BACKGROUND High-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) has been used to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in recent years. However, the best diagnostic criterion and optimal cut-off value for HRUS remain controversial. METHODS This study enrolled 37 patients with idiopathic CTS (61 CTS hands) and 20 healthy subjects (40 normal hands). The subjects underwent nerve conduction studies along with ...

Aim: To study the epidemiology of delayed union of long bones. Introduction: In India, the availability of fracture healing therapies to the general public is limited. The infrastructure of the health system in India, involving both public and private sector does not provide adequate opportunity for rural and low-income inhabitants to access the needed care. Due to these reasons, majority of th...

A unique connective tissue disorder characterised by the triad of dentinogenesis imperfecta, blue sclerae, and multiple wormian bones has been identified in 20 members of three generations of a large kindred of mixed ancestry in South Africa. The skeletons of affected subjects were moderately osteoporotic but, apart from minimal bowing of the femora and some vertebral flattening in late adultho...

induce type II achondrogenesis-hydrochondrogenesis, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, and Stickler syndrome, along with Kniest syndrome . 6-8) The clinical features of Kniest syndrome include a disproportionately short stature with a short, barrel-shaped chest, kyphoscoliosis, enlargement of joints with limited range of motion, a flat face with prominent eyes, low nasal bridge, myopia tha...

PURPOSE Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) occur in two distinct part, subtrochanter and diaphysis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the lateral femoral bowing angle and the location of AFF. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included a total of 56 cases in 45 patients who underwent surgical treatment between January 2010 and December 2015. For the diaphyseal and...