M a i n r e s u l t s 44 studies (3193 mainly female and older patients with 3197 fractures) with 23 different comparisons met the selection criteria, with follow-up ranging from 6 weeks to 10 years. Summarizing the outcomes was impeded by the poor quality and variation in study methods, interventions, patient characteristics, and outcomes. Some anatomic and functional outcomes (Table) were bet...

periodontal disease, or endodontic failure is a true esthetic emergency for a patient. A missing anterior tooth has implications for how we present ourselves to others and affects how we feel about ourselves. If the tooth or tooth crown is still intact and the patient brings it with them to the dental office, it is easiest to use it as a natural tooth pontic, joining it to the adjacent teeth wi...

Per-trochanteric (4 Part) fractures of femur are commonest in elderly people. The incidence is expected to increase in the coming years, with an ageing population resulting in a greater number of traumatic injuries in patients with osteoporotic bone. DHS fixation is gold standard modality for treatment of such fractures. Various implants used for such fractures are 1) DHS Sliding compression sc...

Dear Editor, Monteggia fracture, which was first described by Giovanni Battista Monteggia, consists of the fracture of ulna accompanied by radial head dislocation.[1] This definition was later modified by Bado, who included a group of injuries under the term of Monteggia fracture.[1] Bado also proposed a system of classification based on the mechanism of injury [Table 1]. Based on this classifi...

OBJECTIVE To perform a retrospective radiographic assessment of the reduction and implant position in the femoral head in patients with pertrochanteric fractures treated with cephalomedullary nailing in the lateral position versus traction table. METHODS Radiographs of patients with pertrochanteric fracture of the femur treated with cephalomedullary nailing in the lateral position and tractio...

A 76-years-old Caucasian woman was referred for consultation due to spontaneous fractures of the femur and ulna and complications of fracture healing following surgical treatment of the femur. The patient had a medical history of Sjögren's Syndrome under low doses of methotrexate (7.5-10 mg per os weekly) since 1992, and hypertension. She had osteoporosis since 2001, and had been treated with 6...