Quantitative analysis of local bone graft harvested from the posterior elements during posterior spinal fusion in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients.

Objective: This study analyses the quantity of local bone graft obtained from different anatomical parts of the posterior elements during corrective surgery for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis patients.

Summary Of Background Data: Locally harvested autogenous bone graft eliminates possible donor site morbidity and has all the important basic bone graft properties such as osteoinductivity, osteogenicity and osteoconductivity. Its usage was reported to be adequate to achieve fusion but none had quantifies the amount of local bone graft harvested.

Does lightning strike twice?

The authors present an interesting case under our follow-up who has had five different forms of tumours with different pathologies throughout his lifetime. He started off with hepatoma, followed by pleomorphic sarcoma of the thigh, adenocarcinoma of the prostate, meningioma and finally schwanoma. He is still alive to this date.

Palm oil thorn-induced squamous cell carcinoma with underlying burns scar.

Marjolin's ulcers are malignancies that arise from previously traumatised, chronically inflamed or scarred skin. We present a case with childhood burns, who had repeated irritation of his forearm skin with palm oil thorns that eventually led to malignant change.