The first account of an injury to the talus was from Fabricius of Hilden in 1608, who treated a man whose talus had ruptured its…
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Outcomes of tibial shaft fractures: not as good as we thought?
Most orthopaedic surgeons do not regard tibial shaft fractures as a management dilemma. You just nail them, they nearly always heal, & you discharge them.…
View More Outcomes of tibial shaft fractures: not as good as we thought?Updates
2 additional 2020 papers have been added to posts on malleolar fractures and tibial plateau fractures.
View More UpdatesMid-shaft Clavicle Fractures in adults. Outcomes of non-operative & operative management.
Paul Cowling MSc FRCS (Tr & Orth)Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic SurgeonSpecialist interest in Upper Limb SurgeryLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Richard Montgomery MB BS FRCS…
View More Mid-shaft Clavicle Fractures in adults. Outcomes of non-operative & operative management.Calcaneus Fractures
( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/user:Jojo) Calcaneal fractures (os calcis fractures) are very significant injuries. In the past, it used to be held to be the end of a…
View More Calcaneus FracturesPrognosis in post-traumatic lower limb amputation & limb salvage
The most important thing to grasp about the prognosis of amputation is that the indication for the amputation and the character of the individual is…
View More Prognosis in post-traumatic lower limb amputation & limb salvage‘A bone bruise just gets better, right?’
Bone bruises are a diagnosis of the MRI scan era. These scans which came into widespread use at reasonable diagnostic accuracy in the early 1990s.…
View More ‘A bone bruise just gets better, right?’A Terms & Conditions document – why bother?
Before you spend hours seeing a Claimant, going through the history, examination, records & images, and deliberating on your opinion, you want to make sure…
View More A Terms & Conditions document – why bother?Copyright & fair use issues
Section 107 of the Copyright Act in the USA defines fair use as follows: The fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by…
View More Copyright & fair use issuesTibial plateau fractures – what factors make a difference to outcomes?
Tibial plateau fractures (TPF) illustrate the concept of ‘fracture personality’ very well. They range from the invisible occult fracture (where the only challenge is diagnosis),…
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