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A prospective study of bicycle-spoke injuries was undertaken to assess the severity of soft tissue damage and the incidence of skeletal injuries. During a 12 month period, 59 children with spoke injuries were examined. Soft tissue damage was divided into three categories: bruising without laceration (four), bruising and superficial abrasions (49) and full thickness skin defects (six). Seventeen children...
Thirty elderly patients with moderately displaced Colles' fractures were randomly assigned to manipulation under Bier's block or plaster immobilization alone. Moderately displaced was defined as 10° to 30° of dorsal angulation and less than 5 mm of radial shortening compared with the uninjured side. The groups were well matched for age, sex, fracture type and displacement; immobilization time and...
This study investigates concurrent lesions of the knee that may be associated with bilateral simultaneous meniscal lesions. The MRI images of the knees of 22 patients with this condition were examined in detail. The results suggest a degenerative cause.
Medical records and radiographs of 52 patients were studied after inclusion/exclusion criteria were met. The anatomical location of proximal femoral fractures that involved the femoral neck were examined after the primary fracture planes were drawn onto templates of the proximal femur. The AO classification is comprehensive and widely accepted. It has not been used in this injury combination in...
Between 1 January 1993 and 1 January 1994, 204 consecutive patients with possible blunt abdominal injury were analysed retrospectively. All patients underwent a standardized diagnostic approach on admission to the emergency room. Abdominal ultrasound (AUS) was performed in all cases. If there was evidence of intra-abdominal injury on physical examination or AUS, without signs of persistent hypovolaemia...
The dislocation rate following the insertion of a hemiarthroplasty of the hip via the posterior approach is variously quoted as between 8 per cent and 15 per cent. We set out to determine if this could be reduced by preserving the labrum and capsular structures at the time of surgery. We used a modification of the posterior approach, in which the labrum and capsule are preserved which appears not...
At this institution we have introduced combined non-operative and orthotic treatment for ruptured tendo Achillis. An outcome audit was performed to assess this treatment. Patients were treated in a short-leg cast in the equinus position. After a cast period of 4 weeks, the patient was placed in orthoses for a further 4 weeks, after which they returned to normal activities as was appropriate. We...
A new physical sign (the toe up sign) is described in relation to an irreducible Lisfranc injury, the cause being the interposed lateral slip of the tibialis anterior tendon. Surgical exploration is advocated.
The incidence of Achilles tendon rupture in Copenhagen during an 18 year period, from 1978 to 1995 was studied. A total of 209 patients sustained 213 Achilles tendon ruptures (55 in women and 158 in men). The median age was 41 years. The overall incidence was 13.4/100 000 inhabitants/year.
Between 1990 and 1994 a study was carried out of 32 patients who had degloving injuries of the limbs. There were three types of injuries: type I, nine patients with severely damaged skin and subcutaneous tissue; type II, 13 patients whose skin and subcutaneous tissue were moderately damaged, but subcutaneous veins were still identifiable; and type III, 10 patients whose skin and subcutaneous tissue...
To determine the causes and consequences of any delay from the onset of symptoms to diagnosis, 1108 consecutive patients with an acute proximal femoral fracture were prospectively studied. In 154 cases (13.9 per cent) the diagnosis was delayed more than 24 h from the onset of symptoms. The reason for this was due to failure to seek medical help in 63 patients. For the 91 patients who were seen by...
Cast immobilization remains the most commonly employed method in the treatment of distal radius fractures. In an effort to test a new shrinkable polymer-coated casting material (QuickCast TM ), a prospective randomized study was performed on 30 consecutive distal radius fractures. Fractures were divided into three groups based on the severity of fracture and treated with either a conventional...
Ankle fractures that involve a fracture of the fibula above the syndesmosis (AO type C) associated with a medial lesion are always said to indicate rupture of the inferior tibiofibular syndesmosis. This study shows that fresh cadaver ankles subjected to a combination of abduction and direct lateral force over the shaft of the fibula consistently produce displaced bimalleolar ankle fractures without...
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