[Quality of life after severe hand trauma: A review of 36 cases].

Objective: Improve the quality of life of patients with severe hand trauma.

Materials And Method: A retrospective study was carried out from August, 1, 2017, to May 31, 2020, at the emergency department of a private clinic in Abidjan. Were included in this study all patients with severe hand trauma who had undergone emergency surgery with a quality-of-life assessment time of over six months after surgery.

Functional evaluation of unstable distal radius fractures treated with an angle-stable volar T-plate.

Evaluation of the levels of function, disability and quality of life of 23 patients with an unstable fracture of the distal radius treated with an angle-stable volar T-plate. During the period from 24/10/2004 to 01/02/2006 we carried out a prospective study including 23 patients. The fractures were 23A22 (n = 5), 23C11 (n = 4), 23C12 (n = 4) and 23C13 (n = 6).

Risk of virus transmission through femoral head allografts: A Belgian appraisal.

Background: To evaluate the incidence and the risk of transmitting a virus through a bone allograft from a living donor.

Material And Methods: A total 7032 femoral heads have been collected from 24 Belgian institutions. The tissue along with the screening blood tests were systematically sent to the bank.

Kienböck's disease in a 6-year-old boy.

A case of avascular necrosis of the lunate bone in a 6-year-old boy is reported. This is the youngest child reported in literature with Kienböck's disease. Clinical and radiological healing was obtained with conservative treatment.