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...
Aim: To review and estimate the outcomes and complications of these two orthopedic techniques. Background: Advanced wrist disorders such as degenerative osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), can be severely debilitating. Total wrist arthroplasty (TWA) and arthrodesis (AD)...
Introduction: Fungal prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a rare but devastating complication following total knee arthroplasty. We are reporting a case of prosthetic joint infection caused an emerging resistant yeast pathogen.–Candida auris which was successfully treated by a sta...
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a highly prevalent entrapment neuropathy. This project is designed as a literature review that focuses on different treatment modalities in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Around 20 clinical studies were included in this review. The Results showed...
Cauda equina syndrome arises secondary to lumbosacral nerve root entrapment, mostly a result of lumbar disc herniation. Clinically, it manifests as sciatica, saddle anesthesia, lower limb weakness, and bowel/bladder dysfunction. Surgical management has developed significantly ove...
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the short term outcome of the Ponseti Method among children with clubfoot treated at Gatagara orthopedic and rehabilitation hospital from July 2017 To March 2019. Study Design: This was a Retrospective analysis. Place and Duration of Stud...
Introduction: Chondromas are benign bone tumors that develop at the expense of the cartilage of skeletal tissue. The localization of chondromas in the hand is very frequent and represents 50 to 90% of cases. The localization in the distal phalanx is very rare. Clinically, it can...
Introduction: Spinal hemangioblastomas are benign, rare neoplasms of spinal cord vasculature. They may occur as solitary lesions or with associated intracranial hemangioblastomas, this association is seen in Von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL). Aims: This literature review serves to...
Non-healing and wound dehiscence are major healthcare problems in today’s orthopaedic surgery. The healing process consists of various sequential events including inflammatory response, regeneration of the epidermis, shrinkage of the wound, finally connective tissue formation and...
Background: Supracondylar Humerus Fracture (SCHF) is frequently encountered in pediatric age group and nearly three fourth of all upper extremity fractures. Most commonly used technique for surgical treatment in the displaced SCHF in children is closed reduction and stabilization...
Tuberculous disease of elbow is a very rare entity and constitutes approximately 2-5% of all cases of skeletal tuberculosis and accounts for 10% of all extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. The disease starts from lower end humerus, olecrenon region or from upper end of radius. We report...