EDITOR: We wish to report a potentially fatal critical incident that occurred during an elective operating theatre list. A similar problem [1] has been recently highlighted by the MHRA but without the emphasis of its potentially fatal nature (Fault in Draeger Vapor 2000/D-Vapor Vaporizer series with the interlocking device, MDA/2006/030) [2]. This series of vaporizers for isoflurane and sevo-fl...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Although the tibia is one of the most commonly fractured long bones in the body, there are two accepted management techniques: reamed and unreamed nailing. There is not a general consensus as to which technique is more advantageous to the patient. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a single centre prospective randomized trial of 38 adults with a tibial shaft fracture who wer...

The management of extraarticular fracture of the distal tibia remains controversial. Surgeons are not very keen on using intramedullary interlocking nail for these fractures because of diffi cult nail fi xation, wider medullary canal in the distal tibia and late angulation .The advent of newer nails with locking holes in the distal parts has made nailing possible even in cases of distal tibia f...

Railway interlocking system is a distributed, safety, monetary and environmentally critical system and its failure may cause the loss of human life, severe injuries, loss of money and environmental damages. The complexity of this system requires formal modeling and step by step refinement for its construction and development. The formal specification-based languages, such as V DM , Z-notation a...

In this study Interlocking nails were used in order to fixate the canine femoral fractures and to examine the effects of the implants on fracture healing, clinically and radipgraphically in 19 dogs. The material of the study consisted 19 dogs of medium-large size, which were brought to Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology because of injur...

BACKGROUND Femoral shaft fracture is one of the common fractures seen in accident and emergency department of our hospital. Violent forces are required to break this and strongest of human bones. There are various treatment modalities for femoral shaft fractures in adults like traction, brace, platting, intramedullary nail (IMN), external fixators and inter locking nails. The study was done wit...