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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Current treatment in treating patient with osteosarcoma is combination of chemotherapy and surgery, either limb-sparing or limb-ablation surgery. One challenge in limb-sparing technique in children is how to deal with the remaining growth of the bone. We created a limb-sparing reconstruction technique that can be fitted in many types of hospital and have a good functional outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Neglected shoulder dislocation is a rare case and may be accompanied by pathological changes in bony and soft tissue structure. Therefore, it requires extensive surgical procedure. Until now, there is no standard treatment protocol to overcome this case and it is still a challenging case.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Surg Case Rep
March 2017
Introduction: Non-union due to large bone loss often causes significant long-term morbidity. We incorporate the use of allogeneic umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) as part of the diamond concept of regenerative medicine in a case of infected non-union fracture.
Presentation Of Case: We reported a 54-year-old female patient presenting with pain on the right thigh.