BACKGROUND The aim of study was to determine the occurrence of tooth injuries and associated factors among patients treated at a hospital emergency ward. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted involving the analysis of 790 patient charts. The independent variables were gender, place of residence and type of accident. The dependent variable was tooth injury (fractures, concussion, luxat...

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is an excellent salvage procedure for debilitating conditions that included osteoarthritis, hip luxation, femoral head and neck fracture and revision of femoral head ostectomy providing excellent hip joint function. Six dogs with clinical condition of hip dysplasia with luxation (three), severe osteoarthritis (two) and hip luxation (one) weighing 30 kg b.wt were sub...

A two-year-old male Pomeranian dog was presented to a veterinary hospital due the side effects of surgical correction for patellar luxation. Stifle joint arthrodesis (SJA) performed on patient’s right leg using autologous bone-grafting techniques. The femur and tibial were angled 120–130°, an SJA plate fixed front two bones. After performing fusion limb, medial-patellar-luxation-(MPL)-correctiv...

Pan African Medical Journal. 2015; 22:234 doi:10.11604/pamj.2015.22.234.7890 This article is available online at: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/22/234/full/ © Badr Ennaciri et al. The Pan African Medical Journal ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2....

Résumé Le nerf ulnaire au coude a une situation anatomique très particulière, qui explique son importante vulnérabilité. Les auteurs rapportent cinq cas, d'instabilité post-traumatique du nerf ulnaire avec luxation complète du nerf en avant de l'épitrochlée. A la lumière de notre expérience et d'une revue de la littérature, les aspects pathogéniques, diagnostiques et thérapeutiques de cette pat...