The infected knee prosthesis
Repeat offenders: non-attenders ...
Introduction Non-attendance at out-patient clinics results in inefficiency, wasted resources and delays other patients from accessing services. We c ...
The infected knee prosthesis
Deep infections are among the most severe complications in total knee arthroplasty; infection rates described in recent articles range between 1 and ...
Subtrochanteric femoral fractur ...
Subtrochanteric femoral fractures are expected to increase in the coming years. Despite the improvement of implants and surgical techniques, failure ...
Use of external Wxator in the p ...
Immobilization of lower limb following neurorrhaphy for sciatic nerve injuries poses a diYcult clinical situation both for the surgeon and for the p ...
ModiWed minimally invasive appr ...
Intertrochanteric fracture is a common injury of increasing geriatric population. Dynamic hip screw (DHS) is one of the commonly used implants used ...
ModiWcation of Laurence’s stitc ...
Laurence’s stitch has previously been described for surgical wound closure. The technique describes a continuous horizontal mattress using an absorb ...
A case of closed reduction thro ...
A 52-year-old man presented with painful swelling of his left ankle after a fall from a ladder. The radiograph revealed fractures of the medial and ...
Knee locking and pain mimicking ...
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is one of the rare conditions, which typically involves the knee joint. There are two main types of PVNS-loc ...
Delayed reconstruction of quadr ...
Bilateral spontaneous rupture of the quadriceps tendon is an uncommon and serious injury that usually occurs inmiddle aged to elderly patientswho ha ...
A case of arthroscopic removal ...
Osgood–Schlatter’s disease (OSD) is common and generally treated conservatively. However, surgical treatment is necessary for some patients with rec ...
Surgical techniques: how I do i ...
Patients with calcaneal fractures associated with significant soft tissue swelling or open wounds are not ideal candidates for extensive incisions a ...
Proximal femoral reconstruction ...
Purpose To describe three cases of aggressive lesion involving the proximal femur in children presenting with pathological fracture and its treatmen ...
Bone marrow edema syndrome of t ...
Bone marrow edema syndrome (BMES) is a non-traumatic clinical condition characterized by typical pattern of changes on magnetic resonance imaging (M ...
Luggage tag tie technique for d ...
Split skin graft for managing fasciotomy wound is one of the commonest routine operating room procedures. However, it requires multiple surgical int ...
Stones around bones! atypical g ...
We report a case of a 56-year-old man with painless synovial chondromatosis presenting as extremely large masses with smooth surfaces at the suprapa ...
A novel technique of interlocki ...
Interlocking nailing has become the common method of treatment of most diaphyseal fractures of long bones today (Brumback et al. in J Bone Joint Sur ...
Brachial artery pseudoaneurysm, ...
Introduction We present a case of a pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery arising due to a bone spike of a mobile non-union of a fracture of the hum ...
Migration of broken K-wires int ...
Kirschner (K-) wires are often used for osteosynthesis of many types of fractures. Dislocation and migration through the tissues, especially when us ...
Modified placement of cervical ...
Little attention has been paid to the drainage wound scar caused by anterior cervical spine surgery; this causes patients to complain for cosmetic r ...
Solitary diaphyseal exostosis o ...
Osteochondroma, the most common benign tumor, is very often diagnosed as an incidental finding on radiographs obtained for other purposes. The World ...
Metastatic pathological fractur ...
Introduction We report a case of an iatrogenic neck of humerus fracture sustained during MUA, following arthroscopic capsular release, for a diagnos ...
Axillary artery entrapment foll ...
fracture is a very rare occurrence. The most common mechanism of axillary artery injury is fracture dislocation, resulting with intimal tears, arter ...
Aneurysmal bone cyst of fourth ...
Aneurysmal bone cysts of small bones of hands are rare and pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of aneurysmal bone cyst of fo ...
Heterotopic ossification after ...
We report a unique case of a 60-year-old man suffering from Addison’s disease who underwent a hybrid total hip replacement subsequently developing h ...
Pott’s disease mimicking metast ...
Case report of one patient with tuberculosis of both the posterior and anterior elements of the spine presenting with severe back pain and upper mot ...