OBJECTIVES Collaboration between the orthopaedic and emergency medicine (ED) services has resulted in standardised treatment pathways, leaflet supported discharge and a virtual fracture clinic review. Patients with minor, stable fractures are discharged with no further follow-up arranged. We aimed to examine the time taken to assess and treat these patients in the ED along with the rate of unpl...

Dog attacks are extremely frequent and are thought to be responsible for an average of 250,000 minor injuries and emergency unit attendances each year. Children in particular are more likely to experience dog-bite injuries with 5-9-year olds most susceptible. The majority of injuries are to the head region, with the lips, cheeks, and nose often affected. Most injuries experienced are confined t...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of alcohol intoxication to time-to-presentation following injury, fracture type, mechanism of injury leading to fracture, and initial diagnostic radiology interpretation performance of emergency physicians versus diagnostic radiologists in patients who present to the emergency department (ED) and are subsequently diagnosed with fract...

Abstarct: Treatment of fractures of the mandibular condyle fractures varies among various centres.approaches for treating condylar fracture is still a dilemma, The aim of this article is to determine the safety and efficiency of surgicaltreatment using a transparotid approach for direct plating The fractures were treated surgically with a transparotid face lift orretromandibular approach using ...

Hip fracture patients represent a large part of the elderly surgical population and face severe postoperative morbidity and excessive mortality compared to adult surgical hip fracture patients. Low antioxidant status and taurine deficiency is common in the elderly, and may negatively affect postoperative outcome. We hypothesized that taurine, an antioxidant, could improve clinical outcome in th...

BACKGROUND The zygoma is the most prominent portion of the face. Almost all simple zygomatic arch fractures are treated in a closed fashion with a Dingman elevator. However, the open approach should be considered for unstable zygomatic arch fractures. The coronal approach for a zygomatic arch fracture has complications. In this study, we introduce our method to reduce a special type of unstable...

women and 0.4% of men aged 65 years or older experience a hip fracture. Patients who sustain a hip fracture face a high risk of serious complications (i.e., cardiovascular, venous thrombotic, infectious and hemorrhagic) that can result in a prolonged hospital stay and death: 30-day mortality is 9% among men and 5% among women. Among surviving patients who were community-dwelling before their fr...

Le coude flottant représente une association lésionnelle peu fréquente en traumatologie et qui pose des problèmes pronostique et fonctionnel majeurs. D'où l'importance d'un diagnostic précis avec une prise en charge rapide et adéquate des blessés. Une ostéosynthèse stable de l'ensemble des lésions doit être recommandée permettant une rééducation précoce. La hiérarchisation des gestes s'impose e...

OBJECTIVES Osteoporosis is a prevalent problem amongst the elderly. Bone mineral density (BMD) obtained from dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the gold standard in diagnosing osteopenia (-1.0 < t < -2.5) and osteoporosis (t > -2.5). However, following osteoporosis therapy, increases in BMD may be unreliable. Although hip fracture risk can be reduced with the aid of drugs, treated patients stil...

This review provides a critical analysis of currently available approaches to increase bone mass, structure and strength through drug therapy and of possible direct intra-osseous interventions for the management of patients at imminent risk of hip fracture. PURPOSE Osteoporotic hip fractures represent a particularly high burden in morbidity-, mortality- and health care-related costs. There ar...