Background: In elderly, trochanteric fractures are frequent and typically result from mild to moderate trauma in osteoporotic bones. Early fracture fixation and mobilization of these patients significantly decreases the risk of pressure sores and hence mortality also. Methods: Th...
Introduction: Management of distal tibia fracture is challenging for many orthopaedic surgeons. The definitive treatment remains controversial. Various treatment options are used for the management of distal tibia fractures. MIPPO for distal tibia fractures are widely accepted by...
The free fibular bone graft constitutes one of the surgical options in the filling of the loss of bone substances after tumor resection on long bones in young patients followed for cancer with single or multiple metastasis. The lack of vascular supply of fibular grafts could be o...
Spindle cells named on the basis of their appearance under microscopy are found in both healthy tissues and tumors. Spindle cells look long and slender shaped cells on microscopy. Extra abdominal Fibromatosis is common in patients between puberty and 40 years of age group with fe...
Clavicle fractures make 2 to 5 % of skeletal injuries; in adult age group. While treating fractures of clavicle, primary aim is to restore the shoulder activity to status before the injury; and guide towards healing with minimal residual deformity; with minimal pain and near norm...
Twenty-one years ago, a 47-year-old male suffered from back pain for 7 months then developed disc herniation at L4-L5, L5-S1 level. Patient underwent open discectomy and recovered gradually. Five years after operation, patient developed mild back pain with numbness over L5-S1 sen...
Aim: To study the comparative effects of conventional vs. conventional and scapula rehabilitation protocol on pain, position of scapula and function in shoulder dysfunction patients over 3 weeks. Study design: Randomized control trial, double blinded. Place and duration of Study:...
M. Nabih, M. Fargouch, A. Chrak, M. Laffani, O. Eladaoui, Y. El Andaloussi, A. R. Haddoun, D. Bennouna & M. Fadili·Asian Journal of Orthopaedic Research·2021
Intraosseous lipomas are rare primary benign tumors, their location is unusual in the calcaneus, even rare at 15% of tumors of the lower limb, and 0.1% of all skeletal tumors, we report a case of intraosseous lipoma of the calcaneus in a 42-year-old patient with no particular his...
Introduction: Fractures of the humeral shaft account for roughly 3% to 5% of all fractures. Generally, these fractures are the results of direct trauma. The treatment of these fractures has always been a debated topic, as both the conservative and the surgical treatment have thei...
Mustapha Rkik, Saleh Nedjim, Abdi EL Mustapha, Amine Moataz, Dakir Mohammed, Adil Debbagh & Rachid Aboutaieb·Asian Journal of Orthopaedic Research·2021
We report a case of a 51-year-old male patient under Acénocoumarol medication, he developed a severe right hip and femoral neuropathy with no history of trauma. Laboratory data revealed prolonged international normalized ratio level of 8 and imaging studies showed a large haemato...
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...