Pubic Bone Aplasia as an Incidental Finding in the Adult Population: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Pubic bone aplasia is a rare finding that is either diagnosed as incidental finding or associated with various clinical syndromes. It is usually discovered in early childhood, however, there are few reported cases of late discovery during adulthood. We present a case of a 64-year-old male with unilateral superior pubic rami aplasia, discovered incidentally during workup for sustained trauma.

Forecasting and planning during a pandemic: COVID-19 growth rates, supply chain disruptions, and governmental decisions.

Policymakers during COVID-19 operate in uncharted territory and must make tough decisions. Operational Research - the ubiquitous 'science of better' - plays a vital role in supporting this decision-making process. To that end, using data from the USA, India, UK, Germany, and Singapore up to mid-April 2020, we provide predictive analytics tools for forecasting and planning during a pandemic.

Superforecasting reality check: Evidence from a small pool of experts and expedited identification.

Superforecasting has drawn the attention of academics - despite earlier contradictory findings in the literature, arguing that humans can consistently and successfully forecast over long periods. It has also enthused practitioners, due to the major implications for improving forecast-driven decision-making. The evidence in support of the superforecasting hypothesis was provided via a 4-year project led by Tetlock and Mellers, which was based on an exhaustive experiment with more than 5000 experts across the globe, resulting in identifying 260 superforecasters.

Vertebral fracture assessment: Current research status and application in patients with kyphoplasty.

Imaging of the spine is of paramount importance for the recognition of osteoporotic vertebral fractures (VFs), and standard radiography (SR) of the spine is the suggested diagnostic method but is not routinely used because of the cost and radiation exposure considerations. VF assessment (VFA) is an efficient, low radiation method for identifying VFs at the time of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement. Prediction models used to indicate the need for VFA may have little predictive power in subspecialty referral populations such as rheumatologic patients or patients who underwent kyphoplasty.

Confronting hip resurfacing and big femoral head replacement gait analysis.

Improved hip kinematics and bone preservation have been reported after resurfacing total hip replacement (THRS). On the other hand, hip kinematics with standard total hip replacement (THR) is optimized with large diameter femoral heads (BFH-THR). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the functional outcomes of THRS and BFH-THR and correlate these results to bone preservation or the large femoral heads.

High energy tibial plateau fractures treated with hybrid external fixation.

Management of high energy intra-articular fractures of the proximal tibia, associated with marked soft-tissue trauma, can be challenging, requiring the combination of accurate reduction and minimal invasive techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether minimal intervention and hybrid external fixation of such fractures using the Orthofix system provide an acceptable treatment outcome with less complications. Between 2002 and 2006, 33 patients with a median ISS of 14.

Increased expression levels of apolipoprotein J/clusterin during primary osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a slowly progressive degenerative joint disease that is associated with joint space narrowing, osteophyte formation and subchondral sclerosis. Despite extensive effort actual breakthroughs in the field of genetic or biochemical biomarkers of OA are limited. As secretory apolipoprotein J/clusterin (sCLU) has been implicated in both inflammatory and apoptotic molecular processes which contribute to the OA phenotype, the sCLU concentration in human serum and synovial fluid during advanced primary knee and hip OA was analysed.

Fixation of femoral neck fractures using divergent versus parallel cannulated screws.

Controversy exists regarding the optimal method of internal fixation in femoral neck fractures. Biomechanical data suggest that calcar fixation is superior to central screws placement. We propose a divergent technique for placing 3 cannulated stainless steel screws engaging the calcar femorale.

The first sport injuries in the history of medicine.

Medical science is as old as human history and the need for disease treatment. Archivists, researchers and historians are collaborating in the project to preserve the documentary inheritance and make the medical science useful to the public. This research aims to identify and analyze the first registered sport injuries in the history of medicine.

The effectiveness of two COX-2 inhibitors in the prophylaxis against heterotopic new bone formation: an experimental study in rabbits.

The purpose of this study was to present the effectiveness of 2 cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, meloxicam and parecoxib, in the prevention of heterotopic ossification. Eighteen white mature male rabbits were divided into 3 groups of 6 animals. One was the control group; 1 group was administered meloxicam subcutaneously, and 1 group was administered parecoxib subcutaneously.

Avulsion fractures of the tibial tuberosity in adolescent athletes treated by internal fixation and tension band wiring.

Avulsion of the tibial tuberosity is a rarely reported fracture. It is mainly considered as an athletic injury accounting for less than 3% of all epiphyseal lesions. In this study, we hypothesized that the use of tension band wiring as a supplement of the internal fixation for the avulsion fractures of the tibial tuberosity would lead the adolescent athletes to a more effective rehabilitation program and an earlier resumption of their previous activity level.

Multiple level noncontiguous fractures of the spine.

From 1970 to 2000, 81 patients with noncontiguous fractures of the spine were evaluated. Of these 81 patients, 36 had a neurologic deficit. Sixty-six patients with stable injuries were treated conservatively, whereas 15 patients with unstable injuries required surgical stabilization.