Background: Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone malignancy. It has classically been described as having a bimodal incidence by age. We sought to identify whether the bimodal incidence distribution still exists for osteosarcoma using the SEER and NIS databases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Metal-on-metal Hip Resurfacing (HR) was performed in many young individuals as it conserved bone stock and had low wear rates, before it became less popular due to the detection of Adverse Reactions to Metal Debris. As such, many patients in the community have well-functioning HRs and as they age, the incidence of fragility fractures of the neck of femur around the existing implant is expected to increase. These fractures are amenable to surgical fixation as adequate bone stock remains in the head of the femur and the implants are well fixed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Distal Anterior Tibial Guided Growth has been shown to be useful to correct recurrent equinus deformity after open surgical release for Congenital Talipes Equinovarus. This has not been evaluated in a recurrence after use of the Ponseti method, where soft tissue releases are currently understood as the mainstay of treatment.
Methods: Patients with recurrence of equinus component of CTEV, who underwent DATGG with at least 6-month follow-up were identified retrospectively.
Introduction: The knee is the commonest native joint to develop an infection. A two-stage primary knee replacement, with an interim stage of debridement and cement spacer application, modelled after two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) has been reported for the management of chronic infections.
Aims: To systematically review the literature to find the infection-free survival and outcomes of this operation and explore its indications.
Compressive cervical myelopathy secondary to degenerative changes in the cervical spine is a common cause of neurologic morbidity in the elderly. Identification of canal stenosis and addressing it surgically in addition to the obvious compressive lesions is essential to obtain satisfactory results. We attempt to define the saggital and transverse diameters in a normal adult population presenting at our centre with head injuries.
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