In this case, we opted for dual surgery combining caesarean section and internal fixation of acetabular fracture in late pregnancy, which allowed safe foetal delivery, fracture repair and early ambulation of the mother. In similar cases, this method could be potentially considered in the armamentarium of treatment options, aiming to facilitating prompt motherhood input and early hospital discha...

p0010 While fracture nonunions may represent a small percentage of the traumatologist’s case load, they can account for a high percentage of a surgeon’s stress, anxiety, and frustration. Arrival of a fracture nonunion may be anticipated following a severe traumatic injury, such as an open fracture with segmental bone loss, but may also appear following a low-energy fracture that seemed destined...

In some previous cases of clival bone fracture in patients with severe head injury, the diagnosis of clival bone fracture was relatively complicated. Regarding the incidence of clival fractures, some reports have shown an incidence of between 0.21% and 1.2% among traumatic brain injury victims who are admitted to hospital (1-3). The relationship between the site of the head and the type of frac...

INTRODUCTION Femoral neck fracture on amputated limb is an uncommon lesion and challenging to manage. CASE REPORT We report a case of a displaced neck fracture of the left femur in a 57-year-old female. She underwent at the age of the three a below-knee amputation of the ipsilateral limb for post traumatic ischemia. The fracture was managed by a total hip arthroplasty (THA), as a primary proc...

Background. The breech extraction of the fetus through the vagina has a greater risk of hip fracture compared with the extraction by abdominal route. Case. A 2390 g female infant was delivered at 39 weeks by elective cesarean section for breech presentation. The newborn sustained a fracture of the right femur. A simple immobilization of the limb in extension led to a complete healing of the fra...

BACKGROUND A 55 year old gentleman presented with tardy posterior interosseous nerve palsy associated with radial head fracture. CASE PRESENTATION The patient developed symptoms of wrist drop 24 hours after the injury whilst awaiting surgery for his Mason III radial head fracture. EMG studies confirmed the presence of a posterior interosseous nerve lesion. Open exploration revealed oedematous...

While most obstetricians are familiar with fracture of the clavicle in newborns during birth, an unlucky minority of obstetricians has encountered long-bone fractures in newborns as well. This complication is traumatic not only for the neonate, but also for the family and the obstetrician; it is also difficult to explain. Fortunately, the long-term prognosis for fracture of the long bones is ex...

INTRODUCTION: Post-traumatic arthritis (PTA) is a frequent cause of disability and occurs most commonly and predictably after articular fracture [1-2]. Importantly, more severe fractures, characterized by greater displacement of the articular surface and greater degree of comminution, have a worse prognosis [3]. Thus energy of injury and subsequent intra-articular fracture severity may play a f...

The authors report the case of a 28-year old male who presented with a compound diaphyseal fracture of the tibia, which was treated with intramedullary nailing. Postoperatively he required an extensive fasciotomy for an acute compartment syndrome. The fracture evolved towards post-traumatic osteomyelitis, growing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), combined with a large overlyin...

A rare case of talar body fracture combined with traumatic rupture of the anterior talofibular ligament and peroneal longus tendon is presented and reports in the literature are reviewed. We suggest that the mechanism of the injury was initial plantar flexion and inversion with rupture of anterior talofibular ligament and peroneal longus tendon, followed by forced dorsiflexion with talar body f...