Calcium sulfate cement in contained traumatic metaphyseal bone defects.

The aim of this study was to evaluate prospective patients with periarticular fractures where a meta physeal bone defect was grafted with high compressive calcium sulfate cement. The calcium sulfate cement MIIG X3, (Wright Medical Technology, Inc, Arlington, TN) was used in 45 patients with periarticular fractures--distal radial, tibial plateau, humeral head, and calcaneal fractures--to fill the metaphyseal defect. All fractures were treated either with open or closed reduction, fracture fixation, and the cement was applied openly or closed.

Vanishing bone disease: review and case reports.

Vanishing bone disease is a rare idiopathic disease, leading to extensive loss of bony matrix, replaced by proliferating thin-walled vascular channels and fibrous tissue. There are >191 cases reported in the English literature. Gorham and Stout made the first overview of the disease in 1955 and they first presented 24 cases known at that time.

Anti-personnel landmine injuries during peace: experience in a European country.

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to report the incidence of landmine injuries during peacetime in a European country.

Methods: Forty victims of landmine explosions were admitted to Didimoticho General Hospital in Greece, from December 1988 to March 2003. A total of 19 people survived (47.

Piriform and trochanteric fossae. A drawing mismatch or a terminology error? A review.

The current literature indicates that the standard starting point for intramedullary nailing is the piriform fossa. The accuracy of the entry point for anterograde femoral intramedullary nailing between published texts and relevant illustrations was recorded. The piriform fossa is the site of insertion of the piriform tendon and represents a small, shallow depression located on the tip of the greater trochanter.