POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY PET allows the visualisation of the metabolic activity of disease. Helps in diagnosis of malignant tumours and their recurrence. Also helps in the staging of tumours and the monitoring of their response to therapy, and in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis. The positron-emitting tracers may be used to define: Amino-acid uptake (11C-methionine; […]
MADELUNG’S DEFORMITY
CONGENITAL SUBLUXATION OF THE WRIST (MADELUNG’S DEFORMITY) Pathogenesis (Brailsford): Stunted development of inner third of the growth cartilage at the lower end of the radius, due to still unknown cause. Growth of the outer two-thirds continues and, as a result, the radial shaft is bowed backwards, the interosseous space is increased, there is overgrowth of […]
Fibrous Dysplasia
Fibrous Dysplasia originally described by Lichtenstein in 1938 and by Lichtenstein and Jaffe in 1942 represent approximately 5% to 7% of benign bone tumors A sporadic disorder of osseous and fibrous tissue development characterised by postzygotic mutation of GNAS1 gene coding for stimulatory G protein. Analysis of the Gs ? subunit in patients with fibrous […]
Humerus Fractures associated with nerve palsy
Courtesy: Terrence Jose Jerome, Editor, Journal of Hand and Microsurgery
Cleft and Mirror Hand
Courtesy: Terrence Jose Jerome, Editor, Journal of Hand and Microsurgery
Avascular Necrosis for the FRCS Orth
cemented LCS rotating-platform knee performed well, with durable clinical and radiographic results at a minimum follow-up of twenty years.
Principles of Plates Osteosynthesis
Courtesy: Shwan Henari, Firas Arnaout, Orthopaedic Academy and the FRCS Mentor Group
Finger Tip Injuries
Courtesy: Terrence Jose Jerome, Editor, Hand and Microsurgery
How to draw a Screw and its parts!
Courtesy: Quen Tang, FRCS Orth, UK
SCHEUERMANN’S KYPHOSIS
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 […]
AC joint- Horizontal instability
Dynamic Radiologic Evaluation of Horizontal Instability in Acute Acromioclavicular Joint Dislocations Mark Tauber, MD*†, Heiko Koller, MD*, Wolfgang Hitzl, PhD‡, Herbert Resch, MD* *Department of Traumatology and Sports Injuries, University Hospital of Salzburg, Austria , ‡Research Office for Biostatistics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria † Mark Tauber, MD, Department of Traumatology and Sports Injuries, Paracelsus […]
Soft Vs Hard Collar
Soft and Rigid Collars Provide Similar Restriction in Cervical Range of Motion During Fifteen Activities of Daily Living Miller, Christopher P. BA; Bible, Jesse E. MD; Jegede, Kola A. BA; Whang, Peter G. MD; Grauer, Jonathan N. MD Spine, June 2010 – Volume 35 – Issue 13 – pp 1271-1278 Conclusion. Although subjects exhibited less […]
Irreparable massive rotator cuff tears Managed with Lower Trapezius tendon transfer
Courtesy: Emmanouil Brilakis, Bassam ElHassan, Athens Shoulder Course
Laving the Canal in Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty
Courtesy: Surena Namdari, Rothmans Institute, Philadelphia
Scapholunate Injuries
Courtesy: Terrence Jose Jerome, Editor, Journal of Hand and Microsurgery