Effective radiation dose of skeletal surveys performed for suspected physical abuse.

Background: A skeletal survey is an important diagnostic tool for patients presenting with suspected physical abuse. A relatively recent change in guidelines for skeletal surveys by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) in 2017 has led to more initial and follow-up images for these patients, which would be expected to have led to an increase in effective radiation dose.

Objective: To estimate the effective dose following the change in guidelines and to ascertain the difference between doses before and after the change in guidelines.

Teaching Medical Students How to Interpret Chest X-Rays: The Design and Development of an e-Learning Resource.

Introduction: The teaching of radiology to medical students has often been criticised for being inadequate and unstructured, with students reporting lack of confidence in assessing x-rays. In this paper, we describe how an e-learning resource, on how to interpret a chest x-ray for medical students, was designed and developed. The aim of the resource was to provide medical students with knowledge of how to interpret a chest x-ray in a systematic approach.

Supra-patellar nailing for isolated closed tibial shaft fractures: Medium term functional outcomes from an Academic Level 1 Trauma centre.

Aims The aim of this study was to assess functional outcome, at medium-term follow up, in patients undergoing intra-medullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures, using the supra-patellar approach. Materials and methods The study included patients with intra-medullary nailing, for diaphysial tibia fractures, between March 2013 to August 2015. An initial audit compared short-term functional outcomes at 15 months, between the supra and infra-patellar approaches, using a cohort of 20 patients (10 in each group).

Higher Risk of Mortality in Intentional Traumatic Injuries; A Multivariate Regression Analysis of a Trauma Registry.

Objectives: To assess whether intentional traumatic injuries are associated with higher mortality rate when compared to unintentional injuries.

Methods: Data from SweTrau (Swedish National Trauma Registry). Information regarding age, gender, injury severity score (ISS), new injury severity score (NISS), Glasgow coma scale (GCS), systolic blood pressure, and respiratory rate were collected via "SweTrau".

Surgical Diabetic Foot Debridement: Improving Training and Practice Utilizing the Traffic Light Principle.

Comprehensive management of a severe diabetic foot infection focus on clear treatment pathways. Including rapid, radical debridement of all infection in addition to intravenous antibiotics and supportive measures. However, inexperienced surgeons can often underestimate the extent of infection, risking inadequate debridement, repeated theatre episodes, higher hospital morbidity, and hospital length of stay (LOS).

Poncet's disease (tubercular rheumatism) with primary involvement of the foot - A case report.

We present a rare case with primary tubercular involvement of the foot, accomapanied by a reactionary (aseptic) effusion in the knee. The diagnosis was delayed due to unusual presentation and also because of failure to elicit a detailed history. Incision and drainage of the foot abscess and antitubercular drug therapy resulted in satisfactory control of tubercular infection.

Early clinical and radiological results of total knee arthroplasty using patient-specific guides in obese patients.

Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a challenging procedure in patients with a high body mass index (BMI). The aim of our study was to assess the outcome and accuracy of restoration of mechanical alignment in TKA using patient-specific guides (PSG) involving patients with high BMI.

Materials And Methods: Patients with BMI of 30 or above were enrolled in the study.

A novel method of forming micro- and macroporous monetite cements.

Second to autologous bone grafts are the calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) used as synthetic bone substitutes due to their chemical similarity to the mineral component of bone. Their ability to conform to complex bone defects and excellent osteoconductivity also render them excellent scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, although they do have their own limitations. Calcium phosphates can be divided into two main categories, namely apatite and brushite.