Removal of a PCR inhibitor and resolution of DNA STR types in mixed human-canine stains from a five year old case.

The analysis of biological trace evidence from a reopened investigation into a 1991 murder from Vernon, B.C. revealed mixed human and dog bloodstains on blue jean pants that contained a PCR inhibitory substance.

[Closed intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures].

Objective: To assess patient outcome after nailing of the tibial shaft with the unreamed AO/ASIF nail.

Design: A retrospective study of 54 nailed fractures of the tibial shaft treated between 1990 and 1994. Follow-up was done at the outpatient clinic and included measurements of the lower limbs and x-rays.