Childhood fractures are common. Their clinical relevance to osteoporosis and fractures in later life is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive risk of childhood fracture on the risk of fracture in later life. Men and women >or=50 yr of age were recruited from population registers for participation in the European Prospective Osteoporosis Study (EPOS). Subjects completed ...

This retrospective study aimed to identify and classify fractures in the appendicular axial skeletons of birds from Cariamidae Falconidae families presented a referral centre. Twelve thirteen adult red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) had skeleton one an fracture. All occurred pelvic limbs, but bird also thoracic limb Among long-bone fractures, ten were tibiotarsus. these six comminuted, two ...

BACKGROUND The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing concern worldwide. The prevalence of hemodialysis in Taiwan is the highest in the world, and this may increase the prevalence of orthopedic fractures. The aim of this study was to explore the incidences of various orthopedic injuries and the related risk factors. METHODS A nationwide prospective study based on the Taiwan Natio...

conclusions extremity injuries especially open fractures of lower limbs account for the majority of hospitalized victims. compartment syndrome is one of the main problems that should be addressed. our study demonstrates that people still need more education regarding earthquakes and the government should direct more attention to this issue. results in this study, there were 105 females (52.5%) ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the epidemiology of fractures among children seen with sports injuries in a district general hospital accident and emergency department. METHODS A prospective study of children aged 5 to 15 years who presented with sport related fractures from 1 September 1997 to 31 August 1998. RESULTS The 255 children who had sport related fractures represent 20% of children seen wit...

Feline combined diaphyseal radial and ulnar fractures were reviewed in a retrospective study of cases that were admitted to two university teaching hospitals. A high incidence of complications was noted, with 6/26 (23.1%) of cases requiring revision surgery. Open fractures were significantly more likely to require revision surgery. The two main repair methods were external skeletal fixation (ES...

Ankle fractures account for 9% of fractures1 representing a significant portion of the trauma workload: proximal femoral fractures are the only lower limb fracture to present more frequently. Ankle fractures have a bimodal age distribution with peaks in younger males and older females.2 There has been three-fold increase in the incidence amongst elderly females over the past three decades.3 In ...

Fractures of radial head constitute from 1,7 to 5,4% of all the fractures of human joints [1]. These fractures are often accompanied by extensive soft tissue injuries also in the vicinity of wrist. In such cases nailing of bone chips does not yield good effects. Resection of radial head or its replacement with an endoprosthesis is a method of radial head multi-chip fractures treatment. The radi...

Background Supracondylar humeral fractures constitute about 60% and 13% of all pediatric elbow and pediatric skeletal fractures, respectively, with a peak incidence in the 5-7 years age group. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare closed reduction with open reduction and pin fixation in type III supracondylar humeral fractures in children younger than...

This study evaluates the results of intertrochanteric fractures of the femur treated by external fixation. One hundred and four intertrochanteric fractures of the femur were stabilized by external fixation over an 8 year period. Complete fracture healing was detected in all patients within 11.2 weeks. Varus malunions and more than 2 cm limb shortening were evaluated in 8 patients. Eight patient...