Reconstruction of traumatic bone loss using the induced membrane technique: preliminary results about 11 cases.

Introduction: The use of Masquelet technique is a serious option to consider for biologic reconstruction of severe bone loss. Here is exposed a continuous and prospective study on bone loss management using that technique. The aims of this study were to assess epidemiology of bone loss due either to trauma or to non-unions and to give preliminary results.

Treatment of an acute deep hand burn in a lowincome country with no available microsurgery: a case report.

Deep hand burns usually lead to joint and tendon exposure. A simple skin graft is insufficient to achieve healing. Soft tissue reconstruction represents a surgical challenge that ranges from the simplest to the most complex flaps.

Hand replantation: First experience in a sub-Saharan African country (Togo).

Fifty years after Chen has performed the first forearm replantation, we report our first case of hand replantation in a sub-Saharan African country. The etiology of the amputation was machete due to interpersonal violence. The amputation was trans-carpal, guillotine-type, subtotal non-viable maintained with a small skin bridge.

Simultaneous extraarticular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal and dislocation of the metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb: A case report.

Double fracture-dislocations of the thumb are rare. Only a single case report of a simultaneous extra- articular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal and dislocation of the metacarpophalangeal joint has been previously reported. We report the second case report of this injury in a 20-year-old man.

Clinical profile of subdural hematomas: dangerousness of subdural subacute hematoma.

Subacute subdural hematomas are a poorly individualized nosological entity, often equated clinically to chronic subdural hematomas. Yet, their neurological deterioration which is usually rapid seems to distinguish them from chronic subdural hematomas. We wanted to show this dangerousness by establishing the clinically evolving profile of the three types of subdural hematomas.

Extremity injuries in soldiers during the conflict in Mali: experience of Togo Level two Hospital.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse war-related and non-war-related extremity injuries in soldiers in the Mali conflict.

Materials And Methods: This prospective study was performed from 1 May 1 to 31 December 2014. It concerned extremity injuries in soldiers treated at Togo Level 2 Hospital.

Open reduction and internal fixation of humeral non-unions: radiological and functional results.

This study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of open reduction and plate fixation combined with autogenous bone grafting in the treatment of non-united fractures of the humeral shaft. Forty six patients (27 men, 19 women; mean age, 35.6 years; range, 23-53 years) were operated on for non-union of a diaphyseal fracture of the humerus.

[Results of transosseous reattachment for distal rupture of the biceps tendon. Evaluation of results].

Avulsion of the distal biceps brachii tendon is an uncommon injury. This is a retrospective review of cases operated in our department by transosseous suture fixation on the radial tuberosity, using the single anterior incision. Between 2000 and 2007, a total of 10 patients with distal biceps tendon injury were included.

Avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle.

Purpose: To retrospectively study the epidemiology and treatment of acute avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle in 12 patients.

Methods: Records of 12 patients aged 11 to 17 (mean, 14) years with avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle presenting to our hospital from April 1998 to September 2004 were studied. Patient age, gender, involved side, injury mechanism, clinical and radiographic records, treatment, complications, and outcomes were reviewed.

[Bilateral anterior dislocation of the shoulders].

Bilateral anterior shoulder dislocation is a very rare clinical entity. We report another case of traumatic bilateral anterior dislocation of shoulders. We discuss the mechanism of the dislocation which is unusual and the treatment.

Dynamic hip screw and compression plate fixation of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures.

Purpose: To evaluate surgical outcomes of ipsilateral femoral neck and shaft fractures.

Methods: Between April 1997 and September 2004, 29 men and 8 women (mean age, 37 years) underwent fixation of femoral neck and shaft fractures using a dynamic compression plate plus a dynamic hip screw or screws. There were 30 femoral neck and 7 pertrochanteric fractures.

[Bristow-Latarjet repairs for anterior instability of the shoulder: clinical and radiographic results at mean 8.2 years follow-up].

Purpose Of The Study: We reviewed, at a mean follow-up of 8.2 years, clinical and radiographic results after 93 Bristow-Latarjet procedures for anterior instability of the shoulder.

Material And Methods: There were 84 men and nine female.

Intramedullary fixation using multiple Kirschner wires for forearm fractures: a developing country perspective.

Purpose: To evaluate treatment results of intramedullary fixation using multiple Kirschner wires for diaphyseal forearm fractures.

Methods: Between January 2001 and January 2004, 184 patients (122 men and 62 women) with 288 displaced diaphyseal forearm fractures underwent intramedullary fixation using multiple Kirschner wires. The wires were inserted by opening the fracture site because radiographic facility for closed pinning was unavailable.

[Multiple bone lesions of a type of disseminated African histoplasmosis in a Togolese immunocompetent child].

The authors report one case of disseminated African's histoplasmosis with numerous bones in Togolese immunocompetent child. The left tibia and fibula, the collarbones and the acromion were the bones mostly affected. The chronic fistulate lesion of the left leg associated with skin lesion allowed to evoke the diagnosis, this being confirmed by histological examination.