Introduction And Importance: Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) avulsion fracture is an uncommon entity, but it poses significant morbidity to patient's knee and activities. A combination of PCL avulsion fracture with Segond fracture is rare and has not been described much before in known literature. In this case report, we present a rare case of a combination of these two injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: A Monteggia fracture was described initially as a fracture of the proximal third ulna and anterior dislocation of the proximal epiphysis radius.[1] In 1967, Bado discovered "true Monteggia lesions" and classified them into 4 groups.[2] He also used the term "equivalents" or "Monteggia-like-lesions" to describe specific injuries with similar radiographic patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a useful diagnostic tool to assess knee ligament injury and osteoarthritis, but no validated Indonesian version of the KOOS was available. We used the forward-backward translation protocol to develop the Indonesian version of the KOOS. The translated questionnaire was administered twice to 51 subjects diagnosed with a knee ligament injury and osteoarthritis.
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January 2021
Introduction: Bone Cement Implantation Syndrome (BCIS) is a lethal condition with complex physiological changes after the insertion of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) cement during intraoperative arthroplasty. Despite the etiology and the pathophysiology of BCIS has not been fully understood, several mechanisms have been discovered. Some clinical manifestations of BCIS are hypotension, hypoxemia, a decrease of consciousness, arrhythmia, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiac arrest.
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