Pathological fractures of the humerus are associated with pain, morbidity, loss of function and a diminished quality of life. We report our experience of stabilising these fractures using polymethylmethacrylate and non-locking plates. We undertook a retrospective review over 20 years of patients treated at a tertiary musculoskeletal oncology centre. Those who had undergone surgery for an impend...

UNLABELLED Patient: Female, 32. FINAL DIAGNOSIS Chondroblastoma. SYMPTOMS Pain. MEDICATION -. CLINICAL PROCEDURE -. SPECIALTY Oncology. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND 1% of all bone tumors are Chondroblastomas. Chondroblastomas, initially considered to be an osteoclastoma variant are benign, cartilaginous tumors which usually occur in the epiphysis of long bones, es...

In response to the excellent case report and summary on aneurysmal bone cysts by Gurjar et al1 in the November 2012 edition of EBSJ, we felt that some additional points should be brought to the attention of the readers. In themanagement of these difficult but benign lesions, many good points were raised by the authors, but minimally invasive sclerotherapy was omitted. This procedure involves pe...

In response to the excellent case report and summary on aneurysmal bone cysts by Gurjar et al1 in the November 2012 edition of EBSJ, we felt that some additional points should be brought to the attention of the readers. In themanagement of these difficult but benign lesions, many good points were raised by the authors, but minimally invasive sclerotherapy was omitted. This procedure involves pe...

BACKGROUND Chondroblastoma is a rare benign cartilaginous tumor, which primarily occurs in children and adolescents. Chondroblastoma commonly originates in the epiphyseal plate of long bones. An aggressive curettage treatment is recommended to manage lesion, which may jeopardize an open epiphyseal plate and result in limb shortening and deformity as the limb grows and develops. The purpose is t...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of oral etoricoxib and placebo combined with paracervical block for pain relief during fractional curettage MATERIAL AND METHOD A double-blind, randomized controlled trial that included 220 women who underwent fractional curettage and received paracervical block for pain relief was done at Ramathibodi Hospital between September 2005 and June 2006. One hundred...

BACKGROUND Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common gynecologic problem. Fractional curettage, evacuation and curettage, and dilatation curettage are common gynecologic procedures for investigation and treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding. To perform all these procedures, anesthesia is needed but technique varies among hospitals. The standard procedure of uterine curettage was performed after pa...

the uterine rupture during pregnancy is a catastrophic condition resulting in both maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. it occurs in nearly 1% of patients with previous cesarean sections. however, uterine rupture at the site of previous iatrogenic perforation which is spontaneously healed or repaired is less reported. we present a 29-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 1, at 20 weeks of g...