abstract traumatic hip dislocations are common in high-energy motor vehicle accidents. we present a case of a 43-year old man who sustained posterior hip dislocation with posterior wall acetabular fracture and ipsilateral intertrochantric fracture following a motorcycle accident. urgent open reduction and internal fixation of the hip fracture-dislocation and fixation of intertrochantric fractur...

The distal row, which is more stable and moves as a unit, consists of the trapezium, the trapezoid, the capitate, and the hamate. The distal row forms a rigid, supportive transverse arch upon which the five metacarpals of the hand are supported. The trapezium articulates with the first metacarpal, the trapezoid with the second, and the capitate with the third one. The capitate and trapezoid are...

Figure 1. Preoperative posteroanterior radiographs showing progressive fragmentation and collapse of the lunate, as well as subsequent pathologic fracture of the scaphoid.

Scaphoid stress fractures are rare injuries that have been described in young, high-level athletes who exhibit repetitive loading with the wrist in extension. We present a case of an occult scaphoid stress fracture in a 22-year-old female Division I collegiate shot-putter. She was successfully treated with immobilization in a thumb spica splint for 6 weeks. Loaded wrist extension activities can...

INTRODUCTION Injuries of the hip joint from pure hip dislocations to fracture dislocations have been described and classified by various authors. These descriptions do not include fracture dislocation of hip associated with fracture of the greater trochanter. CASE REPORT We report an unusual case of fracture dislocation of hip in which posterior dislocation of hip was associated with fracture...

A 35-year-old male office worker fell on an outstretched hand, injuring his dominant wrist. He had persistent pain about the radial aspect of the wrist. He reported no prior injury or symptoms proximally. On physical examination, mild swelling with tenderness was observed about the scaphoid in the snuffbox. Mild limitation of wrist range of motion existed. Anteroposterior (A), lateral (B), and ...

INTRODUCTION Humeral biepicondylar fracture dislocation is a very rare injury reported only once in English literature by G R Taylor et al. We report a case of humeral biepicondylar fracture dislocation in a 13-year-old girl with a unique mechanism of injury. CASE PRESENTATION A 13-year-old girl presented with trauma elbow. Radiographs showed biepicondylar fracture of humerus with dislocation...

The aim of this study was to better quantify the role of delayed MRI scans in acute wrist injuries, and to assess the prevalence and distribution of multiple occult injuries of the wrist. A retrospective study was made of all patients who had been referred to the orthopaedic trauma clinic for a possible scaphoid fracture and with normal radiographs over a two year period. There were 110 patient...