Birth fractures.

Skull Fractures and Birth Trauma

Objective: In an attempt to further define the spectrum of cranial birth injuries, we analyzed 21 consecutive cranial birth injuries seen at our institution. Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review from the medical records of our department from 1994 to 2015. We included 21 infants of 36 weeks gestational age or older with a diagnosis of cranial birth injury (severe cephalhematoma, s...

Management of birth-associated subtrochanteric femur fractures.

In daily clinical practice most orthopedic surgeons suffer from doubt about treatment of rare injuries. The aim of this study is to enlighten the management of birth related femoral subtrochanteric fractures of neonates. Four birth-related femoral subtrochanteric fractures of neonates were treated and followed up. Difficult caesarian breech delivery seems to be a risk factor. All patients were ...

Abbreviated title: Identifying physeal fractures Key words: non-adults, trauma, growth plate, falls, birth injury

Objectives Today, fractures at the growth plate (or physis) are common injuries in children, but provide challenges of identification in skeletonized remains. Clinical studies provide detailed information on the mechanisms, locations, age of occurrence, and complications associated with physeal fractures, enabling the development of new criteria for identifying this injury in non-adults. To tes...

Pelvic Fractures – Sacroiliac Fractures / Luxations

Fractures

Recent studies on the epidemiology and repair of fractures are reviewed. The type and severity of the fracture bears a relation to the age, sex and occupation of the patient. Bone tissue after fracture shows a process of inflammation and repair common to all members of the connective tissue family, but it repairs with specific tissue. Cartilage forms when the oxygen supply is outgrown. After a ...