The sinus tarsi approach in displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures  Schepers T. The sinus tarsi approach in displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures: a systematic review. Int Orthop. 2011 May;35(5):697-703.   Abstract Background Although open reduction and internal fixation is currently considered the gold standard in surgical treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures, various different approaches...

Clinical outcome and prevalence of osteoarthritis after isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using hamstring graft: follow-up after two and ten years  Struewer J, Ziring E, Frangen TM, Efe T, Meissner S, Buecking B, Bliemel C, Ishaque B. Clinical outcome and prevalence of osteoarthritis after isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using hamstring graft: follow-up after two and ten years. Int Orthop. 2013...

INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMITTEE  or Institutional Review Borad or IRB Introduction The Independent Ethics Committee also referred to as Institutional Review Board (IRB) in many countries, serves as an independent representative and competent body to review, evaluate and decide on the scientific and ethical merits of research proposals. The primary purpose of this committee is to protect the rights, safety and well being of human subjects who...

Plagiarism Introduction Plagiarism, a term that conveys a strong sense of disapproval, is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as ‘‘take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one’s own.” Plagiarism originated from the Latin word plagiarius meaning the theft of words as well as slaves. As evident, ‘‘the very etymology of the word plagiarism demonstrates the antiquity of the concept”. With the...

Impact Factor - A review Introduction Since 1665, when Henry Oldenberg published the world’s first scientific journal, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, there has been inexorable growth in the number of scientific journals and number of articles published. With the availability of such large quantities of information, it became necessary to find ways through the literature to the most relevant and important documents...

Lateral condyle humerus fractures in children have a special place in all trauma literature. Delayed presentations are seen sometimes and pose a difficult Decision Making Scenario. We a providing a review which might help in decision making in delayed presentation of Lateral condyle humerus fractures Definition Delayed presentation may be defined as untreated fractured of more than 4 weeks duration (some define it as 3 weeks). Since...

  Grading of Open fractures has seen periodical changes over time.  Variable outcomes among different patterns of open fractures with differing severities prompted the development of grading systems that classify them based on increasing severity of the associated soft tissue injuries.  Early attempts by Veliskakis [1] at grading open fractures were refined by Gustilo and Anderson in 1976 [2]. After reviewing their...

What is nucleoplasty?Nucleoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to ablate nucleus pulposus tissue in a controlled manner. This leads to a reduction of pressure on compressed nerve roots, decreased intradiscal pressure. A patented coblation  Technology is applied through a Perc-D Spine Wand. Through the wand, one alternates power and voltage for two modes of actions: coblation at 125 V...

Management of Pulseless pink hand after fixation of supracondylar humerus fracture in children.  Controversial topic indeed. I Will provide you some literature on this 1. June 2010.  Perfused, pulseless, and puzzling: a systematic review of vascular injuries in pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures and results of a POSNA questionnaire.   This study by pediatric orthopaedic society of north America concluded that common dogma...

There are two questions in case of acute bullet injuries: Is hot bullet sterile? and What are the indication for removal of bullet that has done no vital damage? 1. Hot bullet is sterile: This is found to be false by various articles [1,2,3,4]. Bullets can cause infection by two mechanisms; by carrying skin and associated flora with it [5] and by puncturing internal organs that have native bacterial flora like gut [6]. However this is not...