Technical Aspects of Hip Reconstruction: Editorial Comment

Free Jejunum Transfer for Hypopharyngeal Reconstruction: Technical Aspects and Outcome

cation rate. Free jejunal flap is increasingly becoming a preferred method of reconstruction. Easy harvest, one stage repair and quick return of swallowing are among the factors cited for the increasing role of such flap. The two major advantages of the technique are the avoidance of chest manipulation in such patients with already compromised pulmonary reserve (aspiration) and the preservation...

Reconstruction of the Acetabulum in Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Total Hip Replacement

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) or congenital hip dysplasia (CDH) is the most prevalent developmental childhood hip disorder. It includes a wide spectrum of hip abnormalities ranging from dysplasia to subluxation and complete dislocation of the hip joint. The natural history of neglected DDH in adults is highly variable. The mean age of onset of symptoms is 34.5 years for dysplastic DD...

Editorial Comment: Therapeutic Orphans

By an odd and unfortunate twist of fate, infants and children are becoming “therapeutic or pharmaceutical orphans.”1 Since 1962 they have been denied the use of many new drugs. The Drug Laws of 1962 had their inception following a pediatric tragedy—the thalidomide catastrophe. The laws of 1938 followed another which resulted from the use of a pediatric dosage form, “elixir” of sulfanilamide. By...

Editorial: Hip Arthroscopy

Editorial comment: The Nuss procedure.

the quality of life in young male adults with pectus excavatum deformity. Nakajima T. Stress distribution on the thorax after the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum results in different patterns between adult and child patients. Postoperative consumption of opioid analgesics following correction of pectus excavatum is influenced by pectus severity: a single-centre study of 236 patients undergo...