BACKGROUND Displaced tibial shaft fractures are common in adolescent patients, yet there is no standardized management strategy. We compared surgical fixation and closed reduction and casting (CRC) of these fractures to assess treatment outcomes and determine predictors of failure. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all patients aged 12 to 18 who presented with a displaced tibial shaft fract...

Introduction: Maisonneuve’s fracture is named after the French surgeon who first described it in 1840. This injury rare and characterized by a combination of ipsilateral fibula an to medial structures ankle, there may also be rupture syndesmosis, tibiofibular deltoid ligament, followed anteroinferior ligament interosseous membrane. Case Report: A 70-year-old female patient reported pain right l...

INTRODUCTION Osteopoikilosis or osteopathia condensans disseminata is a rare hereditary autosomal dominant sclerosing bone dysplasia. Patients are usually asymptomatic and the diagnosis is usually made incidentally on radiographs which show presence of symmetric, multiple, well defined, small ovoid areas of increased radiodensity clustered in peri-articular osseous regions with propensity for e...

In (lescribing certain fractures of the fibula, sustained without violence, the writer (Burro ,s’s I 940) expressed the hope that further cases would be published so that something COU1(l be learnt of these uncommon fractures. Additional cases have now been described. The writer has encountered five other personal cases, and scrutiny of the literature has revealed at least one pre ’i us case (D...

OBJECTIVE To describe the typical tibial diaphyseal fracture ("footballer's fracture") and to clarify the circumstances and mechanism of the injury. METHODS In an attempt to obtain a detailed analysis of the types of injury suffered, and thereby highlight areas for prevention, 100 consecutive adult football players with a tibial diaphyseal fracture were studied prospectively. Details of the c...

Prospective study of sixty patients with distal tibia fracture who underwent surgical fixation at Sri Ramachandra University between June 2010 -June 2013. Of the 60 patients included in our study 30 underwent closed intramedullary interlocking nail and 30 were treated with plate osteosynthesis (MIPO). Patients were followed up for clinical and radiological evaluation using modified Klernn and B...

Background: Oblique spiral fractures of the distal third of the fibula are commonly encountered in any orthopedic practice. Controversy persists over various fixation methods and their corresponding risks and benefits. Methods: A systematic review of the pertinent literature pertaining to these fractures was performed, and currently published results were summarized. Results: There are advantag...