Low-Energy Traumatic Obturator Hip Dislocation with Ipsilateral Femoral Shaft Fracture in a Patient with Omolateral Knee Arthroplasty.

Ipsilateral obturator hip dislocation and femoral shaft fracture are rare. We report such a case in an older woman after a low-energy injury. She had a knee prostheses in the same limb.

Successful surgical treatment of a four part fracture dislocations of the proximal humerus and coracoid avulsion.

racture-dislocation of the proximal humerus (usually occurring after violent trauma) may be more frequently associated with a poor long-term results because the destruction of the hinged periosteum is associated with an high-risk of avascular necrosis of the head of the humerus (1, 2). Concomitant coracoid fracture with anterior shoulder dislocation in such case is something extremely rarely reported (8). Herein, we describe a challenging case of a 44 years old man with 4-parts fracture of the right proximal humerus, dislocation of the glenohumeral joint associated with coracoid avulsion.

Causes and treatments of lag screw's cut out after intramedullary nailing osteosinthesis for trochanteric fractures.

Background. Superior cut-out of a lag screw remains a serious complication in the treatment of trochanteric or subtrochanteric fractures and it is related to many factors: the type of fracture, osteoporosis and the stability of fracture reduction. Little is known about the outcome after revision surgery for complications of the gamma nail.

Hemiarthroplasty versus reverse shoulder arthroplasty: comparative study of functional and radiological outcomes in the treatment of acute proximal humerus fracture.

Purpose: To compare functional and radiographic results of reverse prosthesis versus hemiarthroplasty after complex displaced proximal humeral fractures in elderly patients when adequate ORIF cannot be achieved and prosthetic shoulder replacement is required.

Methods: From 2008 to 2012, 67 patients were treated with hemiarthroplasty or reverse arthroplasty. We evaluated 53 cases with an average follow-up of 27.

Distal radius articular fractures: a comparison between ORIF with angular stability plate and percutaneous Kirschner wires.

Purpose Of The Study: To analize and compare vantages and disadvantages in long-term of two different  techniques to treat distal radius articular fractures: ORIF with plate versus percutaneous pinning with K-wires.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed 77 distal radial articular fractures treated surgically from 2005 to 2009. Fractures were divided in two homogeneous groups according to patient age, gender, fracture-type and follow-up.