By Surgn.-Capt. R. Bird, m.d., f.r.c.sKohima. About 2 a.m., on the morning of 2nd September 1893, a bunnia of Kohima bazaar was attacked by thieves in his shop. He received a heavy blow on the forehead, but followed his assailant outside the shop. He crawled back to his shop and narrated what had occurred to his friends, He complained of much pain in his head, and commenced to gradually lose co...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurological disorder characterized by signs of posterior cerebral edema upon radiographic examination. A 16-year-old girl was involved in motorcycle accident and depressed frontal fracture was presented. She had generalized seizures 3 days after dural repair and fracture reduction. Signal changes was noted on both parietal lobes in the m...

It is now clear that vitamin K1 is part of a biochemical cycle that is essential for the conversion of specific bone peptides into a form that can bind calcium. We have used a recently described procedure for assaying vitamin K1 in plasma to test the involvement of this vitamin in fracture healing. Markedly depressed circulating levels were found in patients with fractures and the time taken fo...

This is a case report of an open depressed and compound elevated skull fracture that located in the area where superior sagittal sinus lies beneath. This is a very rare variant of skull fractures. This patient was admitted to our Department of Neurosurgery Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung Indonesia. He is a 14 years old male with motor vehicle accident and diagnosed with compound elevated and de...

INTRODUCTION Posterior fracture-dislocations of the shoulder are rare conditions. Misdiagnosis can occur in 50% - 80% of the patients. Due to the size of the lesion, stability of the joint could not be achieved with transfer of subscapular tendon or tuberosity. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old male patient was referred to our hospital with a neglected posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation. F...