Lessons learned from "the great mimicker disease": A retrospective study of 18 patients with scurvy.

Purpose: Scurvy is an uncommon medical condition that affects children and is caused by an inadequate intake of vitamin C. This study presents the characteristics of patients with scurvy to raise awareness of the diagnostic process in developing countries where laboratory testing for vitamin C levels is often not available.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed from period of 2018 to 2023.

Massage manipulation and progression of osteosarcoma, does it really correlate: a combination of prospective and retrospective cohort study.

In Indonesia, the challenge of osteosarcoma progression is further worsened by patients' dependence on traditional massage therapy, low socio-economy, and educational status. This study aims to analyze the differences in the characteristics, laboratory findings, surgery techniques, degree of histopathological necrosis, and metastasis between osteosarcoma patients with and without prior massage manipulation therapy. This research is an analytical observational study with a prospective and retrospective cohort design.

Can acute correction with simultaneous hemiepiphysiodesis of lateral proximal tibia physis prevent recurrence in neglected infantile Blount's disease?

Purpose: The treatment of infantile Blount's disease usually includes surgical correction, but high recurrence is still a problem regardless of the procedure. We conducted a cross-sectional study of severely neglected infantile Blount's disease treated with acute correction and simultaneous hemiepiphysiodesis of lateral proximal tibia physis. In this study, we aimed to observe the complication and recurrence.

Emergency orthopaedic surgery in the pandemic era: A case series at Cipto Mangunkusumo national tertiary hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Introduction: Every emergency surgery performed is aimed at saving lives; however, during COVID-19 pandemic, surgeries are often postponed. Many existing recommendations take into account postponing surgery during a pandemic. How these surgeries can lead to increasing infection rates has not been widely published.

Does elective orthopaedic surgery in pandemic era increase risk of developing COVID-19? A combined analysis of retrospective and prospective study at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Background: To date, no recommendations have been published on when and how to start again carrying out elective, non-urgent surgery on COVID-19-negative patients after the epidemic peak has been reached in a given country or region and the pressure on healthcare facilities, healthcare workers and resources has been released by so far that elective surgery procedures can be safely and ethically programmed again. This study aims to investigate whether elective orthopaedic surgery will increase the risk of developing COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: This was a combined retrospective and prospective studies performed at a national tertiary hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.