Embolectomy has long been the gold standard for treating limbs acutely threatened by arterial occlusion. Delayed embolectomy has not been investigated adequately due to the belief that accompanying mortality and morbidity render the case futile. Following our previous experience with late arterial repair for leg or knee salvage I we applied the same principle to limbs threatened with prolo...

Introduction Open fractures represent limb-threatening and life-changing injuries. Clear standards define how patients with these injuries should be managed in the UK. The study of open is, therefore, a key measurable example major trauma management as whole. This was conducted to characterise demographic, assessment treatment sustaining lower limb across UK Regional Trauma Networks. Methods A ...

BACKGROUND The ideal thromboprophylaxis in patients at risk of bleeding is uncertain. This retrospective cohort study assessed the risk factors for complications after using retrievable inferior vena cava (IVC) filters for primary or secondary thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients after major trauma. METHODS Using data from radiology, trauma and death registries, the incidence of and risk f...

Abstract Traumatic injuries in high-functioning athletes can have devastating consequences and require cross-disciplinary management for both initial presentation subsequent management. We would like to present the case of a 17-year-old female, national level gymnast who presented with traumatic lower limb injury. During run-up trampoline, her right knee gave way immediate pain, deformity, inab...

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) cause 60% of all UK fatalities in the current campaign in Afghanistan. Shorter evacuation timelines now deliver patients at the edge of the physiological envelope of survivability meaning that the available time period for haemorrhage control and initial wound surgery is short--often no more than 75 minutes. The concepts and practise of 'right turn resuscitat...

background: lower extremity amputation has different etiologies and the purpose of the study was to describe the demographics and etiologies of amputations. this study was designed to evaluate amputations performed in the province of eastern azerbaijan (north-west of iran) and to       determine specific causes of amputations associated with geographical and cultural characteristics of the regi...

BACKGROUND Children's fractures have been enlisted among orthopaedics complaints of childhood obesity. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviours may contribute to increased risk. This study described the prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and adolescents reporting a recent fracture in relation to gender, dynamic of trauma, and site of fracture. METHODS Four-hundred-forty-nine children and adol...