Management of Aseptic nonunion of tibia         Aetiology: Nonunion following fracture tibia is a common orthopaedic problem. The presence of infection and bone loss will complicate the management of these fractures Soft tissue damage and periosteal stripping are common in high velocity and open injuries and this can compromise the vascularity to [...]

CURRENT CONCEPTS IN INTRAMEDULLARY (IM) NAILING OF FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES Siddhartha Sharma, Hitesh Gopalan U INTRODUCTION Intramedullary (IM) nailing is one of the preferred methods for treatment of femoral diaphyseal fractures. Successful intramedullary nailing results in a short hospital stay, a rapid return of motion in all joints, prompt return to walking, and a relatively short [...]

FEMOROACETABULAR IMPINGEMENT S Saseendar, Hitesh Gopalan U  Introduction ‘Femoroacetabular impingement(FAI)’ is a relatively recently described term which implies a subtle abnormality in either or both of the proximal femur and acetabulum causes interference in the normal movement between the two. However the concept of FAI is not entirely novel as Stulberg et al addressed this entity [...]

SCHEUERMANN’S KYPHOSIS  Hitesh Gopalan U, Senthilnathan T, Ramesh Dalwai, Shamsul Hoda Introduction Scheuermann disease is a structural kyphosis of the thoracic or thoracolumbar spine, of unknown aetiology, is characterized by vertebral body wedging, thoracic kyphosis of > 40° & > 5° of anterior wedging of 3 consecutive adjacent vertebral bodies at the apex of the [...]