Case report of a surgical neck humerus fracture due to strength training.

The incidence of the surgical neck fractures of humerus is increasing, especially among younger age groups as they place higher demands on their shoulder joints. Resistance training and heavy weight lifting have been implicated in a number of orthopedic upper extremity injuries. Acute sprains or strains are the most common type of reported injuries.

Driving with a forearm plaster cast: patients' perspective.

Background: Forearm plaster casts are commonly used in orthopaedic practice for the treatment of fractures of the wrist and carpal bones. A common question put by patients seeks to clarify suitability to drive a motor vehicle. DVLA guidelines do not specifically comment about temporary immobilisation in a cast.

Preventing fragility hip fracture in high risk groups: an opportunity missed.

Objective: The national guideline recommends selective case finding as the main strategy by identification of high risk people. This study assessed whether high risk patients were identified before their presentation with fragility fracture.

Methods: A prospective study for 3.

Surgery for cerebral palsy part 3: classification and operative procedures for thumb deformity.

Spastic thumb deformity is the result of imbalance between intrinsic and extrinsic forces acting across unstable joints. This paper presents a classification of spastic thumb deformity based on the accurate assessment of the deforming forces, outlines methods for their correction and reviews the results of our surgery. Thumb reconstruction procedures were performed in 32 patients with 33 spastic thumb deformities.

The surgical treatment of metastatic disease of the spine.

Background And Purpose: The spine is the commonest site for skeletal metastases. The majority of patients with spinal metastases can be managed conservatively, at least initially, but a significant number will develop complications, either neurological or mechanical, requiring surgical intervention. This paper emphasizes the need for a spinal surgeon to be involved early in the care of these patients.

The hip in children with cerebral palsy. Predicting the outcome of soft tissue surgery.

This study reviewed 56 hips in 37 children with cerebral palsy who had undergone an adductor tenotomy alone or in combination with an anterior obturator neurectomy. The mean review period was 5.3 years.

An unusual presentation of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of isolated lower limb neuropathies.