Publications by authors named "Hamid T ALJohani"
Management of septic arthritis is an area of controversy, especially in rare locations like the sternoclavicular joints. In this case report, we present a case of septic sternoclavicular joint, which was resistant to medical treatment and deteriorated during the treatment course. Although medical treatment has proven effective based on previous literature, some cases will still not benefit from it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPipkin I fracture dislocation is a rare injury. They commonly present following high mechanism trauma with possible devastating complications regardless of the treatment option. Treatment consensus depends on fracture reduction, size, site, and displacement.
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- The study aimed to analyze one-year mortality rates after osteoporotic femur fractures and identify factors linked to increased mortality, focusing on patients from King Saud Medical City in Saudi Arabia over an 11-year period.
- Out of 108 patients with femoral fractures, 77.8% had proximal fractures, and 55.6% were under 75 years old; hypertension and diabetes were common but did not significantly affect mortality risk. The overall mortality rate was 21.3%, with 25% mortality for proximal fractures compared to 8.3% for distal fractures.
- Findings suggest that patients with normal bone mass density had higher mortality rates compared to those with abnormal BMD; the study
Lisfranc injuries are relatively rare, accounting for only 0.2% of all injuries. It is even rarer to have this injury bilaterally, and not many case reports have been published on this topic.
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