<p><strong>Background: </strong>Present study looked at functional outcomes and rate of complications in cases adult supracondylar-intercondylar femur fractures treated with different treatment modalities a tertiary care government hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> The was conducted over 2 years wherein 23 patients fracture intercondylar-supraco...

Mandibular condylar fractures have a high incidence but there is no consensus regarding the best method of treatment. The aim of this paper is to describe the surgical management of a subcondylar fracture in a 23-year-old male. The fracture was treated by plating the inferior border of the mandibular ramus with access to the fracture line via a retromandibular approach combined with a semi-prea...

Treatment methods for delayed union and nonunion of atypical femoral fracture are still controversial. Moreover, no treatment method has been established for implant rupture caused by delayed union and nonunion. We encountered a 74-year-old female in whom nonunion-induced implant rupture occurred after treatment of atypical subtrochanteric femoral fracture with internal fixation using a long fe...

  Background: Considering the importance of an early diagnosis and proper decision-making in regards to the treatment of pediatric distal radius and elbow fractures, this study examines emergency medicine specialists’ accuracy in the diagnosis and treatment of these patients. Methods: From 2012 and 2013, children less than 14 years old who were referred to an academic hospital emergency departm...

the acute compartment syndrome of the forearm is rare and may therefore be easily missed. although many clinicians will not see such a patient during their entire career, profound knowledge of the symptoms is required to recognize the syndrome in time. besides immediate identification of the compartment syndrome early surgical treatment is mandatory to avoid its devastating consequences. then t...

Živorad NIKOLIĆ Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dental Medicine Rankeova 4 11000 Belgrade Serbia [email protected] SUMMARY Introduction No consensus has been reached yet on the surgical approach for treatment of condylar fractures. Objective The aim of this study was to present modified Risdon approach (without facial nerve identification) in the treatment of subcondylar mandibul...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of distal femur fractures has been a controversial topic and it has recently evolved towards indirect reduction and minimally invasive techniques. OBJECTIVE To compare the results of the surgical treatment of distal femur fractures with a plate with screws for condylar compression purposes with the minimally invasive stabilization system. MATERIAL AND METHODS Pati...