BACKGROUND Floating knee, referred to as ipsilateral fractures of the femur and tibia, is usually associated with several complications and mortality. This study was designed to present our experience with treatment of this injury throughout; age, sex, mechanism of injury, associated injuries, method and results of treatment, and complications of floating knee are discussed. MATERIALS AND MET...

BACKGROUND Thromboembolic disease (TED) after knee arthroplasty occurs infrequently in Iran. The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of TED in patients with osteoarthritis undergoing knee replacement in Southern Iran while on prophylaxis. MATERIALS & METHODS In a case series study from January to December 2012, 100 consecutive total knee arthroplasty (TKA) candidates were evaluated...

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of tranexamic acid (TXA) on functional outcomes in the immediate postoperative period after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We hypothesized that the known benefits of TXA would confer measurable clinical improvements in physical therapy (PT) performance, decrease pain, and decrease hospital length of stay (LOS). Methods We r...

The results of total knee replacement in five patients aged between 22 and 37 with severe haemophilia A or B are described. All patients had been managed conservatively without success. Frequent bleeds, severe pain and limitation of movement were the indications for operation. Despite close haematological surveillance, bleeding problems occurred in three of the patients and large quantities of ...

Concomitant septic arthritis in the presence of crystalline disease is a rare presentation of acute hemarthrosis and knee pain. Literature review showed that co-occurrence of these entities is an infrequent phenomenon but it needs to be acknowledged that these studies are few in number and were done on small patient population. This case challenges the notion that presence of crystals in the sy...

INTRODUCTION Fractures of the proximal tibial epiphysis rare. It has been estimated that fractures of the upper tibial epiphysis account for 0.5-3.1% of all epiphyseal injuries. Who had no neurovascular deficit, with fixed extension deformity at the left knee was treated early with closed reduction techniques. CASE REPORT We present a case of a 16-year-old boy who while playing cricket on the...

One of the best procedures to prevent haemarthrosis in haemophilia has been radioactive synovectomy (radiosynoviorthesis). Since 1976 we have performed 119 radiosynoviortheses in 110 patients, aged from 3 to 40 years (mean 10), and of whom 71 were under 12 years of age. The knees were injected in 71, elbow in 29, ankles in 16, and shoulders in 3 cases. Clinical results of the procedure gave exc...