Clinical and functional outcome of traumatic osteochondral fracture in adolescent patella.

The objective of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to assess the functional outcomes of adolescents who had undergone internal fixation for patellar post-traumatic OCD fracture from 2019-2021. The injury mechanism was divided into two categories: a) torsional mechanism and b) direct contact injury. All candidates underwent X-ray and MRI/CT scan prior to the surgery to confirm the diagnosis.

Micro-organisms and risk factors associated with prosthetic joint infection following primary total knee replacement-our experience in Pakistan.

Purpose: To identify potential risk factors and micro-organisms associated with prosthetic joint infection following primary total knee replacement surgery.

Hypothesis Of Study: Our hypothesis is that body mass index (BMI), operative time, type of surgery, and order of surgery especially in bilateral simultaneous cases have a major impact on prosthetic joint infection (PJI).

Methodology: We identified 4269 patients who underwent for primary knee replacement surgery between 2008 and 2018.

Pre-pregnancy counseling in Lagos: a report on the first 1,000 cases.

Objective: To assess the activity of a pre-pregnancy counseling clinic in terms of investigations, counseling, treatment, and subsequent pregnancy outcome.

Materials And Methods: Prenatal diagnosis and therapy were given in a tertiary university hospital in Lagos offering referral services for fetal medicine.

Design: Review of the first 1,000 couples who referred to the centre from various centres attended from 1992 to 2007.

[A rare cancer: cancers of the small intestine. 25 cases diagnosed at the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar from 1992 to 2001].

A retrospective survey of cases of cancer of the small intestine observed in the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (IPM), in the Centre Hospitalier de Soavinandriana (CenHoSoa) and in the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Antananarivo/Hôpital Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona (CHUA/HJRA), has been undertaken with the goal to find out epidemiological and diagnostical particularities, as well as the therapeutic measures and their results. Only 25 cases have been found in 10 years (from 1992 to 2001). They represent 5.