Functional Outcomes of Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Versus Quadrupled Semitendinosus and Gracilis Autografts for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.

Introduction Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with autografts has been available for decades; however, the choice of graft is still debated. Here, we compared the functional outcomes of the two most widely used autografts, bone-patella tendon-bone (BPTB) and quadruple-stranded semitendinosus/gracilis (ST/G) autografts, at six months following ACLR. Materials and methods This prospective study was performed in the Department of Orthopedics of Yenepoya Medical College and Hospital located in Mangalore, Karnataka, India, a tertiary care institute over a period of 18 months (November 2018 to April 2020).

Fatal blunt cardiac injury: are there any subtle indicators?

A 29-year-old man had a head-on collision with an oncoming truck while riding a bike. He sustained a fracture of the left first rib, fracture of the left talar neck with ankle dislocation and fracture dislocation of the right wrist. The patient was haemodynamically stable and underwent an emergency open reduction and internal fixation of the fractured talar neck to prevent further vascular compromise of the lower limb.

Recurrent tuberculosis of greater trochanter and its bursa.

A 65-year-old female had a history of tuberculosis of the left greater trochanter 30 years ago. She underwent 6 months of chemotherapy after which the disease healed completely. Currently she presented to us with pain and swelling on the lateral aspect of left hip of 2-month duration.