Background/aim: Hip fractures in older adults are associated with high morbidity, mortality, and subsequent hospital costs and decreased quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate geriatric patients who underwent partial prosthesis surgery following hip fracture and effects of early mobilization and weight bearing on postoperative walking ability and pain. Materials and methods: A total of 52 geriatric patients with intertrochanteric and femoral neck fractures were included in the study. Patients' service files, system records, pre-and postoperative X-rays were retrospectively reviewed. Results: There were 52 patients in the study group with 36 (69.2%) being female. The mean age of the patients was found as 82.9 ± 6.5 years. The mean length of stay in hospital was found as 6.2 ± 2.6 days. The mean length of stay in hospital was found as 5.3 ± 1.7 days in male and 6.6 ± 2.8 days in female patients, and the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.035). The mean length of stay in hospital was found as 5.4 ± 1.8 days in early mobilization group and 6.9 ± 2.9 days in late mobilization group, and the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.026). There was a significant difference between Harris and pain scores in terms of the time of first weight bearing at the postoperative 1st month follow-up. Harris score was found as 84.0 ± 5.8 (median: 84.0, min-max: 73-94), and the main pain score as 36.8 ± 6.8 in the group with the first weight bearing within the first 24 h, while Harris score was found as 71.10 ± 2.8, and the main pain score as 24.4 ± 6.4 in the group with the first weight bearing after the postoperative 24th hour. Conclusion: The results of our study indicated that early mobilization and full weight bearing in geriatric patients after hip fracture surgery shortened length of stay in hospital, reduced postoperative pain, and increased walking ability.

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Objective. AB0 blood groups have shown to be associated with increased risk of several orthopedic disorders such as Achilles tendon rupture and hip osteoarthritis. The objective of this study was to investigate relationships between the AB0 blood system and hip fracture patterns, duration of hospitalization, and amount of blood transfusion. Methods. Data of 308 patients treated due to hip fractures in our hospital between 2017 and 2019 were evaluated. Epicrisis reports and X-rays of the patients included in this study were retrospectively screened, and hip fractures were classified as intracapsular and extracapsular fractures. Patients were divided into A, B, 0, and AB groups according to blood groups. Results. The mean age of the patients was 75.54±13.5 years. Of all patients, 103 had an intracapsular fracture and 205 had an extracapsular fracture. No statistically significant correlation was found between blood groups and fracture patterns. No statistically significant difference was found between the amounts of transfusion according to the blood groups, and no significant difference between the durations of hospitalizations according to the blood groups. Conclusion. In our study population, we could not find a significant relationship between the AB0 blood system and fracture patterns. We think that these potential relationships could be explained with further comprehensive studies with larger populations.

Background and Objective. Shoulder dislocations, which often occur anterior, account for about half of all dislocations. There are numerous reduction methods reported for the conservative treatment of acute anterior dislocations. However, there is still an ongoing search for an optimal method given the procedure time, possible complications, success rates, and need for sedation/analgesia in existing methods. This study seeks to explore the effectiveness and safety of Prakash’s method in the treatment of acute shoulder dislocations, which is a novel method in the treatment of anterior shoulder dislocations. Materials and Methods. A total of 19 patients who were admitted to the emergency department with the diagnosis of anterior shoulder dislocation participated in this study. The diagnosis of shoulder dislocation was established in the emergency department with physical examination and anteroposterior shoulder radiography. The method was applied only once to the patients in the sitting position by the same physician without using any help, traction, anesthesia, analgesia, and myorelaxant. Results. The mean age of the patients was 37.3 ± 13.1 years. Among them, 36.8% n=7 were female and 63.2% n=12 were male. Recurrent dislocations were observed in 21.1% n=4 of the patients. The success rate of the method was 94.7% n=18. No complication was noted in the patients. The mean procedure time was 243 ± 38 seconds. Conclusion. Prakash’s method is a safe method for anterior shoulder dislocations that can be quickly performed with no need for sedation, assistance, and traction and has a high success rate.

Objective: Ankle arthroscopy has become an important treatment tool in the management of chronic and posttraumatic ankle problems. In the literature, there are numerous publications on the subject of ankle arthroscopy, including case series, systematic reviews, and prospective cohort studies. The objective of this bibliometric study was to determine the most cited 50 articles on ankle arthroscopy and to analyse characteristics of these studies. Method: The articles published between 1985 and 2019 were screened by two orthopedists via the Web of Science v. 5.11 academic search engine with 'Ankle Arthroscopy' term as of 03/21/2019. Titles, first authors, years of publication of the articles, number of citations, journal of publication, subtype, country of origin and institute of the study were recorded. Results: The number of total citations was 5378 for all 50 articles. The mean citation number of all articles was found as 107.6±45.6 (min-max: 64-240). The articles belonged to 13 different countries of origin. One article was published in 1980s, 13 articles in 1990s, 30 in 2000s, and 6 in 2010s. Conclusion: The articles on ankle arthroscopy were predominantly case series, and according to our bibliometric analysis we believe that further comparative randomized controlled studies are needed to be conducted on ankle arthroscopy.