Proximal humerus fractures (PHF) are common, they represent 4 to 6 % of all fractures. They usually affect the elderly (above 60 years) and most the time, women (M/F ratio = 3/7). In general, they are not or slightly displaced and their treatment is thus commonly conservative (75 to 90 % of cases).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) rarely affects the shoulder. Fewer than 30 cases have been reported in the English and French language literature. In those patients, PVNS was treated by open surgery involving total or local synovectomy, sometimes associated with total shoulder replacement, cuff tear repair, or arthroplastic head resection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris)
May 1994
Spontaneous spinal extradural hematomas are rare entities, especially during pregnancy. The authors report a case of a 26 years old women who developed as Brown-Sequard syndrome during pregnancy. The patient underwent first a caesarean and thereafter a prompt spinal surgical decompression.
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