Stature seekers: Cosmetic limb lengthening in medical tourism a case report.

This case report details orthopaedic cosmetic surgery tourism, an emerging trend where individuals seek orthopaedic cosmetic procedures abroad. While this practice is increasingly common, it lacks regulation, potentially endangering patients. Factors driving this trend include rising healthcare costs and lengthy waitlists in public healthcare systems.

Inflammatory pseudotumor complicating metal-on-highly cross-linked polyethylene total hip arthroplasty.

Inflammatory masses or cysts occurring in the pelvis, thigh, and gluteal regions, often mimicking infection, occasionally arise after total hip arthroplasty procedures. Inflammatory pseudotumors comprise a subgroup of these lesions. Pseudotumors have been associated with pain, rashes, instability, neuropathy, and premature loosening of prosthetic components, often leading to early and difficult revision surgery.

Femoral head size does not affect ion values in metal-on-metal total hips.

Background: Metal-on-metal articulations can release substantial amounts of particles containing cobalt and chromium into the surrounding milieu, causing concern for cellular toxicity and adverse local soft tissue reactions. The diameter of the femoral head has been one of the variables that inversely affects wear of metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (THA). The oxidative stress of increased metal ions can be measured with serum markers.

The evaluation of the inverted supinator reflex in asymptomatic patients.

Study Design: A prospective study was undertaken over a 6-month period to determine the incidence of the inverted supinator reflex in asymptomatic, neurologically normal individuals.

Objective: The objective of our study is to assess asymptomatic patients for the presence of the inverted radial reflex and to determine its clinical relevance.

Summary Of Background Data: The inverted radial reflex sign is commonly used in clinical practice to assess cervical myelopathy.

Short segment posterior locking cervical plate fixation after kyphectomy for myelomeningocoele-associated kyphosis.

We report the use of posterior cervical locking plate fixation after apical vertebral excision for congenital lumbar kyphosis in a 3-year-old male myelomeningocoele patient. At 4-year follow-up the fixation was secure and the correction was well preserved.

An unusual orthopaedic presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A 3-year-old boy of Romanian origin was admitted with the inability to weight bear and pyrexia. He was investigated to rule out septic arthritis. He subsequently developed an atypical clinical picture of fleeting joint arthritis, spiking temperature with poor response to antibiotics and atypical results of investigations.

Suture-endobutton fixation of ankle tibio-fibular diastasis: a cadaver study.

Suture-Endobutton fixation is proposed as a minimally invasive, flexible fixation of ankle tibio-fibular diastasis, which would not require routine removal. This study tested the Suture-Endobutton construct in a cadaver syndesmosis injury model and compared this against A.O.