introduction : limb fracture is always accompanied by a sever pain that doctors try to reduce it when they treat such fractures and this in turn results in a better treatment. hematoma-block is one of the ways that is used to reduce the pain in colle’s fracture. this study examines the clinical analgesia in reduction of colle’s fracture by hematoma-block. materials & methods : in this quasi exp...

With an increasingly ageing population, osteoporosis and osteoporosis-related fractures is fast becoming an important public health problem placing a considerable economic burden on health service resources. This does not account for the substantial pain, disability and indeed mortality incurred after a fracture, particularly a hip fracture. Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder which re...

A hydro-mechanical approach is developed to investigate progressive fracture damage study with flow behavior in PMMA sample. A series of experiments are conducted to replicate the field work of hydrofraturing process. The PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate) specimens have been performed to simulate to fracture developments that are similar to hydrofraturing process. These Fractures are mechanical b...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and the clinical impact of stent fractures after femoropopliteal stenting. BACKGROUND The development of femoral stent fractures has recently been described; however, there are no data about the frequency and the clinical relevance. METHODS A systematic X-ray screening for stent fractures was performed in 93 patients. In tot...

OBJECTIVE We analyzed the comparative efficacy and long-term prognosis with proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) and dynamic hip screw (DHS) for the treatment of unstable intertrochanteric fractures, retrospectively. We determined the independent risk factors to guide subsequent surgery and improve the long-term quality of life. PATIENTS AND METHODS We selected 165 patients suffering fr...

Through this research, embedded synthetic fracture networks in rock masses are studied. To analysis the fluid flow complexity in fracture networks with respect to the variation of connectivity patterns, two different approaches are employed, namely, the Lattice Boltzmann method and graph theory. The Lattice Boltzmann method is used to show the sensitivity of the permeability and fluid velocity ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate functional recovery after concomitant fractures of both hip and upper limb in elderly people. DESIGN Survey study. SETTING Rehabilitation hospital in Italy. PARTICIPANTS 586 consecutive in-patients with hip fracture. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Functional recovery was evaluated by using Barthel index score. RESULTS 4.1% of patients (i.e. 24/586) suffered from a conc...

BACKGROUND A concomitant tibial shaft and posterior malleolar fracture is a type of regular compound fracture. The associated posterior malleolar fractures are mostly occult fractures, which often do not show a fracture line on ordinary films, and thus lead to a high rate of misdiagnosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate factors helpful for the pre-operative detection of concomit...