Bone scan in diagnosis of infectious osteoarthritis  Bone scan with Technezium 99m is harmless methodoi evaluation of Skeletal lesions.It is safe 1n pedia­_ trics age group and it can be used in early diffe-rentiate osteomyelitis from cellulits sand also it may help in diagnosis of subsclinical  involvement of  eumatoid arthritis,benign and malignant bone  tumors stress fractures and periostit...

Fat embolism syndrome refers to a constellation of symptoms secondary to the presence of fat globules in the lung parenchyma and/or peripheral blood circulation. The syndrome is most often seen in association with long bone or pelvic fractures and can cause significant morbidity and mortality. The present randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical evolution of sacral stress fractures in relation to the scintigraphic pattern and the presence of additional pelvic fractures. METHODS This was a retrospective study of 14 patients with sacral fractures. RESULTS Six patients had additional pelvic fractures. Four bone scintigraphic patterns were found. The resolution of symptoms was longer in patients with...

conclusions although external fixation in open pediatric fractures and severe injuries is recommended, intramedullary nailing is also an effective method with low complications. combining pins and flexible intramedullary nails is effective in developing more stability and is not associated with more complications. background tibial fractures are the third most common pediatric long-bone fractur...

Intramedullary rods manufactured from polyacetal were used to fix diaphyseal fractures in osteoporotic bone. They are pliable and can be introduced without further damage to such bone. Their low elastic modulus induces abundant callus. They can be locked with cortical bone screws without the need of jigs or radiographic control. Nine femoral and five tibial fractures were fixed in 10 patients, ...

OBJECTIVE Hypoglycemic treatments could modulate the risk for fractures in many ways. Most studies have not explored the effect on the incidence of bone fractures of individual oral hypoglycemic agents, rather all oral treatments as a whole. The aim of this case-control study, nested within a retrospective cohort, is the assessment of the risk for bone fractures associated with exposure to insu...

PURPOSE Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have been recently associated with hip fractures. We present a case series of breast cancer survivors and a systematic review of bone health care in breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We completed clinical assessments and bone density testing (BMD) of hip fractures from January 2005 to December 2008. Prefracture and 12-month functional status was obtained. S...

Background: Hypoglycaemic treatments could modulate the risk for fractures in many ways. Most studies have not explored the effect on the incidence of bone fractures of individual oral hypoglycaemic agents, considering all oral treatments only as a whole. Aim of this case-control study, nested within a retrospective cohort, is the assessment of the risk for bone fractures associated with exposu...

BACKGROUND Currently it is uncertain how to define osteoporosis and who to treat after a hip fracture. There is little to support the universal treatment of all such patients but how to select those most in need of treatment is not clear. In this study we have compared cortical and trabecular bone status between patients with spinal fractures and those with hip fracture with or without spinal f...

conclusions a clinical examination combined with a plain radiograph should be considered to improve the diagnostic precision for patients presenting with scaphoid fractures in an emergency department. in this way, both overtreatment and undertreatment of patients can be avoided. results scaphoid tubercle tenderness had a sensitivity of 95.23% and a specificity of 74.07% in the diagnosis of scap...