PURPOSE To evaluate 12 patients with delayed or nonunion of bones treated with bone marrow injections. METHODS 6 men and 6 women aged 15 to 70 (mean, 45) years underwent bone marrow injections for delayed union (n=2) or atrophic non-union (n=10) of the ulna (n=6), femur (n=3), humerus (n=2), or metacarpal (n=1). Bone marrow was aspirated from the anterior iliac crest and injected to the delay...

INTRODUCTION Fractures of the distal humerus are a rare entity accounting for approximately 2% of the humeral fractures. Non union of the distal humerus is further rare and poses a major challenge. These fractures usually respond to open reduction and bone grafting but some may fail multiple surgical attempts at union and hence are labelled as "resistant" non union. We report a case of resistan...

Removal of hardware in orthopaedic surgery is usually encountered in revision fracture surgery for non union, mal union, infection and peri-implant failure. If the hardware has broken this can make revision surgery even more demanding. Numerous techniques have been described to facilitate implant removal. A broken femoral nail is not an uncommon presentation of a delayed union or a non union. W...

BACKGROUND Non-surgical treatment of forearm shaft fractures in adults is associated with a high incidence of non-union. Operator errors during surgery also often result in bone union complications. We attempted to identify the errors made during the treatment or other factors that might influence the development of forearm shaft union complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS We have analysed the...

‎‎let r be a non-commutative ring with unity‎. ‎the commuting graph‎ ‎of $r$ denoted by $gamma(r)$‎, ‎is a graph with a vertex set‎ ‎$rsetminus z(r)$ and two vertices $a$ and $b$ are adjacent if and only if‎ ‎$ab=ba$‎. ‎in this paper‎, ‎we investigate non-commutative rings with unity of order $p^n$ where $p$ is prime and $n in lbrace 4,5 rbrace$‎. it is shown that‎, ‎$gamma(r)$ is the disjoint ...

PURPOSE There is ongoing debate about the management of medial epicondyle fractures in the pediatric population. This systematic review evaluated non-operative versus operative treatment of medial epicondyle fractures in pediatric and adolescent patients over the last six decades. METHODS A systematic review of the available literature was performed. Frequency-weighted mean union times were u...

BACKGROUND Non-union continues to be one of the orthopedist's greatest challenges. Despite effective culture methods, the detection of low-grade infection in patients with non-union following tibial fracture still presents a challenge. We investigated whether "aseptic" tibial non-union can be the result of an unrecognized infection. METHODS A total of 23 patients with non-union following tibi...