Background: Ogden type V tibial tubercle avulsion fracture is an unusual type of physial injury. Thus, little is known about its mechanism of injury and treatment. The type of osteosynthesis is variable and depends on the experience of the surgeon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Through meta-analysis, this study aims to comprehensively evaluate the efficacy of single-plating and double-plating in the treatment of comminuted fractures of the distal femur.
Methods: Computer searches of PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), China Biology Medicine (CBM), VIP, and Wanfang digital journals were performed, and the timeframe for the searches was from the establishment of each database to July 2023 for each of the databases. Meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.
A 28-year-old man involved in a serious motorcycle accident was admitted to our hospital with comminuted fractures of the ipsilateral femoral shaft and tibial shaft, as well as multiple fractures of the right lower limb, including the proximal fibula, medial malleolus, and the third and fourth distal metatarsals. In addition, the patient suffered a skin contusion and laceration of the right foot. On the first day of admission, this patient suddenly developed tachycardia, pyrexia, and tachypnoea, and was immediately transferred to the ICU for further treatment due to a CT-diagnosed pulmonary fat embolism (FE).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report an uncommon case of ipsilateral comminuted distal radius and comminuted radial head fractures with posterolateral elbow dislocation. A 51-year-old female had a fall that resulted in a comminuted distal radius fracture with an ipsilateral comminuted radial head fracture and posterolateral dislocation of the elbow. Clinical evaluation revealed that her left elbow was posteriorly dislocated and her left wrist was deformed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore CT imaging features and reason for missed diagnosis of clinical practice of occult anterior calcaneal process fracture.
Methods: From July 2013 to November 2018, the clinical data of 13 patients with occult an anterior calcaneal process fracture were retrospectively analyzed, including 2 males and 11 females, aged from 22 to 54 years old. Classification of fracture, displacement of fracture, direction of fracture line, size of fracture, with or without tarsal coalition, other fractures and misdiagnosis, the time from injury to diagnosis, condition of treatment and fracture healing were observed according to case history, data of X-ray and CT.
Objective: To investigate relation between displaced inferior ramus fractures and posterior pelvic ring injury.
Methods: From August 2012 to August 2015, 51 patients of pubic ramus fractures with complete record were retrospective reviewed including 27 males and 24 females with an average age of(49.1±19.
Objective: To investigate the relationship between degree of abnormal deeper lateral femoral notch between anterior cruciate ligament tear.
Methods: The radiograph and MRI image material of 16 patients with anterior cruciate ligament injury from January 2013 to November 2013 were reviewed including 14 males and 2 females with an average age of 28.3 years old ranging from 18 to 52 years.