abstract bachground: the main objective of this study was to define the clinical changes of facial deformity in patients older than 5 years with congenital torticollis treated by proximal and distal sternocleidomastoid tenotomy. methods: we retrospectively evaluated fifteen patients who had had an open tenotomy of the sternal and clavicular and mastoid origins of the sternocleidomastoid muscle ...

Nonunion (NU) is one of the most feared complications femoral shaft fracture treatment. Femoral treatment often linked with poor bone stock and reduced metabolism. In this paper, goal to carefully analyze best options for patients who developed nonunion after intramedullary nailing a fracture. A systematic review literature available in PubMed, EMBASE Cochran library databases was carried out, ...

We report a pediatric baseball player having both a fracture of the posterior ring apophysis and spondylolysis. He was presented to a primary care physician complaining of back pain and leg pain. Despite conservative treatment for 3 months, the pain did not subside. He was referred to our clinic, and surgical intervention was carried out. First, a bony fragment of the caudal L5 apophyseal ring ...

It is well known that living cells have bioelectrical phenomena which could be affected by electric field alteratious. Exposure to an electric field causes considerable changes in metabolic, immunologic and physiologic aspects of biological systems. The possible effect of electrical stimuli on various tissues, in vitro and in vivo, have been anticipated. In this regard, electrotherapy with the ...

Cancer appearance in some inherited diseases depends on the interactions with other genes. Lung cancer is rare in neurofibromatosis and has not been reported in Caucasian population. In this paper, we present the case of lung adenocarcinoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis, pseudoarthrosis of tibia, and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Cytogenetic analysis of the pleural effusio...

Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP) are multi-functional growth factors to promote bone healing with the proposal of less morbidity compared to the usual methods of bone graft harvest. Pseudoarthrosis occur when the fusion attempt fails, a solid fusion is not achieved, or there is motion across the segment leading to it, and it can be clinically symptomatic as pain, deformity, neurocompression, o...

Introduction: Insulin dependant diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is an autoimmune disease that disrupts the body’s ability to produce insulin, and thus regulate the level of glucose in the blood. IDDM is associated with numerous systemic complications, including the impairment of fracture healing. Common problems include delayed unions, non-unions, and pseudoarthrosis. Previous studies conducted in our...

We present the results of treatment of 100 patients (72 men, 28 women) by the Ilizarov method of bone transport using circular (55) and monolateral external fixators (45). A total of 26 femurs (18 monolateral, 8 circular) and 74 tibias (49 circular, 25 monolateral) was examined. There were no significant differences between the circular fixator and the monolateral fixator with regard to treatme...