Approximately 75 percent of all fractures sustained by children occur in the upper extremities and frequently occur during a fall onto an outstretched hand. The majority of these injuries involve the wrist and forearm, but the elbow alone accounts for approximately 10 percent of all fractures in children. Elbow fractures in children are challenging because of the abundance of unossified cartila...

background femur fracture is one of the most common fractures in children. certain parameters such as the patient’s age, the exact location of fracture, type of fracture, the mechanism of fracture, and the accompanying injuries determine which one of the many treatment techniques be used in each case. objectives we aimed to compare the results of close and open techniques in pediatric femoral s...

Since attention was focused on the subject by Burrows (1940) many fatigue fractures of the lower fibula have been reported. Fatigue fractures of the lower tibia, however, are uncommon. Singer and Maudsley (1954), describing five cases, could find only three previous examples in the literature. I can find no record of fatigue fractures affecting the lower thirds of the tibia and the fibula of th...

PURPOSE Bear maul injuries are the most common wild animal inflicted injuries in India. More than 300 bear maul injuries report to our hospital per year. METHODS Twenty-one consecutive patients over a period of 1 year reported to our department for orthopaedic management of bear maul injuries. All the patients were referred either from peripheral hospitals or from other surgical departments o...

Purpose Elastic stable intramedullary nailing is increasingly used for surgical treatment of tibial shaft fractures, but frequently requires immobilization and delayed full weight-bearing. Therefore, external fixation remains interesting. The aim was to report clinico-radiological outcomes of monolateral external fixation for displaced and unstable tibial shaft fractures in children. Methods ...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly accessible in equine referral hospitals. OBJECTIVES To document the level of agreement within and between radiography and CT in characterising equine distal limb fractures. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective descriptive study. METHODS Images from horses that underwent radiographic and CT evaluation for suspected distal limb fra...

BACKGROUND Mountain and road bike accidents are particularly common with the increased popularity of the sport. We reviewed the attendances in our emergency department over a 4-year period looking at cycling injuries to detect the level and grade of these injuries and their outcomes. METHOD Royal Blackburn Hospital caters for a population of 550 000. A search through the Hospital information ...

Introduction Stress fractures are more common in the weight-bearing bones of the lower limb and are particularly prevalent in athletes. Whereas, those of the upper limb are usually reported as unique events in rare circumstances. Case Report We present a case of a 40-year-old White British female with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) who mobilized in a wheelchair and presented to our center in Apri...

♦ Objective: To estimate 12-month osteoporosis-related health care resource utilization and direct medical cost for patients who were hospitalized with osteoporotic fractures in Tianjin, China. ♦ Methods: Data were obtained from Tianjin Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance database (2008-2011). Included patients were ≥50 years old, with their first osteoporotic fracture hospitalization from J...

BACKGROUND Although most combat-related amputations occur early for unsalvageable injuries, >15% occur late after reconstructive attempts. Predicting which patients will abandon limb salvage in favor of definitive amputation has not been explored. The purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to late amputation for type III open tibia fractures sustained in combat. METHODS Op...