Outcomes of Geriatric Hip Fractures in a Tertiary Referral Center in Malaysia During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Introduction With the advancing age of the population, there are an increasing number of patients with geriatric hip fractures. Despite the advancement of surgical knowledge and improvement of implant designs to treat geriatric hip fractures, mortality and morbidity remain high among these frail patients. In conjunction with the COVID-19 pandemic, the collateral damage dealt to these patients remains unknown as scarce resources are funneled to deal with the pandemic.

Prevalence and severity of Bertolottis syndrome in Malaysia: A common under diagnosis.

Introduction: Bertolotti's syndrome (BS) is defined as the presence of low back pain (LBP), radiculopathy or both with a dysplastic transverse process (TP) of the fifth lumbar vertebra that is articulated or fused with the sacral base or iliac crest. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and severity of BS to promote awareness of this disease.

Method: A retrospective review of anteroposterior lumbosacral plain radiographs was conducted between 1 January and 31 December 2017.

Molecular identification of Malaysian Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) using life stage specific mitochondrial DNA.

DNA identification of blow fly species can be a very useful tool in forensic entomology. One of the potential benefits that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has offered in the field of forensic entomology is species determination. Conventional identification methods have limitations for sibling and closely related species of blow fly and stage and quality of the specimen used.

Regioselective sulfonylation of 6,1',6'-tri-O-tritylsucrose through dibutylstannylation: synthesis of 4'-O-sulfonyl derivatives of sucrose.

3-O-Mesyl-1,6-di-O-trityl-beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2-->1)-6-O-trityl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (3) was synthesized via stannylation of 6,1',6'-tri-O-tritylsucrose with dibutyltin oxide in benzene, followed by treatment of the crude product with methanesulfonyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine in dichloromethane at 0 degrees C. A similar treatment of the tri-tritylsucrose in toluene, instead of benzene, yielded 4-O-mesyl-1,6-di-O-trityl-beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2-->1)-6-O-trityl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (4) as the major product. The X-ray crystal structure of the corresponding acetyl derivative, 3-O-acetyl-4-O-mesyl-1,6-di-O-trityl-beta-D-fructofuranosyl-(2-->1)-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-6-O-trityl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (5), confirms the position and stereochemistry of the methanesulfonyl group at C-4 of the fructofuranosyl ring.

3-O-acetyl-4-deoxy-4-iodo-beta-D-fructofuranosyl 2,3,6-tri-o-acetyl-4-chloro-4-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside.

At 160 K, the glucopyranosyl ring of the title compound, C(20)H(28)ClIO(13), has a near-ideal (4)C(1) conformation and the fructofuranosyl ring has a twist (4)T(3) conformation. The two hydroxy groups are involved in intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds, with the latter interactions linking the molecules into infinite one-dimensional chains. The absolute configuration of the molecule has been determined.