BACKGROUND Isolated thumb carpometacarpal dislocation is a rare injury pattern and the optimal treatment option is still controversial. CASE DESCRIPTION We present a 27-year-old basketball player who underwent an isolated dorsal dislocation of the thumb carpometacarpal joint after a fall. The dislocation was successfully reduced by closed means but the joint was found to be grossly unstable. ...

655 procedure has logistic and economic advantages over the two-stage procedure [2]. However, some other surgeons advocate the use of the one-stage procedure. The largest case series on this topic was published in Taiwan, with 34 cases: 28 one-stage and six two-stage procedures. In this case series, the occlusion rate in the one-stage procedure group was 29%, with an 11% flap failure rate, wher...

My main purpose is to sound a warning loudly and clearly. At all costs avoid active participation in parents' games at school or social functions. It is not until one encounters the almost woefully laughable problems ofimmobility and dependency after an accident in a Mums against Dads game of soccer that one realises just how often serious injuries occur in such social and charitable events. Th...

The Lambrinudi arthrodesis for drop foot is a popular operation not only because it yields good results but also because fusion occurs more easily than in other methods. The Lambrinudi operation is usually indicated in the correction of talipes equinus or equinovarus. The chief features of the operation are : excision of a wedge of bone from the talus and calcaneum, including the subtalar joint...

  This report presents a 3.5-year-old boy who was hospitalized for limping. Medical history and physical exams were not suggestive for any definitive diagnosis. Laboratory and radiographic exams did not support any specific diagnosis either. Subsequently bone scan was performed and increased activity in the ankle due to cuboid fracture was incidentally observed.

We describe a method for reconstructing indoor scenes from image mosaics using prior knowledge of the cuboid structure of the environment. The method is inspired by traditional approaches to the camera pose estimation problems known as the PnL and PnA problems. We show that a cuboid can be reconstructed from the images of three of its corners. The necessary camera intrinsic parameters are obtai...