Femoral Shaft Fractures in Children: Exploring Treatment Outcomes and Implications.

Introduction: Femoral shaft fractures significantly impact children and families, posing a significant challenge for pediatric patients. The prevalence of limb shortening in femur shaft fractures treated with hip spica casting in our group, however, has not been the subject of many recent investigations.

Aims: By comparing the prevalence of limb shortening to various age groups and common pediatric injury patterns, this research seeks to close this information gap.

Outcome of ilizarov fixator in complex non-union of long bones.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of Ilizarov fixator in the management of complex non-union of long bones.

Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, and Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan, and comprised data of patients aged 14- 60 years of either gender with complex non-union of long bones between January 2006 and December 2013. Data, including age, gender, mechanism of injury, type of long bone involved, complications of surgery and final outcome, was documented on a pre-designed proforma.

Results of type-III supracondylar fracture humerus with open reduction and internal fixation in children after failed closed reduction.

Background: Supracondylar fracture of humerus is the second most common fracture in children which account for 60-75% of all fractures around the elbow. There are various treatment modalities for type-III fracture, i.e.

Correlation between inter-vertebral disc morphology and the results in patients undergoing Graf ligament stabilisation.

Background: Previous studies have shown Graf ligament stabilisation procedure to give mixed results in the short to medium term. The aim of this study was to correlate the pre-operative state of the disc, multifidus muscles, age of the patient, levels operated and the clinical outcome after a mean follow-up of 47 months.

Methods: Graf ligament stabilisation procedure was carried out in 38 patients between 1996 and 1999.

A ligamentum flavum-preserving approach to the lumbar spinal canal.

Study Design: This is a retrospective study of a consecutive series of patients undergoing spinal decompression or disc enucleation with preservation of the ligamentum flavum. MacNab criteria and Prolo scoring was used to assess them pre- and after surgery.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of perioperative complications and long-term clinical outcome of the procedure.

Scott wiring for direct repair of lumbar spondylolysis.

Study Design: This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients who underwent Scott wiring for symptomatic lumbar spondylolysis using the MacNab criteria.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the clinical outcome of the procedure after a mean follow-up period of more than 10 years.

Summary Of The Background Data: Previous studies have shown this technique to be effective in the management of patients up to the age of 25 years who have symptomatic lumbar spondylolysis with or without a Grade 1 slip.