The acromion (AC) is a strong bone that functions as a shield, protecting the structures of the subacromial region. It absorbs and dissipates the forces applied to the shoulder region;1 however, high energy force may produce fractures, as well as other severe lesions. Therefore, diagnosis may not be immediately performed due to the necessity of assessing associated lesions.2 Acromion fracture i...

A detailed examination was undertaken of hospitalized car occupants who sustained a lower limb injury in a frontal crash. The assessment included an analysis of the type, severity and causes of these injuries and mechanisms involved in lower limb fractures. The findings showed that fractures and dislocations occurred in 88% of lower limb injury cases, that more than half were from crashes < 48 ...

Talar neck fractures are a rare injury that account for less then 2% of all foot fractures. Displaced fractures are associated with an exceedingly high rate of avascular necrosis (AVN). The incidence of AVN following Hawkins Type 3 fractures of the talar neck may approach 100%, particularly if diagnosis and reduction are delayed. Severe cases may present as pain and disability of the ankle and ...

In December 1961, Letournel [10] published his original series on acetabular fracture classification and operative management. Before that time, acetabular fractures were classified as those associated with posterior hip dislocation and those associated with central hip dislocation. Many were treated without surgery, resulting in poor articular congruity of the hip. Citing an increasing inciden...

hip fractures are one of the most common injuries which present to an orthopaedic surgeon. most of these cases are unilateral .bilateral simultaneous femur neck fracture is a rare occurrence. we report a case of a bilateral neck femur fracture in a 30 year male following a generalized tonic clonic seizure in view of its rarity and also to increase the awareness of such rare injuries. the patien...

BACKGROUND Four cases of plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform have been reported in the english literature. All of them were fresh cases and treated with open reduction. We are reporting a case of neglected plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform which was treated with excision. CASE PRESENTATION A farmer presented with a painful plantar dislocation of middle cuneiform bone after 9 months ...

Closed subtalar dislocations associated with talus and navicular fractures are rare injuries. We report on a case of a 43-year-old builder man with medial subtalar dislocation that was further complicated by minimally displaced talar and navicular fractures. Successful closed reduction under general anesthesia was followed by non-weight bearing and ankle immobilization with a below-knee cast fo...

Introduction Peroneus longus is one of the two muscles in the lateral compartment of the leg [1.] It arises from head of fibula, proximal 2/3 of lateral surface of fibula, deep surface of fascia cruris, anterior and posterior crural intermuscular septa and few fibers from lateral condyle of tibia. The tendon inserts by two slips. One is inserted on the lateral side of base of first metatarsal a...

The dome of the talus is the part that articulates with the ankle mortice formed by the lower articular surfaces of tibia and fibula. A fracture of this part of the talus may be called a dome fracture. Such fractures are not common and the significance of the original radiographic appearance is not always appreciated. Definitive treatment is therefore often unnecessarily delayed ; this has been...