among the rare bone tumors, the osteoblastoma is a fascinating tumor. the rarity, the predisposition to occur in any bone and the diagnostic dilemma makes this infrequent tumor interesting. it is sporadically reported in the literature and what is rarer is its occurrence in the pelvis. the unusual location and inconclusive radiographic findings with diffused diagnostic evidences delays the mana...

BACKGROUND The Stoppa (intrapelvic) approach has been introduced for the treatment of pelvic-acetabular fractures; it allows easy exposure of the pelvic brim, where the bone quality is optimal for screw fixation. The purpose of our study was to investigate the surgical outcomes of unstable pelvic ring injuries treated using the Stoppa approach for stable anterior ring fixation. METHODS We ana...

PURPOSE To report 18 patients who underwent tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis using a retrograde intramedullary nail or cannulated screws. METHODS 10 men and 8 women (19 ankles) aged 36 to 70 (mean, 52) years underwent tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis using a retrograde intramedullary nail (n=13) or cannulated screws (n=6). Indications for arthrodesis were severe cavovarus deformity secondary to p...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine if mandibular parameters (gonial angle, bigonial width and ramus height) measured from panoramic radiographs, can be used to determine a correlation with an individual's age and gender in dentate subjects in Far North Queensland. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study utilised 2699 randomly selected panoramic radiographs of patients between the ages of 19-69 y...

The treatment of pubic ramus nonunion is usually surgical. We report the successful healing of a hypertrophic nonunion of pubic ramus in a 46 year old active male patient who was treated conservatively with a lumbo-sacral corset. We believe that understanding the injury mechanics in pelvic injury is more important to employ a particular treatment method than to follow the conventional ways of t...

Amaç
 Erişkinlerde görülen suprakondiler femur kırıkları eklem
 yüzeyini ilgilendiren veya ilgilendirmeyen kırıklar
 olup farklı cerrahi tespit seçenekleri bulunmasına
 rağmen, tedavisi kolay olmayan bir kırık çeşididir. Bu
 kırıklarda yapılan plak uygulamalarında geniş insizyonlar
 sebebiyle yumuşak doku ve periost canlılığı
 korunamayıp kaynamama gibi sonuçl...

The arterial distribution within the mandible and maxillae, which are the only structures having teeth, is more complicated than that of other bones. The whole mandible, including the teeth, is nourished chiefly by the inferior alveolar artery. The mandibular ramus receives small vessels not only from the inferior alveolar artery, but also from the mandibular branch of the maxillary, the poster...

We found a rare case of uncommon branching pattern with a prominent articular ramus of the inferior gluteal artery in a 39-year-old Korean male cadaver, whose cause of death was rectal carcinoma. The inferior gluteal artery branches off downwards at a time, the muscular rami ran in parallel with one another, and the articular ramus gave another muscular branch and has an anastomosis with the me...

screw-retained implant restorations have an advantage of predictable retention as well as retrievability, and obviate the risk of excessive sub-gingival cement commonly associated with cement retained implant restorations. screw-retained restorations generally have screw access holes, which can compromise esthetics and weaken the porcelain around the holes. the purpose of this study is to descr...

BACKGROUND Conventional fluoroscopically guided continuous radiofrequency (CRF) and pulsed Radiofrequency (PRF) lesioning of the medial branch, dorsal ramus, a standard technique to treat facet pain, is compared to an endoscopic visually guided technique. The endoscopic technique (Figure 1) is designed to ablate a larger area of the transverse process where the medial branch crosses to innervat...