Asymmetric bilateral dislocations of the hips are rare injuries. Among the small number of reports in the literature, most have attributed the cause to high-velocity motor crashes. These dislocations are often seen to be associated with fractures of the proximal femur or the acetabulum. We present a case of a 45-year-old man with bilateral asymmetric dislocation of hips which were purely ligame...

Traumatic sternoclavicular (SC) joint injuries are rare. The goal of this literature review was to evaluate the available literature on the treatment of traumatic anterior and posterior SC (fracture-) dislocations in adults and children. In adults, anterior dislocations are most commonly treated by nonoperative means. Closed reduction can be attempted but is associated with a high recurrence ra...

STUDY DESIGN Case report of 3 thoracic spine fracture-dislocations with complete spinal cord section treated by total vertebrectomy--spine shortening through a posterior approach. OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness and safety of this surgical technique in the treatment of acute thoracic spine fracture-dislocation. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND Total vertebrectomy can be used in different nontrauma...

Introduction: The purpose of this prospective study was to describe the clinic pathological varieties of fracture-dislocations of Lisfranc joint and outcome of treatment. Patients and Methods: This study was conducted on 21 cases of fracture-dislocations of the Lisfranc joint treated in our orthopedics trauma unit from 2010 to 2013. We selected middle foot pure dislocations or associated with L...

The major cause of hip dislocations is motor vehicle collisions. A great deal of force is required to dislocate a hip, and thus associated injuries are common. Up to 88% of hip dislocations will be accompanied by an associated fracture. Patients with hip dislocations have about a 25% risk for osteoarthritis and a 20% risk for avascular necrosis. In addition, sciatic nerve injuries occur in appr...

Posterior iliac crescent fracture-dislocation is generally considered rotationally unstable and vertically stable. The current study (1) investigated whether vertical instability may occur in posterior iliac crescent fracture-dislocation and (2) analyzed the clinical features of vertically unstable iliac crescent fracture-dislocation as well as treatment strategies. Patients with pelvic fractur...

A comparative study of fracture in Al is carried out by using quantum mechanical and empirical atomistic description of atomic interaction at crack tip. The former is accomplished with the density functional theory (DFT) based Quasicontinuum method (QCDFT) and the latter with the original Quasicontinuum method (EAM-QC). Aside from quantitative differences, the two descriptions also yield qualit...

BACKGROUND Distal radius radiographic indices may play a role as risk factors in pathogenesis of Kienbock's disease, scaphoid fracture and nonunion. Perilunate fracture dislocations are devastating wrist injuries, and their relationship and distal radius indices have not been addressed in the literature. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible role of distal radius radio...

We report the fracture of a cementless long stem in a distally fixated, extensively porous-coated femoral prosthesis used for revisional total hip arthroplasty (THA) 9 years previously in a 48-year-old woman, measuring 58 kg in weight and 155 cm in height. Following resolution of an infection 7 years after the revisional THA, a series of posterior dislocations occurred up until 7 months before ...