Eur J Trauma Emerg S
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Jun 2013
Serum cleaved tau protein and traumatic mild head injury: a preliminary study in the Thai population.
To determine the correlation between serum cleaved tau protein and traumatic mild head injury (MHI) (GCS 13-15). ⋯ As it was uncorrelated with traumatic MHI, serum cleaved tau protein proved to be an unreliable biomarker to use in the early detection of and decision-making for traumatic MHI patients at the emergency department.
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Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Jun 2013
Influence of implant design on the method of failure for three implants designed for use in the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures: the dynamic hip screw (DHS), DHS blade and X-BOLT.
The dynamic hip screw (DHS) has been widely adopted as the implant of choice in the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures. There have been attempts over the years to improve on the DHS lag screw design in order to reduce failure in the form of "cut out". The purpose of this study was to investigate how two new design variations of the DHS, the DHS blade and the X-BOLT, behave within bone, and if these design modifications do indeed improve the fixation achieved and lead to a reduction in failure due to cut out. ⋯ The results demonstrated that implant design only influences the pattern of failure, and that the peak forces reached by each implant are determined by the quality of the bone or test material into which they are placed. However, altering the force-displacement curve or pattern of failure may be enough to improve the fixation achieved and to provide an increased resistance to cut out.