BACKGROUND Distal radius fractures (DRF) are often referred to as osteoporosis indicator fractures as their incidence increases from age 45. In the group of young adults, distal radius fractures normally result from high-energy trauma. Wrist fractures in young patients without adequate trauma thus raise suspicion of a pathologic fracture. In this report we present the case of a fractured unicam...

A 10-year-old, 595 kg Irish Warmblood stallion used for showjumping was presented with a marked right forelimb lameness at walk. The horse sustained dorsal plane fracture of the accessory carpal bone (ACB) when falling both carpi in flexion. repaired by means computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS) using two cortex screws placed lag fashion. In second CAOS procedure, dorsoproximal fragment...

A new species of Numbakulla Guţu & Heard, 2002 (Tanaidacea) is described from Heron Island (southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland) collected during the Census of Coral Reefs Ecosystem (CReefs) program. The new species is the third member of the family and can be recognized by the combination of characters as: length/width ratio of the body, which is 6:7, pereonite 4 longer than the rest, the ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mechanisms of injury to ulnar-sided ligaments (stabilizing the distal radioulnar joint and the ulna to the carpus) associated with dorsally displaced distal radius fractures are poorly described. We investigated the injury patterns in a human cadaver fracture model. METHODS Fresh frozen human cadaver arms were used. A dorsal open-wedge osteotomy was performed in the dis...

A new species of the genus Nihonotrypaea Manning & Tamaki, 1998, Nihonotrypaeahainanensis sp. n., collected from the South China Sea, is described and illustrated. It is distinguishable from Nihonotrypaeaharmandi (Bouvier, 1901), Nihonotrypaeajaponica (Ortmann, 1891), Nihonotrypaeathermophila Lin, Komai & Chan, 2007 and Nihonotrypaeamakarovi Martin, 2013 by having the elongated carpus of the ma...

In this experiment six healthy adult dairy Jersey cattles and eight calves (aged 4-6 months) were selected to measure temperature of different body skin sites, rectal temperature, respiration and heart rates during summer and winter. Body sites maximum and minimum temperature in calves during summer belonged to the ear, forehead, right flank, abdomen (38.4-38.9 ˚C) and carpus (32 ˚C). This was ...