Two cases with open, comminuted, axially displaced fractures of the proximal third fourth metatarsal bone were referred to University Equine Hospital Vienna. Due concerns regarding risk injury suspensory ligament and implant infection an open configuration, surgical treatment ostectomy fractured was performed in both cases. Based on telephone follow-up, Case 1 reported be sound no significant r...

Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries usually constitute part of a multiligament injury. Isolated PCL injuries account for only approximately 3% of all ligament injuries. No consensus on optimal surgical reconstruction exists. The PCL is a double-bundle structure that functions in an anisometric manner. Biomechanical studies have shown that re-creating the PCL femoral double-bundle configu...

This report describes superficial medial collateral ligament reconstruction of the knee using a novel method of graft fixation with the ACL Tightrope RT (Arthrex, Naples, FL). After tibial fixation with either a standard interference screw or staple, femoral fixation of the semitendinosus tendon is performed with the adjustable-loop suspensory fixation device, which allows for both initial graf...

To the Editor o/"The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?I was much interested in Captain Nesfield's article tinder the above title in the July number of the Indian Medical Gazette just received. My experience has been much the same as his, namely?, that with the amount of pressure I was prepared to apply, I was able to deliver the lens in its capsule successfully in only about one case in ten. I was...