Items tagged “orthopedics”
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Superior labral anterior posterior tear
Superior labral anterior posterior (SLAP) tears are injuries of the glenoid labrum, and can often be confused with a sublabral sulcus on MRI.
Pathology
SLAP tears involve the superior glenoid labrum, where the long head of biceps tendon inserts. They can extend into the tendon, involve the gl...
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Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasties (RTSA) or replacements (RTSR) are a variant on the standard total shoulder replacement (TSR). It is often the preferred method when there has been advanced damage to the rotator cuff as seen in rotator cuff tear arthropathy.
Prosthetic components
Humeral c...
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Pelvic resection
Pelvic resections are complex surgeries in a which a part of the pelvic ring is surgically removed, usually to treat a malignant tumor (such as a chondrosarcoma).
Originally, these resections removed half of the pelvis and the ipsilateral limb
hemipelvectomy
classic hemipelvectomy / hindquart...
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Type 1 pelvic resection
Type 1 pelvic resections are complex surgeries that involve removing part of the pelvis, usually to resect malignant tumor.
Type 1 pelvic resections remove a varying amount of the iliac bone, and are classified in general terms as "partial" or "complete", depending on how much of the iliac bone...
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Hip resurfacing arthroplasty
Hip resurfacing arthroplasties are a type of joint replacement which may be used in the treatment of active patients with end-stage pathology of the hip joint.
The major difference as compared to conventional hip arthroplasty is that resurfacing arthroplasties have femoral components with large...
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Plate and screw fixation
Plate and screw fixation is a method of internal fixation used in orthopedic surgery. It is most commonly used in open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) surgeries as well as fixation of bone post osteotomy (e.g. high tibial osteotomy or rotational osteotomy).
When applied to the convex side o...
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Stress shielding of the proximal humerus
Stress shielding of the proximal humerus after total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is a bone resorption around the proximal prosthesis stem.
Pathology
According to Wolff's Law, bone remodels in response to stress. After a TSA or shoulder hemiarthroplasty, intact bone previously responsible for b...
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