Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the maxillae may be an important complication of long-term osteoporosis treatment. The possibility of osteonecrosis of the maxillae in patients exposed to nitrogenated bisphosphonates was first described in 2003. Since then, case reports and retrospective studies have demonstrated higher percentages of occurrence of osteonecrosis in patients who have used...

Ignacio Vives Ponseti developed a noninvasive method for treating congenital club foot in the US during the late 1940s. Congenital club foot is a deformity that affects the tissues in the lower leg and foot such that the foot abnormally turns inwards and upwards. Ponseti developed the method after noting that an affected infant's tissues are malleable and could respond to gentle correction inst...

We appreciate Dr. Epstein’s raising awareness of potential complications related to the usage of recombinant Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP).[5] Certainly, the list of potential adverse events are concerning to numerous audiences, including dentists, oral surgeons, orthopedists, and the biomedical science community.[6] However, in addition to the well‐documented complications such as marked dy...

Stress fractures and other bony stress injuries occur along a spectrum of severity which can impact treatment and prognosis. When treating these injuries, it should be borne in mind that no two stress fractures behave exactly alike. Given that they are not a consistent injury, standardized treatment protocols can be challenging to develop. Treatment should be individualized to the patient or at...

Academic productions by Chinese scholars have grown to the second place worldwide since 2009. However, little was known about Chinese academic contributions and influences on rheumatic diseases. In order to present a panorama of this field, a bibliometric analysis was performed based on data from two databases from 1987 to 2015. China has kept the third place in rheumatic diseases’ publications...

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the notch and shape variations glenoid cavity (GC), emphasize its clinical importance, compare it with previous studies. Material Methods: This performed 157 (78 right sides, 79 left sides) adult Anatolian dry scapulae. GCs were typed as oval, pear, inverted comma shaped noted number GC notch. Results: most common found pear 63 (80.8%) at side, 49 (62...

Objective: Successful treatment of intertrochanteric fractures depends on an appropriate implant and is decided according to fracture classification stability. In the present study, purpose was investigate interobserver intraobserver consistency x-ray and/or Computed Tomography (CT) in preference for fractures.
 Materials Methods: The patients who were diagnosed with 80 by two orthopedists...