Flat Feet Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Flat Feet, including details on flatfoot, fallen arches, children, treatment, arthrodesis.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 3 (March)

1. Treatment of severe spondylolisthesis in adolescence with reduction or fusion in situ: long-term clinical, radiologic, and functional outcome.
   Spine, 31(5): 583-90; discussion 591-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Adverse effects associated with high-dose recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 use in anterior cervical spine fusion.
   Spine, 31(5): 542-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Hypopyon uveitis following band keratopathy removal in ankylosing spondylitis-a case report.
   Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 14(1): 57-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Arthrodesis of the knee with a long intramedullary nail following the failure of a total knee arthroplasty as the result of infection.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 88(3): 553-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Gait analysis and functional outcomes following ankle arthrodesis for isolated ankle arthritis.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 88(3): 526-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Treatment of primarily ligamentous Lisfranc joint injuries: primary arthrodesis compared with open reduction and internal fixation. A prospective, randomized study.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 88(3): 514-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Treatment of malunion and nonunion at the site of an ankle fusion with the Ilizarov apparatus. Surgical technique.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 88: 119-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Anterior cervical fusion with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages in the treatment of degenerative disc disease. Preliminary observations in 36 consecutive cases with a minimum 12-month follow-up.
   Acta Neurochir (Wien), 148(3): 307-12; discussion 312. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Unstable burst fractures of the thoraco-lumbar junction: treatment by posterior bisegmental correction/fixation and staged anterior corpectomy and titanium cage implantation.
   Acta Neurochir (Wien), 148(3): 299-306; discussion 306. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Tarsal joint fusion using memory compression staples--a study of 10 cases.
    J Foot Ankle Surg, 45(2): 113-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Retrograde intramedullary nailing in tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis: a short-term, prospective study.
    J Foot Ankle Surg, 45(2): 98-106. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Filling a cervical spine cage with local autograft: change of bone density and assessment of bony fusion.
    Zentralbl Neurochir, 67(1): 8-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Ischemic optic neuropathy following spine surgery in a 16-year-old patient and a ten-year-old patient.
    J Neuroophthalmol, 26(1): 30-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Treatment of anterior cervical pseudoarthrosis: posterior fusion versus anterior revision.
    Spine J, 6(2): 154-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Pannus resolution after occipitocervical fusion in a non-rheumatoid atlanto-axial instability.
    Eur Spine J, 15(3): 366-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. A preliminary study of reliability of impedance measurement to detect iatrogenic initial pedicle perforation (in the porcine model).
    Eur Spine J, 15(3): 316-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Transarticular screw fixation for osteoarthritis of the atlanto axial segment.
    Eur Spine J, 15(3): 283-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Inadvertent C2-C3 union after C1-C2 posterior fusion in adults.
    Eur Spine J, 15(3): 270-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Complications of transpedicular screw fixation in the cervical spine.
    Eur Spine J, 15(3): 327-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Biomechanical evaluation of an expansive pedicle screw in calf vertebrae.
    Eur Spine J, 15(3): 321-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Association of the IL1 gene cluster with susceptibility to ankylosing spondylitis: an analysis of three Canadian populations.
    Arthritis Rheum, 54(3): 974-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Case reports: A subtrochanteric femur fracture with long intramedullary femorotibial nail for knee arthrodesis.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 444: 256-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Postoperative infections in interbody fusion for degenerative spinal disease.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 444: 120-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Treatment of tuberculous spondylitis with anterior stabilization and titanium cage.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 444: 60-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. One-stage combined surgery with mesh cages for treatment of septic spondylitis.
    Clin Orthop Relat Res, 444: 51-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Augmentation of the lower leg: a new combined calf-tibial implant.
    Plast Reconstr Surg, 117(3): 817-26; discussion 827. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Augmentation of anterior lumbar interbody fusion with anterior pedicle screw fixation: demonstration of novel constructs and evaluation of biomechanical stability in cadaveric specimens.
    Neurosurgery, 58(3): 522-7; discussion 522-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Endoscopic extruded screw removal after anterior cervical disc fusion: technical case report.
    Neurosurgery, 58(3): E589; discussion E589. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Evaluation of the Turkish version of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Patient Global Score (BAS-G).
    Clin Rheumatol, 25(2): 136-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Ankylosing spondylitis and undifferentiated spondyloarthritis in Kuwait: a comparison between Arabs and South Asians.
    Clin Rheumatol, 25(2): 219-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Effect of ankylosing spondylitis on health-related quality of life and different aspects of social life in young patients.
    Clin Rheumatol, 25(2): 168-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Pulmonary involvement in lifelong non-smoking patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis without respiratory symptoms.
    Clin Rheumatol, 25(2): 213-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Stiffness after total knee arthroplasty: prevalence, management and outcomes.
    Knee, 13(2): 111-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Current evidence for the management of ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic literature review for the ASAS/EULAR management recommendations in ankylosing spondylitis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 65(4): 423-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 65(4): 442-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Adult acquired flexible flatfoot, treated by calcaneocuboid distraction arthrodesis, posterior tibial tendon augmentation, and percutaneous Achilles tendon lengthening: a prospective outcome study of 20 patients.
    Acta Orthop, 77(1): 156-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Arthrodesis of small joints, illustrated by the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb.
    Oper Orthop Traumatol, 18(1): 57-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. The quantitative analysis of tissue injury markers after mini-open lumbar fusion.
    Spine, 31(6): 712-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Interlaminar bony fusion after cervical laminoplasty: its characteristics and relationship with clinical results.
    Spine, 31(6): 644-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Spinal disassociation masquerading as iatrogenic listhesis above a previous fusion.
    Spine, 31(6): E179-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Retrospective study of cervical arthrodesis in patients with various types of skeletal dysplasia.
    Spine, 31(6): E169-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Bioresorbable polymers: heading for a new generation of spinal cages.
    Eur Spine J, 15(2): 133-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Serum matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in ankylosing spondylitis: MMP-3 is a reproducibly sensitive and specific biomarker of disease activity.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 45(4): 414-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Dynamic postural balance in ankylosing spondylitis patients.
    Rheumatology (Oxford), 45(4): 445-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Transpedicular wedge resection osteotomy for the treatment of a kyphotic Andersson lesion-complicating ankylosing spondylitis.
    Eur Spine J, 15(2): 246-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. A prospective randomized study comparing a cervical carbon fiber cage to the Smith-Robinson technique with allograft and plating: up to 24 months follow-up.
    Eur Spine J, 15(2): 157-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Virtual placement of posterior C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation.
    Neurosurg Rev, 29(2): 114-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Spinal surgery in children with idiopathic and neuromuscular scoliosis. What's the difference?
    J Pediatr Orthop, 26(2): 216-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Orbital cellulitis in a patient receiving infliximab for Ankylosing spondylitis.
    Am J Ophthalmol, 141(4): 767-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Management of cuboid crush injuries.
    Foot Ankle Clin, 11(1): 121-6, ix. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Surgical treatment for injuries of the middle and lower cervical spine.
    Int Orthop, 30(1): 54-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Rationale and design of The Delphi Trial--I(RCT)2: international randomized clinical trial of rheumatoid craniocervical treatment, an intervention-prognostic trial comparing 'early' surgery with conservative treatment [ISRCTN65076841].
    BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 7: 14. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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