She was taken to a local hospital and radiographs revealed a left-sided Schatzker II tibial plateau fracture (split with depressed fragment) and she was referred to Dr. David L. Helfet at the ...

A standardized osteotomy was performed to simulate fracture of the lateral tibial plateau. The holes for screw osteosynthesis as well as the additional jail screw were drilled before osteotomy.

Method: Fifty consecutive tibial shaft fractures in adult footballers treated at Merlin Park Regional Hospital over a five year period were analysed. Results: Most of the fractures were type A ...

ABUJA – THE Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, Friday, faulted Amnesty International’s report on over 10,217 people killed in Plateau and Benue States in the past two years under the Tinubu ...

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is ...

The British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification proposes a new system, based on the available evidence, which should provide a sound diagnostic base for therapeutic decision-making and ...

Background: The imaging characteristics of Hoffa fracture are gradually changing, leading to limitations of the existing classification system and necessitating the development of a novel ...

Clinical assessment tools, imaging modalities, classification systems, and advances in orthopaedic, vascular, and plastic surgical techniques were reviewed to inform best practice. Results: Complex ...

This method achieves an 84.10% classification accuracy, surpassing traditional supervised learning by 10% and outperforming supervised contrastive learning by more than 40%, demonstrating the positive ...

The external fixator pin sites showed no evidence of infection. Radiographs showed a complex, largely extra-articular, proximal tibia fracture with dissociation of the tibial tubercle (Fig. 1). Subtle ...