Taser devices were introduced in 1974 and are increasingly used by law enforcement agencies. Taser use theoretically reduces the risk of injury and death by decreasing the use of lethal force. We report a spectrum of injuries sustained by four patients subdued with Taser devices. Injuries identified in our review included: 1) a basilar skull fracture, right subarachnoid hemorrhage, and left-sid...

The reduction of displaced pelvic ring injuries remains a technical challenge, especially when treatment is delayed. A pelvic frame (Orthopaedic Systems Inc, Union City, California) provides a means of external skeletal fixation, rigidly stabilizing the intact hemipelvis to the operating room table. The fractured and displaced fragments can then be manipulated around the securely fixed uninjure...

Table 3. Late toxicity (N) G0 G1 G2 G3 G4 Upper GI 26 23 3 0 0 0 Small intestine 26 24 2 0 0 0 Rectum/ sigmoid 26 18 7 1 0 0 GU 26 21 2 3 0 0 Fracture 26 16 8 2 0 0 Skin 26 26 0 0 0 0 GI: gastrointestinal toxicity, GU: genitourinary toxicity Copyright: © 2015 Wakatsuki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits un...

To the Editor—I thank Ho et al1 for their very interesting article “Prevalence of pre-sarcopenia and sarcopenia in Hong Kong Chinese geriatric patients with hip fracture and its correlation with different factors” in the February 2016 issue of the Hong Kong Medical Journal. I would like to mention another recent sarcopenia study in elderly Chinese men and women with a mean age of 81 years. The ...

Hip fractures cause significant morbidity and are associated with increased mortality. Women experience 80% of hip fractures, and the average age of persons who have a hip fracture is 80 years. Most hip fractures are associated with a fall, although other risk factors include decreased bone mineral density, reduced level of activity, and chronic medication use. Patients with hip fractures have ...

Chronic osteomyelitis is now probably a curable disease if the surgical attack made upon it is sufficiently radical and is associated with plastic reconstructive methods and antibiotic therapy. This is a report of fifty-eight cases (Table I). Infection usually originated as an open wound caused by missiles of war, as a compound fracture, or as the blood-borne osteomyelitis of youth. If antibiot...