SURGERY OF THE LONG BONES

Resection of the Long Bones

The Prophylactic Effect of Methyl Prednisolone Sodium Succinate against Fat Embolism in Long Bones Fractures

In this prospective study the effect of low dose methylprednisolone succinate (10mg/kg) on the incidence of fat embolism syndrome and isolated arterial hypoxemia in 99 patients with long bone fracture (52 control and 47 steroid-trated subjects) was studied. Frequency of fractures among the selected patients was as follows: femoral fracture 52.5%, tibial fracture 36.4%, both femoral and tibial f...

On the scaling of mammalian long bones.

Although there is much data available on mammalian long-bone allometry, a theory explaining these data is still lacking. We show that bending and axial compression are the relevant loading modes and elucidate why the elastic similarity model failed to explain the experimental data. Our analysis provides scaling relations connecting bone diameter and length to the axial and transverse components...

Metastatic carcinoma of the long bones.

Breast, prostate, renal, thyroid, and lung carcinomas commonly metastasize to bone. Managing skeletal metastatic disease can be complex. Pain is the most common presenting symptom and requires thorough radiographic and laboratory evaluation. If plain-film radiography is not sufficient for diagnosis, a bone scan may detect occult lesions. Patients with lytic skeletal metastases may be at risk fo...

Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Long Bones

DISCLOSURE There are no conflicts of interest to be declared. No financial support was obtained from any party for the study ABSTRACT Background: Chronic osteomyelitis is a challenging condition both to the clinician and the patient. Despite the advances that have been made in the areas of antibiotic management and operative treatment, the condition is still associated with high incidence of re...