Introduction Hip fracture remains the biggest single source of morbidity and mortality in the elderly trauma population, and any intervention focused on quality improvement and system efficiency is beneficial for both patients and clinicians. Two of the variables contributory to improving care and efficiency are time to theater and length of stay, with the overall goal being to improve care as ...

It is challenging to diagnose antenatal identification of fetuses with multiple congenital contractures or arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) .The first clinical sign often reduced fetal movement and/or contractures, as seen on prenatal ultrasounds. This can be apparent at any point, from early late pregnancy, may range mild severe involvement, without associated other structural anomalie...

Introduction: Intraoral synechia is a rare congenital condition, generally associated with other maxillo-facial malformations. We present a neonate with congenital intraoral bilateral synechia without any other facial anomalies.   Case Report: In this paper, we present a 19-day-old male neonate with congenital intraoral bilateral synechia without any other facial anomalies. We review the litera...

Article received on February 22nd, 2010 Article accepted on May 17st, 2010 Abstract Introduction: The present report describes the technique for “inverted L” upper ministernotomy with central canulation for the treatment of simple congenital cardiopathies and presents the initial results. Methods: Ten patients (mean age: 7 ± 4.2 years; mean weight 29.1 ±13.5 kg) were operated on between January...

During the decade 1970-9, 23 002 infants born in the University of Bristol Department of Obstetrics were examined for congenital dislocation of the hip by junior members of the paediatric staff on the first day of life and again on discharge from hospital. Suspected hip abnormality was checked by a senior member of the staff on the same day. A total of 445 (1.9%) infants were found to have a hi...

holt-oram syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, characterised by skeletal abnormalities of the upper limb associated with congenital heart defect, mainly atrial and ventricular septal defects. skeletal defects exclusively affect the upper limbs in the preaxial radial ray distribution and are bilateral and asymmetrical. they range from clinodactyly, absent or digitalised thumb, hypoplastic...