The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Oct 1975
Intramedullary nailing in the treatment of open fractures of the tibia and fibula.
Intramedullary nailing of thirty acute displaced open fractures of the tibia and fibula resulted in union with only one superficial infection. The low incidence of sepsis is attributed to the use of the curved malleable Hodgkinson tibial nail which requires no reaming, renders the operation less difficult and traumatic, and interferes minimally with bone vascularity. Fibular nailing was an effective means of stabilizing nine of the twelve fractures close to the ankle joint.
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Oct 1975
Case ReportsArthroplasty of both hips and both knees in rheumatoid arthritis.
Eleven patients with rheumatoid arthritis underwent total joint replacement of both hips and both knees (four-joint arthroplasty). All patients had increased function and decreased pain. Severe rheumatoid arthritis in both hips and knees does not preclude a satisfactory result after replacement arthroplasty.