multiplanar or global laxity in arthritic knee is rare , most of this patients have neuromuscular disorder (post poliomyelitis , spinal dystrophy) or history of knee trauma. ligament insufficiency and severe bone loss is significant in this patient. the estimated prevalence for the concurrence of charcot marie-tooth (cmt) with myasthenia gravis (mg) suggests an extremely rare event. we have pre...

background: the aim of this study is to evaluate the geometry of the distal femur and the proximal tibia in the osteoarthritic knee using 3d reconstructive ct scan imaging. methods: 449 patients with knee osteoarthritis were treated surgically in our center with patient-specific technology total knee arthroplasty. preoperatively, all the patients underwent a ct scan according to a standard prot...

objectives: the aim of this study was to extract suitable spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters to determine how total knee replacement (tkr) alters patients’ knee kinematics during gait, using a rapid and simplified quantitative two-dimensional gait analysis procedure. methods: two-dimensional kinematic gait pattern of 10 participants were collected before and after the tkr surgery, using a ...

conclusions a high index of suspicion is required for the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of patients with osseous tuberculosis. given the high prevalence of tuberculosis in developing countries, tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal lytic lesions and vertebra plana, especially in children. introduction multifocal skeletal tuberculosis is a rare cond...

This study investigated the human remains of tomb complex built by ancient Egyptian high ranking official “Ipi” (4th Dynasty, ca. 2700-2600 BCE) in Lower necropolis Dahshur-South. Beyond burials from owner and his family Old Kingdom, was re-used until Late Period. The excavated material presented at least 73 individuals. Unfortunately, initial excavations had collected mixed individual burials,...

osteoarthritis (oa) a common disease of aged population and one of the leading causes of disability. incidence of knee oa is rising by increasing average age of general population. age, weight, trauma to joint due to repetiting movements in particular squatting and kneeling are common risk factors of knee oa. several factors including cytokines, leptin, and mechanical forces are pathogenic fact...

tuberculosis is an infection which may influence many organs while ocular tuberculosis (tb) is amongst the rarest infectious diseases with no sign of systemic disease. a fifty-six-year- old female with complaint of gradual loss of visual acuity, weight loss, night sweats and purulent discharge from medial canthus and non-productive coughs. in general, tuberculosis in endemic areas, even the rar...

tuberculosis (tb) is an important health problem in developing countries, with varying clinical presentations depending on the organs/systems involved. to study the spectrum of clinical and paraclinical aspects of extra pulmonary tb in children suffering from pulmonary tb. this study has been carried out on 65 children with tuberculosis, admitted in tb wards of national research institute of tu...