Late prevertebral abscess with sinus following anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion.

Anterior cervical discectomy/corpectomy and fusion is performed in degenerative, traumatic and neoplastic etiologies of the cervical spine. This procedure is highly successful and associated with fewer complications. The rates of early and late postoperative infection have been reported to be between 0.

Effect of total knee arthroplasty on type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension: A prospective study.

Context: Advanced osteoarthritis of knee joint if bilateral, severely restricts patient mobility. This acts as an aggravating factor for pre existing comorbid elements of metabolical syndrome (MS) like Type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension as patients are unable to carry out therapeutic walks. Successfully implanted total knee arthroplasty (TKA) increases physical activity and enables to carry out therapeutic walks thus may help in better control of type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension.

Intradural extramedullary capillary hemangioma of lower thoracic spinal cord.

Capillary hemangiomas are benign tumors and tumor like conditions commonly involving skin and mucus membrane of head and neck region. They are extremely rare in the spinal cord. We report a 35-year-old male presenting with gradual progressive paraparesis over a period of 4 months.

Bilateral multiligament injury of knee caused by entangled dupatta.

We report a rare case of bilateral multiligament knee injury in an 18-year-old female employed in garment industry. Patient was wearing salwar kameez and dupatta while operating an electric laundry machine. In this case we discuss a peculiar mechanism of injury caused due to wearing dupatta near working site and suggest simple preventive measures.

Isolated tarsal navicular fracture dislocation: a case report.

Unlabelled: Injuries to the midtarsal joints are rare. They occur in the form of various combinations such as fracture, fracture subluxation, and fracture dislocation. The largest series of 71 cases has been reported by Main and Jowett in 1975.