Joint Diseases and Related Surgery (JDRS), the official journal of Turkish Foundation, is an international, peer-reviewed, immediate open access journal. All published articles in JDRS has been free for everyone, without embargo, since 1990.

PURPOSE To develop a classification system for all proximal tibial fractures in children that accounts for force of injury and fracture patterns. METHODS At our institution, 135 pediatric proximal tibia fractures were treated from 1997 to 2005. Fractures were classified into four groups according to the direction of force of injury: valgus, varus, extension, and flexion-avulsion. Each group w...

Among dental traumas, horizontal root fractures are relatively uncommon injuries. Proper initial management and periodical evaluation is essential for the successful treatment of a root-fractured tooth. If pulpal necrosis develops, endodontic treatment is indicated, exclusively for the coronal fragment. Fragment diastases exert a great influence on healing at the fracture line and on pulpal nec...

D. J. F. von Pfeil1; C. E. DeCamp2; K. L. Diegel3; P. A. Gholve4; C. W. Probst2; L. M. Déjardin2 1Veterinary Specialists of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, USA; 2Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; 3Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Research Labs, Greensfield, Indiana, USA; 4Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic...