UNUNITED FRACTURE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED.

Case of a Fracture of the Scull Successfully Treated

Bicondylar Hoffa Fracture Successfully Treated with Headless Compression Screws

Bicondylar coronal plane fracture, eponymically named Hoffa fractures, is an extremely rare injury. We present a case of isolated unilateral bicondylar Hoffa fracture that was successfully treated with open reduction and internal fixation using headless compression screws with satisfactory results. We inserted posteroanteriorly oriented Acutrak screws perpendicular to the fracture plane via lat...

On the Treatment of Ununited Fracture by Passive Congestion

When Bier of Kiel introduced his excellent method of treating tubercular joint affections by means of passive congestion, he indicated that the method he adopted had been formerly employed by others for the cure of ununited fracture. This mode of treatment, although apparently well known on the Continent, is somewhat novel here, and the two cases which follow may serve to illustrate the advanta...

Compound Fracture of Left Forearm Successfully Treated by Secondary Amputation at the Shoulder-Joint after Necrosis

tertia q. q. h. sumend. Applic. cataplasma. cont. haust. anodyne. Since last report, patient has had several attacks of rigors and fever ; the stump has been cedematous and constantly discharging large quantities of purulen t matter; the remaining portion of the shaft of the humerus becoming necrosed for a considerable distance, and pyajmic'purulent deposits have taken place in the shoulder-joi...

Acanthamoeba keratitis successfully treated medically.

The first medical cure of a corneal infection due to an Acanthamoeba species is reported. The 44-year-old patient developed a suppurative keratitis associated with an epithelial defect, hypopyon, and secondary glaucoma. Acanthamoeba was confirmed as the causative agent four months after presentation when positive cultures were obtained from the cornea and from the conjunctiva. Sensitivity studi...