The authors present the case of a boy with congenital pseudoarthrosis of the right clavicle who met all clinical and auxologic criteria of Prader-Willi's syndrome. Poor cooperation due to mental retardation was the reason for the primary conservative treatment. During this, deformity of the middle clavicle progressed, but without development of subjective complaints and functional deficit. At h...

A 7-year-old, female, red-eared slider turtle was presented with proximal diaphyseal oblique femoral fracture due to falling out of bed. preoperative evaluation computed tomography performed evaluate the anatomy femur. The appropriate implant selection decided upon three-dimensional printed model before plate osteosynthesis. Follow-up time for patient 6 months and functional outcome considered ...

AIM The purpose of this study was to determine and compare various postoperative parameters like ease of operability, plate adaptability, stability etc., associated with use of matrix miniplate versus locking miniplate in the treatment of displaced mandibular angle fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, King George's Med...

To cite: Concha Sandoval JM, Osma Rueda JL, Sandoval Daza A. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/tsaco2016-000029 ABSTRACT Background Fixation of diaphyseal tibial fractures by plates is not considered the best option due to complications that may eventually arise; however, if principles of stability and proper surgical techniques are ...

Due to the aging population, there is an increasing number of fragility fractures of the pelvis (FFP). They are the result of low energy trauma. The bone breaks but the ligaments remain intact. Immobilizing pain at the pubic region or at the sacrum is the main symptom. Conventional radiographs reveal pubic rami fractures, but lesions of the dorsal pelvis are hardly visible and easily overlooked...

BACKGROUND Selecting the correct type of osteosynthesis has a crucial impact on the final outcome of shortening operations for leg length discrepancy (LLD). One approach, introduced at the beginning of the 1950's, was fixation of femoral shortening osteotomy using the Pavlik intramedullary nail. AIM The aim of this paper is to draw attention to the outstanding contribution of this great repre...

Seventeen puppies, two to four months old, with a femoral (n = 12) or tibial (n = 5) diaphyseal fracture were treated by elastic plate osteosynthesis with a Veterinary Cuttable Plate (VCP) or straight plate. In one case of femoral fracture treated with a VCP, plate bending due to an excessive elasticity of the implant was observed three days after the osteosynthesis and surgical revision was re...

neglected, untreated and delayed femur neck fractures are commonly encountered and the treatment dilemma arises especially when the patient is physiologically young and osteosynthesis is the preferred option. controversy exists in the current literature as the various head salvage surgeries like valgus subtrochanteric osteotomy, non-vascularized fibular bone grafting, muscle pedicle bone grafti...

This study aims to investigate the effect of early and delayed injury minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis on the treatment of distal tibial metaphyseal comminuted fracture. This study involved 90 patients with distal tibial metaphyseal comminuted fractures for treatment of minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis between February 2012 and October 2014 in our hospita...

Magnesium alloys are candidates for resorbable material in bone fixation. However, the degradation and performance of osteosynthesis plate/screw systems in vivo, under cyclic deformation, is unknown. We evaluated the outcomes of human standard-sized magnesium plate/screw systems with or without plasma-electrolytic surface modifications in a miniature pig rib model. Of a total of 14 minipigs, si...