Results of the Induced Membrane Technique in the Management of Traumatic Bone Loss in the Lower Limb: A Cohort Study.

Objective: To present our technique and early results using the Masquelet technique.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Patients/participants: Thirteen patients with 14 open fractures of the femur and tibia were included between November 2013 and December 2014.

Cause and outcome of atypical chest pain in patients admitted to hospital.

In patients with acute chest pain the prime need, usually, is to diagnose and treat myocardial infarction or ischaemia. When a cardiac origin for the pain has been excluded, patients are commonly discharged without either a diagnosis or a plan for follow-up. We studied a group of such patients to see how far causation was pursued and how their mortality compared with that of patients with a proven cardiac cause for their symptoms.