background: in children, inappropriate treatment of open femoral fractures may induce several complications. a few studies have compared the external fixator with flexible intramedullary nails in high-grade open femoral fractures of children. the present study aims at comparing results of these two treatment methods in open femoral fractures. methods: in this descriptive analytical study, 27 pa...

introduction fracture - dislocations of the talus are typically due to high energy injuries. displaced fracture - dislocations of the talus have poor outcomes in general and complications are common. although talar fracture is common and comprises the second most common tarsal fracture, bilateral fracture - dislocations of the talus are rare. not many reports regarding the subject can be found ...

abstract background: unstable pelvic fracture, a result of high energy antero-posterior compression injury, has been managed based on internal fixation and open reduction. the mode of fixation in unstable pelvic fracture has, however, been a subject of controversy and some authors have proposed a need to address the issue of partial breach of the pelvic ring elements in these injuries. this stu...

abstract we report a 71 year-old patient with intertrochanteric fracture who had been managed with dhs and her healed fracture complicated by a subcapital femoral neck fracture. a subcapital femoral neck fracture complicating a healed intertrochanteric fracture is rare but catastrophic event. such cases are managed in a hetereogenous manner, i.e. there exists a mixture of cases treated by eithe...

conclusions surgical and post-surgical findings showed that this segment was not related to the patient’s femur. the foreign segment may have belonged to the other victim of this trauma. introduction femoral shaft fracture is one of the typical bone fractures due to high energy trauma and may occur as an open fracture. some foreign materials may enter the fracture site such as sand, cloth parti...

introduction: intramedullary nailing (imn) of high tibia fracture has some mechanical and biological advantages over the other form of fixation. however, valgus, apex anterior malalignment and anterior displacement of proximal fragment commonly occur after isolated imn fixation of proximal high tibia fracture. the purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using 3.5-mm locking c...

hoffa fracture is a rare injury consisting of unicondylar tangential posterior fracture of the distal femur and only very few cases have been reported in the literature. these fractures are due to high energy trauma and conservative treatment generally yields poor results, but rigid internal fixation allows early functional rehabilitation and decreases the incidence of complications. the purpos...

INTRODUCTION The injury pattern of open fracture dislocation of elbow with fracture both bones forearm with radial nerve injury is very rare. Very few reports are there in literature related to this kind of injury. However this combination is first of its kind. This rare injury needs special attention by early intervention and biological fixation to achieve good results. CASE REPORT A 22 year...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to propose a new classification system for open fractures developed by the Classification Committee of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association. SETTING Academic and Level I trauma center. PATIENTS/PARTICIPANTS Consecutive patients with open fractures. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Open fracture classification scale. RESULTS Evaluation of 34 factors identi...