RATIONALE The knee joint is an important weight-bearing joint, tibial plateau fractures affect knee function and stability. High-energy intra-articular fractures involving the tibial plateau can cause management-related problems such as wound dehiscence; severe comminution leading to malalignment; and delayed complications such as varus collapse, implant failure, and arthritis of the knee joint...

The delayed presentation of limb fractures in A&E departments Sir, There appears to be a difference of opinion among accident and emergency specialists as to whether patients with injuries over 48 h old should be regarded as inappropriate attenders or otherwise. Varying viewpoints may be reflected in the content of waiting room poster displays, departmental handouts, and in the advice given to ...

A Medline/Embase search was undertaken from 1980 to July 2016 using the following key words; Osteoporotic vertebral fracture; neoplastic vertebral fractures; chemical shift {in-phase and out-of phase} MR imaging; diffusion weighted sequence and combinations thereof. Only articles related to chemical shift MRI and diffusion weighted MR imaging of the spine were recruited. Details of all the stud...

Frontal sinus fractures (FSF) are relatively uncommon and can be challenging for trauma surgeons to manage. Patients with FSF typically present with facial swelling, pain, and nasofrontal ecchymosis. Here we present a rare case of a patient with FSF and anterior table fracture where the main presenting symptom was bilateral frontal paralysis. We outline our management strategy and review the cu...

Arthroscopic debridement and drainage was done in 10 patients with septic arthritis of the hip. Staphylococcus aureus was the most commonly identified organism. All patients were placed in the supine position on a fracture table and three arthroscopic portals were used during the procedure. No major complication related to the arthroscopy of the hip resulted. The average followup was 4 years 11...

A 9-year-old girl was referred to a trauma centre with severe head injury. 3D CT scan revealed depressed fracture involving the frontal bone on the right side, right parietal bone, and right superior orbital margin, right lamina papyracea. The frontal table was managed conservatively and open reduction and internal fixation was done for the supraorbital blow in to correct the ocular dystopia. T...

This type of fracture is related to the use of bisphosphonates (BFN), the first report was published in 2005 by Odvina [2]. In 2013 the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) described the criteria for FFA diagnosis. These criteria were classified as major and minor (Table 1) [1], at least 4 major criteria are needed for FFA diagnosis; juveniles are not needed but are usually pr...

background: fractures of femur are among the most important causes of mortality in musculoskeletal injuries. owning to lack of adequate research to compare various techniques of fracture stabilization, there has not yet been an agreement over a protocol to utilize a specific type of splint for femoral fracture immobilization. this study was thus conducted to compare the effects of simple and tr...