some eight months previously. It was of a fairly severe nature making it impossible to carry on his duties as a policeman or even to walk about without pain. There was a history of an injury two years previously when he fell from a bicycle and injured his ankle. He did not remember any injury to his spine at the same time. Various types of treatment had been given to the patient for sciatica, s...

PoorlY developed alld 111 lumbo-sacral fusions fixation of the grafts by soft stainless steel wire rings ilas heell foulld most useful. Indeed the rings give such excellent fixation that I have used tilenl elsewllere Ill l)referellce to tile H-shaped graft, and they have the additional advantage that all\’ nunlber of vertebrae can be fused. Technique-The metilod resenll)leS the illsertiOn of a ...

Lumbo-costo-vertebral syndrome (LCVS) is a set of rare abnormalities involving vertebral bodies, ribs, and abdominal wall. We present a case of LCVS in a 2-year-old girl who had a progressive swelling over left lumbar area noted for the last 12 months. Clinical examination revealed a reducible swelling with positive cough impulse. Ultrasonography showed a defect containing bowel loops in the le...