The outcome of expandable titanium mesh implants for the treatment of multi-level vertebral compression fractures caused by multiple myeloma.

Background: Painful vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) in myeloma patients severely reduce quality of life. Currently, the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) and National Institute of Clinical Excellence NICE advocate the use of either balloon kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty in the management of these fractures.

Methods: All patients with VCFs and myeloma who adhered to the IMWG indications for vertebral augmentation were treated with the Osseofix implant.

Posterior malleolar fractures: A CT guided incision analysis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the most appropriate approaches for fixation of each type and fragment of posterior malleolar fractures.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database was performed on 141 posterior malleolar fractures. On the CT scan axial slice, a clock face was drawn using the posterolateral corner of the tibia as the centre and the Achilles tendon as the 6 o'clock axis.

Modified Eaton-Littler's Reconstruction for Traumatic Dislocation of the Carpometacarpal Joint of the Thumb-A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Isolated traumatic dislocation of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb is an uncommon injury. Left untreated, resulting mechanical instability of this joint interferes with normal function of the hand and can lead to articular degeneration of the joint. Most are amenable to closed reduction with or without supplementary pinning.

Delayed pneumothorax following an isolated clavicle injury.

Isolated fractures of the clavicle have been rarely reported to be complicated by a pneumothorax. However, a delayed pneumothorax following this injury has not yet been reported in the literature. This case report describes a 19-year-old man who developed a left-sided apical pneumothorax from an ipsilateral fractured clavicle 5 days after his initial motorbike accident.