Surgeon-Administered Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia in Fixation of Distal Fibula Fracture.

Distal fibula fracture is a common injury of the lower limb. Significantly displaced distal fibula fracture is treated with surgical fixation under general, spinal, or regional anesthesia. We present a case of displaced distal fibula fracture with both the regional anesthesia and operation performed by the same attending orthopedic surgeon.

The study of 2-dimensional computed tomography scans of the glenoid anatomy in relation to reverse shoulder arthroplasty in the Southern Chinese population.

Background: Reverse shoulder arthroplasty is becoming an increasingly common surgical procedure in Hong Kong, as well as in many other countries worldwide. The aim of this study is to describe the glenoid anatomy in the Southern Chinese population. We are interested to know whether commercially available glenoid implants are suitable for this population and whether there are any steps or precautions we can take during surgery to optimize the clinical outcome for these patients.

Intra-operative femoral neck fracture during attempted dislocation of a reduced hemi-arthroplasty.

Fragility hip fractures are increasingly common and hemiarthroplasty is one of the standard treatments. Although a common surgery, it should be performed with great caution because of the poor premorbid and bone quality in this demographic. Intra-operative fractures can occur while attempting press fit of the femoral implant.

Arthroscopy-assisted correction of hallux valgus deformity.

Purpose: Our purpose was to evaluate the clinical and radiologic results of arthroscopy-assisted hallux valgus deformity correction with percutaneous screw fixation.

Methods: Ninety-four feet underwent arthroscopy-assisted hallux valgus deformity correction. Patients in whom the 1,2-intermetatarsal angle could be reduced manually and who had no significant abnormality of the distal metatarsal articular angle were included, and an endoscopic distal soft tissue procedure was performed.