The objective of this inclusive literature review is to identify surgeries performed for Freiberg's disease (FD) and their outcomes and to perform the first population-based study to establish its incidence. We reviewed all retrievable publications linked to FD listed in PubMed and publications quoted within these publications going back to 1914. Patients with FD and the number of livebirths born in our maternity hospital between 2000 and 2023 were identified from our hospital database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Accurate interpretation of radiographs is crucial for junior doctors in the accident and emergency (A&E) department (the emergency medicine department). However, it remains a significant challenge and a leading cause of diagnostic errors.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and confidence of foundation doctors (doctors within their first 2 years of qualifying) in correctly interpreting and managing forearm and hand fractures on plain radiographs.
A broken epidural catheter with a retained fragment in the spinal canal is a rare complication of an otherwise low-risk procedure. We present a case of a 37-year-old post-partum female with a fractured epidural catheter with a retained fragment in the epidural space, after epidural anaesthesia using a midline L3/L4 approach. The patient was completely asymptomatic, and the management decision lay between surgical exploration with removal and conservative management with no intervention.
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