Abstract Background Faster, easier, more economical and effective versions of the minimally invasive reduction procedure for femoral shaft fractures need to be developed use by orthopaedic surgeons. In this study, a fracture table was used restore limb length, long, curved haemostatic forceps lever principle were utilized achieve intramedullary nail fixation fractures. Methods A retrospective a...

Radial neck fractures are uncommon injuries in adults and more often found in children, where they account for 5-8.5% of elbow injuries. It is generally agreed that an angulation of less than 30 degrees is acceptable. However, anything greater than this should be improved in an attempt to restore normal anatomy and maximize the range of movement. We describe our management of a radial neck frac...

The current trends in video surveillance systems aim to incorporate mechanisms that understand and remember the activity in a scene to make decisions. These decision modules have as input the object trajectories in a scene resulting from the treatment of the images captured by a video camera. In this paper we propose a novel industrial supervision system for complex multivariable processes that...

background: postoperative pain is a common side effect following surgery that can significantly reduce surgical quality and patient’s satisfaction. treatment options are morphine and buprenorphine. we aimed to compare the efficacy of a single dose of intravenous morphine with sublingual buprenorphine in postoperative pain control following closed reduction surgery. methods: this triple blind cl...

This study aimed to evaluate the use of pin leverage in the reduction of Gartland type III supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children. The study comprised 95 children, who were split into three groups according to the type of method of reduction used. Group 1, had an open reduction, group 2, had closed reduction and percutaneous pin fixation and group 3, the pin leverage technique. Each...

the specific vulnerability of children and by extension, the need to promote disaster awareness among children as an integral part of disaster risk-reduction strategies is an emergent theme in the disaster management fraternity. the challenge however, is in the design of awarenesspromotion tools that are relevant to and appropriate for the specific learning needs of children. the disaster aware...

INTRODUCTION Pure lateral elbow dislocation is rare, and a successful closed reduction is even rarer. Reduction can be hindered by swelling, soft tissue interposition or associated fractures. CASE PRESENTATION We present a pure lateral traumatic dislocation of the elbow joint in a 40-year-old man. This was successfully manipulated and reduced in casualty using a modification of the gravity-ai...

Percutaneous pinning after closed reduction is commonly used to treat supracondylar fractures of the humerus in children. Minor pin tract infections frequently occur. The aim of this study was to prevent pin tract infections using a rubber stopper to reduce irritation of the skin against the Kirschner (K) wire following percutaneous pinning. Between July 2011 and June 2012, seventeen children w...