Traumatic ruptures of the subscapularis tendon in children are rare and often missed. In this case report, a 70 kg person landed on a 13-year-old boy with his arm abducted and rotated, causing pain and restricted motion. An MRI showed a total rupture of the subscapularis with avulsion of the minor tubercle and subluxation of the biceps tendon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Hip fracture treatment is controversial, with high complication rates. An algorithm for hip fracture surgery has shown reduced reoperation rates, but choice of implant is based on the commonly used fracture classifications, which were previously evaluated to be unreliable. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of the algorithm.
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