Healed Depressed Parasagittal Skull Fractures-A Feature of Archaic Australian Aboriginal Remains.

The skeletal remains of eight Australian Aboriginals with healed depressed skull fractures were examined. Male:female ratio 5:3; age range 20-60 yrs. Burial dates by C dating in three cases were 500 years BP (n = 2) and 1300 BP.

Surviving multi-trauma in the past.

Background: Surviving multi-trauma is strongly associated with emergent resuscitation and treatment in modern medical facilities. Multi-trauma survival before the advent of modern medicine is likely to have been extremely uncommon, particularly in primitive societies. The aim of this study was to investigate the case of an ancient Australian Aboriginal who appeared to have survived multi-trauma.

Long-term survival and reason for revision of Wagner resurfacing hip arthroplasty.

The long-term survival of 270 Wagner resurfacing hip arthroplasties was determined. Two patients were lost to follow-up. Eleven hips remained unrevised at 15 to 22 years.