Managing complications after attempted hind foot and ankle arthrodesis with intramedullary nail fixation is a challenge. This situation becomes more problematic in the patient with diabetes mellitus and multiple comorbidities. Infection and subsequent osteomyelitis can be a devastating, limb threatening complication associated with these procedures. The surgeon must manage both the infectious p...

Primary intramedullary germinoma arising in the cervical spinal cord is a very rare entity. We present one such case arising in a young man who presented with radiculopathy and myelopathy, which was partially excised. Upon histological confirmation, he was treated successfully with radiotherapy alone. To our knowledge, this is only the second reported case worldwide which is histologically conf...

Citation: Ferracini AM, Faloppa F, Daltro GC, Crisóstomo DC Jr, Reis FB, Belotti JC.Prospective and randomized study of patients with open fractures of the femoral shaft, treated with plate or open intramedullary locked nail. Acta Ortop Bras. [serial on the Internet]. 2008; 16(2):102-106. Available from URL: http://www.scielo.br/aob. PROSPECTIVE AND RANDOMIZED STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH OPEN FRACTU...

Surgery is the best treatment to offer patients with an intramedullary spinal cord tumor. In experienced hands, radical surgery can be performed with acceptable surgical risks in most ependymomas, hemangioblastomas, and cavernomas and in 40% of astrocytomas. However, some inflammatory lesions may mimic an intramedullary tumor. That is the reason why, one should pay attention to spinal cord morp...

It is extremely rare for cancer to present as an intramedullary spinal cord metastasis. The authors report on a case of a 74-year-old woman presenting with progressive tetraparesis to metastatic colon adenocarcinoma in the spinal cord. A review of the literature reveals that intramedullary localization is associated with a very short life expectancy, with a median survival of 3 4 months from th...