Although the use of calcium sulfate has been used as a bone graft substitute in the treatment of fractures for more than a century, few studies investigate the use of recently developed injectable calcium sulfate-based bone graft substitute with high compressive strength after curing in situ. In this study, we evaluated preliminary results of a high compressive strength calcium sulfate-based bo...

To the Editor: We read with great interest the article “Evaluation of associated carpal bone fractures in distal radial fractures” by Heo et al. We would like to congratulate the authors for this study. However, the article left a few seminal questions unaddressed that we would like to draw the authors’ attention to. The authors mentioned that out of 223 fractures of the distal end of the radiu...

An open study over 4 yr has been conducted to determine the efficacy of cyclical etidronate treatment in patients from the community, with osteoporosis and in those at risk who attended an osteoporosis clinic; and to clarify whether bone remodelling returns to baseline values and bone mass is maintained after completion of a 3 yr course of treatment. One hundred and fifteen female patients, wit...

Children with serious chronic illnesses have the potential for significant bone morbidity, particularly in the context of disorders with impaired muscle function and the need for glucocorticoid (GC) treatment. Recently, studies have shown that vertebral fractures are often the first sign of osteoporosis in this context. Longitudinal studies have taught us that vertebral fractures are most frequ...

Prevention of bone fractures is one goal of therapy for patients with chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD), as indicated by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines. CKD patients, including those on hemodialysis, are at higher risk for fractures and fracture-related death compared to people with normal kidney function. However, few clinicians focus on this ...

Insufficiency fractures are a subtype of stress fractures which occur when normal or physiological stresses are placed on weakened bone. The main predisposing cause is osteoporosis. The clinical and radiological features of two elderly women with pelvic insufficiency fractures are described. Isotope bone scan is the most sensitive imaging modality for the detection of these fractures. Computed ...

BACKGROUND Stress fractures are classified as insufficiency and fatigue fractures. Insufficiency fractures occur when normal stresses are placed on bone with decreased mineralization and elastic resistance; whereas fatigue fractures occur when abnormal forces are applied to normal bone. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of postpartum bilateral sacral fracture in the absence of documented ost...

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the current pattern of facial fractures presenting in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) and compare this with two earlier reports from the same institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients presenting with facial bone fractures at the OAUTH between January 1996 and December 2004 were included in the study. Information obtained were patients' dem...

Periprosthetic fractures after total knee arthroplasty may occur in any part of the femur, tibia and patella, and the most common pattern involves the supracondylar area of the distal femur. Supracondylar periprosthetic fractures frequently occur above a well-fixed prosthesis, and risk factors include anterior femoral cortical notching and use of the rotational constrained implant. Periprosthet...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence and morbidity are increasing. Osteoporotic fractures are among the 'non-classical' complications of diabetes and been overlooked for a long time, maybe because of their complex diagnostic and therapeutic approach. The usual tools for preventing fragility fractures (such as the fracture risk assessment tool and bone densitometry) underestimate risk of fracture...