Introduction: On 12 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic by coronavirus disease-19(COVID-19. Many studies have been done related to impact of COVID-19 on orthopedic patient care and impact on orthopedic residents but none has measured the patient related...
Aim: To compare outcome of dual intra-medullary 1.5mm flexible k-wire fixation and single 2.0mm k-wire fixation in metacarpal fracture. Study Design: A prospective study Place of Study: Department of Orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, India between November 2018 to De...
Aims: To study the outcome of retrograde intramedullary nailing for distal third femur shaft fracture in adult patients. Study Design: A case series study. Place and Duration of Study: Department/Casualty of Orthopaedics at Government Medical College, Amritsar between November 20...
Aims: This study is aimed at documenting the demographics and grade of all cases of chondrosarcoma at a tertiary health care facility in the north central part of Nigeria. The age, sex, anatomical site affected and grade was documented for all cases. Study Design: This is a hospi...
Background: Accurate legible documentation of operation notes is core element of surgical practice in any Specialty. Complete comprehensive operation notes are also important for maintaining high standard of patient care and for defense in medico legal cases. Aims: Objective of o...
Objective: OA is the most common articular disease of the developed world and a leading cause of chronic disability. Vitamin D supplementation has been known to improve knee joint pain and function in patients with OA. The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of vitam...
Charaf Eddine Elkassimi, Mohamed Bouhouch, Mohammed Rafai, Abdeljabar Messoudi, Abderrahim Rafaoui, Mohamed Rahmi & Abdelhak Garch·Asian Journal of Orthopaedic Research·2021
Primary malignant bone tumors appear to be preferentially located around the knee, but they remain rare. The prosthetic treatment of these tumors is experiencing a significant rise today, both technically and technologically. We report retrospective study of nine cases of primary...
Background: Operative fixation is increasingly used to treat distal radial fractures. However, non-operative management of these fractures is common, especially in developing countries. Although surgery results in better restoration of anatomy, it is unclear if this translates to...
Background: Osteoarthritis is a chronic, multifactorial, degenerative disorder commonly seen in elderly with predominance for females above the age of 45yrs with largely unknown etiology. With the rising demand for TKA in the foreseeable future, our aim is to assess the emerging...
Background: There is a lot of controversy surrounding the technique of femoral tunnel placement during reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament. By our study we attempt to clarify the controversy by using three different techniques for femoral tunnel position with the same co...