Background: Distal femur fractures are amongst the complex injuries of lower limb and many a times require a personalised approach. A wide range of implants have been devised to tackle this injury, amongst which nailing is a prominent procedure which includes antegrade and retrog...
The study was conducted to assess the attitude of physiotherapy students towards research in relation to gender, age, course of study and type of institution on five factor: Factor I (research usefulness), Factor II (research anxiety), Factor III (positive attitude), Factor IV (r...
Background: Chronic Osteomyelitis is a devastating infection causing severe disability in the pediatric population due to its often late presentation. Fibular osteomyelitis is relatively uncommon, with only a few documented reports worldwide. Case Presentation: We present a case...
Raja Amri, Mohamed Othmen Chouchène, Romdhane Denguezli, Manel Loukil, Khaled Bouzaidi & Mohamed Ali Sbai·Asian Journal of Orthopaedic Research·2020
The location of the hydatid cyst in the soft tissues is exceptional. The localization in the leg produces a swamped painful leg which poses a diagnostic problem, particularly with thrombophlebitis of the lower limb. Ultrasound and Doppler Ultrasound allow the differential diagnos...
Introduction: Isolated fracture of the trochlea is rare and is only recorded few times in literature and the surgical management by posterior approach is never described. The rare incidence may be attributed to its position deep inside the elbow joint without any tendinous or lig...
Introduction: Total wrist arthroplasty was envisioned to give patients with severe and debilitating pain the opportunity to regain independence. Prior to the first generation of implants, the standard of care for patients suffering from end-stage arthritis of the wrist was total...
Purpose: To assess the epidemiological, clinical morbidity, therapeutic modalities, and preventing these serious injuries. Methods: A retrospective review was performed on 138 patients seen and treated at the trauma department of Nabeul hospital, collected for a period of 5 years...
Aims: To describe a rare pattern that may be confused with a fracture. Study Design: Case Report. Introduction: Bone anatomic variations may simulate fractures or may be a part of a syndrome. Recognition of these bony variants is important in order to avoid errors. We report a c...
Carbon Monoxide poisoning remains the leading cause of toxic morbidity and mortality in the world. It remains a public health problem. The occurrence of compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis is an exceptional complication but can worsen the prognosis of this intoxication. Compa...
Abdulaziz Alhawas, Ali Almomen, Fuad Aladel, Najla Aldaoud, Zahra Alkhalifah, Manal Alnaimi, Saed Al Habib & Emad Al Absi·Asian Journal of Orthopaedic Research·2020
Liposarcoma is the commonest soft tissue sarcoma. The disease usually presents in the lower extremity in the deep soft tissues which usually resulted in large size at presentation. Soft tissue sarcomas which originate in an accessible site tend to present earlier with smaller siz...