Background: Trans-scaphoid perilunate fracture-dislocation and perilunate dislocations are among uncommon injuries, most commonly seen in young patients due to high energy trauma. The treatment can be achieved either surgically by open reduc tion and internal fixation or closed reduction and casting.   Methods: To compare surgical versus non-operative results of treatment of trans-scaphoid pe...

BACKGROUND Spinal injury in children is rare, and poses many difficulties in management. AIMS To ascertain the prevalence of spinal injury within the paediatric trauma population, and to assess relative risks of spinal injury according to age, conscious level, injury severity score (ISS), and associated injuries. METHODS Spine injured children were identified from the UK Trauma Audit & Rese...

In 1957 Hume described anterior dislocation of the head of the radius associated with undisplaced fracture of the olecranon in children. Of the three cases that he described and illustrated it is our opinion that, whereas Cases 2 and 3 were classical examples of the injury, Case I is of an entirely different entity, namely a lateral dislocation of the radio-humeral joint with greenstick fractur...

Traumatic anterior dislocation of the hip is an extremely rare condition in children and open dislocation is even rarer. Thisisusually caused by high-energy trauma. In the current study, we present a case of an eight-year-old child suffering froman open anterior–inferior dislocation of the right hip concomitant with pelvic ring disruption and an ipsilateral open distalfemoral fracture (Salter-H...

Patients frequently present with deformity of forearm with bone loss in either of the forearm bones due to various reasons. In this study two children suffering from chronic osteomyelitis and one having neglected Monteggia fracture were selected. In all three cases, single bone forearm reconstruction by radioulnar fusion was attempted successfully. Cosmetic and functional outcomes were evaluate...

Perilunate Dislocation Anterior-posterior (AP) view (Figure 1) demonstrates the distal and proximal carpal rows overlapping, as well as a complete radial styloid fracture. Lateral view (Figures 2 and 3) demonstrates dorsal dislocation of the capitate, whereas the lunate remains articulated with the radius. More often seen in young men in their teens to twenties, rather than children or the elde...

abstract traumatic hip dislocations are common in high-energy motor vehicle accidents. we present a case of a 43-year old man who sustained posterior hip dislocation with posterior wall acetabular fracture and ipsilateral intertrochantric fracture following a motorcycle accident. urgent open reduction and internal fixation of the hip fracture-dislocation and fixation of intertrochantric fractur...

Hip dislocation occurs when the femur does not break and the force is transmitted towards the hip joint leading to a posterior dislocation of the femoral head with or without posterior acetabular fracture. We present the case of a 26 year old patient involved in motor vehicle accident. Clinical and imaging (radiography, CT) examination revealed an intertrochanteric fracture associated with ipsi...