tracheobronchial injuries are uncommon and their successful diagnosis and treatment often requires high level of suspicious. surgical repair should be individualized for each type of injury. this article reviews diagnosis and management of traumatic injuries to the trachea and major bronchi. from march 1991 to march 2003, twenty-seven patients with major airway trauma were managed in nemazee ho...

introduction the debate regarding the description on classification and nomenclature of the injury which includes olecranon fracture associated with radial neck fractures in children is ongoing. we report two pediatric cases that could not be classified in a monteggia-equivalents system and were treated with open reduction and k-wire fixation. the aim of this study was to perform a systematic r...

Overlapped pubic symphysis is a rare but serious pelvic injury. This study presents a case of overlapped dislocation of the pubic symphysis. He was managed by closed reduction under general anesthesia. The patient had urethral transsection.At the latest follow up, seven months post injury; he was able to walk well without any pelvic pain. However, his urologic problems were continued. We also r...

conclusions epidemiologic studies in kabaddi are the need of the hour to assess the burden of this predominantly rural sport and to implement injury prevention programs. our study emphasises the morbidity of knee injuries in kabaddi players of india and the exacting toll it takes on their careers. results the mean duration prior to presentation was 14.4 months. majority of the injuries (88.16%)...

objective : to determine the epidemiological characteristics of the road traffic injuries (rtis) in guilan province, northern iran. methods: this study was a cross-sectional study which included all of rtis admitted to medical centers of guilan province (northern iran) during 2012. icd-10 was used as diagnostic criteria. demographic variables also injury circumstance and in hospital variables s...

Patellar fracture is a relatively uncommon fracture especially the vertical sagittal type. In cases of high energy trauma injury, it is usually associated with fracture of ipsilateral distal femur or proximal tibia. However, the combination of vertical sagittal fracture patella and ipsilateral fracture lateral condyle is very rare. This necessitates judicious diagnosis and appropriate managemen...