Publications by authors named "Abhishek Harsoor"

Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency causing a deleterious effect on the health system. It affected all the specialties and subspecialties in the medical field causing havoc in the health institutions. This pandemic affected both orthopaedic consultants and the residents who are under training.

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Introduction: Osteochondroma is the group of benign bone tumours, which are composed of spongy bone covered by a cartilaginous cap. Patients with distal ulnar osteochondromas frequently cause forearm deformities with relative ulnar shortening, wrist joint deviation, and varus bowing. Surgical ulnar lengthening is necessary to restore the carpal balance.

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Parosteal lipomas are rare benign tumors accounting for less than 0.1% of all primary bone tumors. Only 3 cases of parosteal lipoma have been previously described affecting the distal and middle phalanges.

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Introduction: Osteoarticular tuberculosis (TB) constitutes 1-3 % of cases and about 10% of osteoarticular TB affects the foot and ankle. In foot, TB calcaneus is the most commonly affected bone.

Case Report: A 21-year-old male presented with pain, swelling in the right heel for 5 months and difficulty in walking for 2 months.

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Introduction: Tibial plateau fractures are not uncommon. These fractures occur in bimodal age distribution consisting of 8% of all geriatric fractures. They usually occur as a result of low-energy trauma in the elderly.

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Introduction: A brown tumour is benign bony lesion caused by localized, rapid osteoclastic turnover, resulting from hyperparathyroidism. In this report, we present a case of 25-year-old woman with multiple swelling and bone pain. Plain radiographs of the affected bones revealed multiple erosive bone tumours, which were diagnosed as brown tumours associated with primary hyperparathyroidism.

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Introduction: Revision rates of total hip arthoplasty have decreased after introducing total hip arthroplasty using ceramic component due to reduce wear and osteolysis.

Case Report: 29 year old male case of bilateral hip avascular necrosis operated for bilateral hip THA presented 30 months after with complaint of squeaking, x-ray showing left ceramic liner fracture without any history of trauma. Revision of ceramic liner and head with ceramic on polyethylene was done.

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