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The Libyan civil conflict : selected case series of orthopaedic trauma managed in Malta in 2014 [PDF]

, 2015
Aim: The purpose of this series of cases was to analyse our management of orthopaedic trauma casualties in the Libyan civil war crisis in the European summer of 2014. We looked at both damage control orthopaedics and for case variety of war trauma at a
Borg, Joseph N., Mifsud, Max, Mizzi, Colin, Ng, Colin   +3 more
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Atypical Transverse Midshaft Humerus Fracture in an Octogenarian: Surgical Nuances and Functional Outcome Following Locked Intramedullary Nailing

Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Humeral shaft fractures in elderly patients typically present as spiral or comminuted patterns due to age-related osteoporosis and low-energy mechanisms.
Jeff Walter Rajadurai O R, C S Likhit, Shailesh Kumar, K Purushothaman, D Sudharsan, Naveen Kumar Duraisamy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A rare case of isolated cervical intramedullary cysticercosis: A surgical dilemma

Journal of Spinal Surgery, 2018
Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the cerebral parenchyma and spinal cord involvement is rare. In spinal cord, it affects more commonly thoracic spinal cord while cervical involvement is rare.
Sachin A Giri, Batuk Diyora, Deepali Giri, Prajakta Giri, Alok Sharma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Blood loss in primary total knee arthroplasty-body temperature is not a significant risk factor-a prospective, consecutive, observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Hypothermia related to anaesthesia and operating theatre environment is associated with increased blood loss in a number of surgical disciplines, including total hip arthroplasty.
Beller, Elaine, Dan, Michael, Jones, Peter, Liu, David, Martos, Sara Martinez, Randle, Ray   +5 more
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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Abscess: Illustration of Two Cases and Review of Literature

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017
Intramedullary spinal cord abscess is a rare infection of the spinal cord with less than 120 cases reported since its first description by Hart in 1830.
Raj S. Chandran, Rajmohan Bhanuprabhakar, Sivakumar Sumukhan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cysticercosis of conus medullaris: A case report and literature review

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2014
“Neurocysticercosis” - involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) by taenia solium, is one of the most common parasitic diseases of the CNS. However, spinal involvement by neurocysticercosis is uncommon. Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis involving
Saurabh K. Verma, Vijay Kumar Gupta, M. Narayan Swamy, Harish C. Pathak   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bamboo‐Like Whiskers‐Reinforced Bioceramics Accelerate Large Segmental Bone Regeneration via Dual Modulation of Type‐H Vessels and Osteoinduction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract image of bamboo‐like whisker‐reinforced Ca‐P bioceramics accelerating large segmental bone regeneration. ABSTRACT Regenerative repair of segmental bone defect remains a major clinical challenge. The conventional mental implants suffer from mechanical strength mismatch and long‐term foreign bodies presence.
Cong Feng, Haibo Teng, Chuyao Xu, Jiaze He, Keting Liu, Xueying Li, Kai Zhang, Xiangdong Zhu, Xiangfeng Li, Jianguo Xu, Xingdong Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surgical treatment and outcome of haematomyelia with a traumatic cause in a dog and a cat

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Two surgically treated haematomyelia cases were documented. One dog and one cat were presented for acute progressive paraplegia following a fall from height incident. Neurological examinations suggested a L4–S3 myelopathy in both cases.
Shanshan Guo
doaj   +1 more source

Intramedullary Arachnoid Cyst of the Cervical Spine: Case Report and Literature Review

Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2017
Intramedullary arachnoid cysts of the spinal cord are extremely rare benign lesions of unclear pathogenesis. To our knowledge, only 21 cases were reported in the literature, 10 of which involved the cervical spine.
Saleh Baeesa, Abdalrahman Aljameely
doaj   +1 more source

Flexible intramedullary nailing in the treatment of diaphyseal fractures of the femur in preschool children [PDF]

, 2008
Femur fractures in preschool children are mostly treated in a conservative way, by means of spica cast immobilisation or skin traction. In school age children the use of flexible intramedullary nails (FIN) is widely used and promoted.
De Ridder, Koen, MORTIER, DIETER
core   +1 more source