Surgical fixation of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: elastic intramedullary nailing versus precontoured plating.

Background: This prospective comparative study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of implants of different design (titanium elastic intramedullary nail versus anatomical precontoured dynamic compression plate) in treatment of displaced midshaft clavicular fractures.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-six patients between 18 and 65 years of age were included in this study. They were randomized in two groups to be treated with either elastic intramedullary nail (EIN) or plate.

Biomechanical analysis of distal femoral fracture fixation: dynamic condylar screw versus locked compression plate.

Background: This human cadaveric study i ntroduces a laboratory model to establish and compare the fixation stability of the distal femoral locking plate (DFLP) and dynamic condylar screw (DCS) in distal femoral fracture fixation.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted on 16 fresh cadaveric femoral specimens, 8 implanted with the DCS and the other 8 with the DFLP. The construct was made unstable by removing a standard-sized medial wedge with a 1-cm base (gap osteotomy) beginning 6 cm proximal to the lateral joint line in the distal metaphyseal region with loss of the medial buttress.

Treatment of non-union of humerus diaphyseal fractures: a prospective study comparing interlocking nail and locking compression plate.

Background: The aim of this prospective comparative study was to compare outcomes and complications of humeral diaphyseal fracture non-unions managed with humerus interlocking nail (HIL) and locking compression plate (LCP).

Materials And Methods: 40 patients with non-union of humeral diaphyseal fractures were included in this study and were randomly allocated in two groups; group A had 20 cases treated with HIL and group B had 20 cases treated with LCP. Clinico-radiological assessments were done for each case up to 2-year follow-up period.

Plate osteosynthesis of fractures of the shaft of the humerus: comparison of limited contact dynamic compression plates and locking compression plates.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to compare outcomes and complications of displaced fractures of the shaft of the humerus treated with limited-contact dynamic compression plates (LCDCPs) and locking compression plates (LCPs).

Materials And Methods: Two hundred and twelve patients with displaced fractures of the shaft of the humerus, treated with plate osteosynthesis from January 2005 to December 2009 were reviewed. One hundred and two patients (group A) were treated with LCDCP osteosynthesis and 110 patients (group B) were treated with LCP osteosynthesis.

Oxidative stress in children with severe malaria.

Fifty cases of severe malaria were studied for their oxidant and antioxidant status. Severe anemia (54%) was the most common presentation followed by hyperpyrexia, cerebral malaria and jaundice. Plasma malondialdehyde, protein carbonyl, nitrite, ascorbic acid and copper levels were significantly raised in cases as compared with controls (p < 0.