpose is to measure the contamination and the migration of these metallic elements in the surrounding tissues of the implant. Two types of samples have been studied. First type is sample taken on post-mortem tissues around prostheses to study contamination gradients. Second type is sample taken on pathologic joints on periprosthetic capsular tissues in surgical conditions. These allow estimating contamination degree. The experiments were made on a Van de Graaff accelerator located at CERI (Centre d'Etude et de Recherche par Irradiation, Orléans, France). We measure elemental concentrations resulting from the contamination of the surface of each sample. Results are analysed in function of the pathology and the type of implants. According to the pathology and the location of the sampling, these measurements show a very heterogeneous contamination by metallic elements under particles and/or ionic species which can migrate through soft tissues by various mechanisms.
There are few cases in the medical literature documenting intrathoracic glenohumeral fracture-dislocations. A total of eight cases have been reported-two intrathoracic humerus dislocations with greater tuberosity fractures 1, 2 and six cases with intrathoracic fracture-dislocations in which the fracture involved the humeral neck. 3-8 With so few cases, treatment modalities vary, and no guidelines exist. Patients in five of the reported cases underwent surgery, 1, 3-6 while the other three were treated nonoperatively. 2, 7, 8 We present a case of a middle-aged woman involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident who sustained an intrathoracic humeral head fracture-dislocation and underwent operative treatment.