A comparative study in fixation methods of medial malleolus fractures between tension bands wiring and screw fixation.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to compare two methods of internal fixations of fractured medial malleolus which are simple screw fixation and tension band wiring.

Patients And Methods: Over 5 years we grouped 20 patients with fractured medial malleolus into two groups of operative treatments, group1 treated by malleolar screw fixation and group2 by tension band wiring. The patients were with same age group, gender, fracture type, and etiology.

Primary obstructive megaureter in adults: management strategy in a young woman.

Objective: Primary obstructive megaureter is an uncommon disease in adults. We describe a case in a thirty years old woman affected by monolateral megaureter complicated by ureteric calculi.

Material And Method: The clinical presentation, renal function, radiologic data, complications and treatment were studied.