AIM To review current literature on types of distal triceps injury and determine diagnosis and appropriate management. METHODS We performed a systematic review in PubMed, Cochrane and EMBASE using the terms distal triceps tears and snapping triceps on the 10th January 2017. We excluded all animal, review, foreign language and repeat papers. We reviewed all papers for relevance and of the pape...

Supra-condylar humerus fractures with extension into shaft are difficult to treat and typically require open anatomical reduction and internal fixation. Here we describe our experience treating distal humerus fractures using a triceps splitting approach with bicolumnar locking plate fixation.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the functional outcome and extensor apparatus of operative management of intra-articular fractures of distal humerus using modification of the Triceps Tongue Flap approach. METHODS This prospective study was conducted between June, 2012 to April,2014 in NIMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan(India). We included 23 patients with intraarticular fractures of d...

Introduction Minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty (THA) has become common, and several approaches are now used clinically. We have been using an anterolateral (AL) approach with partial resection of the gluteus medius in minimally invasive THA. Recently, faster recovery has been reported using the AL approach with muscle sparing technique (modified Watson-Jones approach) [1]. Our concern i...

Avulsion of the triceps tendon is an uncommon injury, but intramuscular rupture of the triceps brachii muscle is extremely rare. Anzel et al reviewed a series of 1014 cases of muscle and tendon injuries and found that only eight of these involved the triceps; four of the eight resulted from open lacerations. An extensive review of the literature showed only six previously reported cases of intr...

PURPOSE: The Breast Reconstruction Risk Assessment (BRA) Score is a model developed to predict the risk of surgical site infections (SSI) within 30 days after breast reconstruction. This was derived from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database, where the average risk of SSI was 3.75%. We aim to externally validate this model in our cohort of patients who have undergon...