Necrotizing fasciitis of the upper extremity: a retrospective analysis of 19 cases.

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is both a limb-and life-threatening disease that affects skin, hypodermis as well as superficial fascia and deep fascia by rapidly progressive necrosis. Although this serious infection frequently occurs in the extremities, upper limb NF is a rare clinical presentation. The present study attempted to evaluate the clinical profiles, paraclinical findings, treatment modalities, outcomes and predictors of morbidity and mortality in patients with NF of the upper extremity.

[Corrigendum: Meryem Lemsanni . Sub- and intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus in adults doi: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.346.24516].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.

[Sub- and intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus in adults].

Introduction: complete joint fractures of the lower end of the humerus are rare and severe injuries in adults, affecting the functional prognosis of a narrow and complex joint such as the elbow. Multiple therapeutic options are available, but osteosynthesis is widely used provided that it can recover stable, mobile, and painless joint. The purpose of our study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, radiological and therapeutic features of these fractures, as well as to evaluate functional outcomes in our patients.

Floating thumb metacarpal in a motorcyclist: A case report.

We present a case of simultaneous dislocation of the carpometacarpal and the metacarpophalangeal joints of the thumb (floating thumb metacarpal) in a 47-year-old motorcyclist. The treatment consisted of closed reduction of both joints with cast immobilization. After 24 months, the functional result was excellent.