ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES In some total knee arthroplasty cases, the usual medial parapatellar approach does not allow the appropriate patellar eversion and the desired exposure of the knee joint. Partial disinsertion of the patellar tendon doesn't substantially improve the surgical exposure and can lead to extensor apparatus weakening and complete secondary ruptures, while the V-Y quadricipital p...

Tumor-induced osteomalacia/rickets is a rare paraneoplastic disorder associated with a tumor-producing fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). We present a child with symptoms of rickets as the first clinical sign of a central giant cell granuloma (CGCG) with high serum levels of FGF23, a hormone associated with decreased phosphate resorption. A 3-year-old boy presented with a limp and 6 months la...

Thrombocytopenia-absent radius (TAR) syndrome is a rare genetic condition with a complex inheritance pattern. This syndrome is classically characterized by hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia as well as bilateral absent radii, shortened ulna, and radially deviated 5-digit hands. During infancy, the predominant manifestations are hemorrhagic complications. Later in life, the bleeding disorder ty...

AbstractIntroduction: Osteoarthitisgenu is a joint disorder of the genu section due to gradual decrease in cartilage bone cohesiveness. A metabolic syndrome group both lipid and non-lipid abnormalities an individual. This study aims determine relationship between incidence osteoarthritis type 2 DM patients at RSI Jemursari Surabaya.Methods: uses analytic observational method with cross-sectiona...

This research was performed to identify the incidence of spinal and lower extremity deformity and to identify the relationship of the incidence between the physical characteristics. One hundred forty-seven Physical Education major students and 54 nonmajor students participated in this study. Data collecting was performed by questionnaire and visual postural evaluation. The incidences of genu va...