Clinical material: Since February 1985 (4.2 years) 75 implants have been inserted. 62 Mark I ligaments and since January 1989, 13 Mark II ligaments. This paper discusses the experience with the 62 Mark I ligaments. 56 male, 61 ACL?in all but one, giving way, either at sport or at leisure was the predominant presenting symptom. Correlation between the laxity signs and instability symptoms were n...

Despite recent advances in orthopaedic research, treatment of certain types of long bone fracture still represents a significant clinical problem. The current trend in treatment technique has been toward a less rigid fixation in an attempt to promote callus and encourage early union, using semi-rigid plates or external skeletal fixation frames with variable rigidity. It has been well documented...

s of South West Vascular Surgeons Meeting held at St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, 14 February 1992 PSEUDOXANTHOMA ELASTICUM CAUSING CLAUDICATION. W. G. Prout. Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum is a heritable disorder of elastic fibre leading to characteristic skin changes, angioid occular streaking and cardio-vascular problems. A 34 year old man presenting with int...

Professor David Berry, Dean of the Medical School, introduced Professor Raoul Tubiana of Faculte de Medicine, Cochin-Port Royal, Paris. Professor Berry, in his introduction, said that he had met Mr. Pridie many years ago when he had helped provide an implant for a hip joint. He also outlined many of the attributes of Mr. Pridie who above all was an original thinker and an innovator. He then int...

In 2008 there were 11682 cases of oral cancer in the United Kingdom; this is 16.41/100000 population, and 3.7% of all cancers. Ethnic coding of these data is poor, and so databases were combined to report rates for the incidence of oral cancer in South Asians compared with those among other ethnic groups in West Yorkshire, 2001-2006. A total of 2157 patients with oral cancer were identified in ...

A Comparison of Silastic Prostheses (Yeoman design) with Excision Arthroplasty in the Metacarpophalangeal Joints of the Hand Mr. I. M. Pinder (Bath) described a new operative technique for the insertion of a silastic prosthesis. A direct comparison was made of metacarpo-phalangeal replacement in rheumatoid arthritis with excision arthroplasty. Thirty-two replacement arthroplasties had been carr...

In the abstracts that follow the author who presented the paper is marked with an *. The last two abstracts were poster demonstrations and the remainder were clinical papers. The X-ray quiz was won by Mr. D. Halpin of Torbay and the SWOC Prize certificate was won by Miss D. Eastwood of Bristol. The Pridie Memorial lecture entitled "South West Orthopaedics 1948-91" was given by Mr. A. H. C. Ratliff

s of papers given at the meeting in Bristol November, 1983. PRIDIE MEMORIAL LECTURE 'Modern Trends in the Management of Brachial Plexus Lesions' Dr. C. B. Wynn Parry, Director of Rehabilitation, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Dr. Wynn Parry gave an excellent Pridie Memorial Lecture based on his large experience of patients with brachial plexus injuries. He described the types of injury, th...