Profile of congenital transverse deficiencies among cases of congenital orthopaedic anomalies.

The authors showed the data of congenital amputation in 36 cases among the physically handicapped individuals (who attended a district level hospital for the purpose of obtaining a handicap certificate) during the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2000. Out of 3550 individuals, we found 612 with congenital orthopaedic anomalies, which accounted for 17.2%.

A variant of the floor of the carotid canal.

325 skulls were investigated in the present study. The absence of the floor of the carotid canal was found in only one skull, a condition which makes the internal carotid artery vulnerable during a surgical approach to this region.

Analgesia for the reduction of Colles fracture. A comparison of hematoma block and intravenous sedation.

Objective: An alternative to general anesthesia was tested against conventional sedation by a double-blind, randomized clinical trial in reduction of Colles fracture.

Settings: A large teaching hospital where cases of Colles fracture are not different from those seen in district hospitals.

Patients: Sixty-six out of 80 consecutive cases with this fracture were selected from March to August 1990 on the basis of: 1) informed consent; 2) no contraindication to any method of analgesia; 3) no analgesic during the past 8 hours; 4) injury duration less than 96 hours; 5) no mental, auditory, or visual impairment; and 6) no associated injury.