Principles of bone and tissue banking in Saudi Arabia: 10-year experience report.

Background: The role of bone and tissue banking is well known to meet the ever-growing need of bone and soft tissue allografts. Strict guidelines have been established to ensure high standard and minimize complications related to bone transplantation.

Methods: The Bone Bank in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), affiliated with the Saudi Council of Organ Transplantation, was inaugurated in 2010, and it has since been an integral part of the KFSH&RC organ retrieval team.

Outcomes Following Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Review of the Registry Data and Current Literature.

End-stage ankle arthritis has a significant effect on function and quality of life. Total ankle arthroplasty continues to emerge as a safe and effective treatment of ankle arthritis. Ankle arthroplasty preserves motion at the ankle joint, while still achieving the primary goal of pain relief.

Noncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty in Sickle-Cell Disease: Long-Term Results.

Background: Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is a well-known sequela of sickle-cell disease (SCD) requiring a surgical intervention that comes with technical challenges.

Methods: Uncemented hip arthroplasty for avascular necrosis of the femoral head due to SCD was carried out for 101 patients (133 hips) between 2000 and 2012. The duration of follow-up ranged from 5 to 17 years (mean, 14.

Simultaneous bilateral total hip arthroplasty in Morquio syndrome.

A 16-year-old girl who had Morquio syndrome presented with severe bilateral hip pain and limited mobility because of bilateral hip osteoarthritis and fixed flexion deformities. She was wheelchair bound for the previous 6 months. Cervical spine flexion-extension views showed mild subluxation (<3 mm), and there was thoracolumbar spine kyphosis.

Freeze Dried Proximal Femoral Allografts in Revision of Femoral Stems.

Background: Femoral bone deficiency is a challenging problem in revision femoral arthroplasty in younger patients. We evaluated outcomes of revision femoral arthroplasty using a freeze-dried allograft prosthetic composite (APC).

Methods: This was a retrospective review of 16 patients (12 men and 4 women) who had unilateral proximal femoral deficiencies (Paprosky type III B, 13 patients; type IV, 3 patients) revised with freeze-dried APC.

Revision of type III and type IVB acetabular defects with Burch-Schneider anti-Protrusio cages.

Extensive bone loss in severe acetabular deficiencies can make repair with acetabular shells impossible. We retrospectively analyzed mid-term to long-term results of acetabular revision with Burch-Schneider reinforcement cages in 33 hips in patients with a mean age of 59.03years after a mean follow-up period of 6.

Neurofibromatosis induced hip arthritis. An unusual presentation.

Patient: Male, 43 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Neurofibromatosis Symptoms: Hip pain Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Orthopedics and Traumatology.

Objective: Rare disease.

Background: Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a disease known for orthopedic manifestations such as spine deformities, congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia and other bony dysplasias; joint dislocations are rare.

A rare presentation of an intraosseous lipoma in the proximal femur.

Patient: Female, 32 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Intraosseous lipoma Symptoms: Swelling of the thigh Medication: - Clinical Procedure: Excision of the mass Specialty: Surgery.

Objective: Rare disease.

Background: Intraosseous lipomas happen to be one of rarest benign soft tissue tumors with only a little known about its etiology and pathophysiology.