Volume 15, Issue 4

• Efficacy of integrated neuromuscular ischemic technique in the treatment of upper trapezius trigger points

  p. 1-5
  Abdul Rashad*, Erum Tanveer, Seemab Mughal, Ahmed Ali Imran, Faizan Hassan, Mehak Ali Lakho and Alisha Noreen

  Background and purpose: Evaluate the efficacy of integrated neuromuscular ischemic technique in the treatment of upper trapezius trigger points. Subject: 20 students were selected for the study. Method...

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• Ultrasound-guided blocks in polyfractured patients: An overview and 3 case reports

  p. 6-12
  Gemma Lopez-Carcel, Alvaro C Ojeda and Edgardo S. Sanzana*

  Background: Anesthesiology has greatly developed during the previous three decades, regularly incorporating new locoregional anesthetic techniques and taking a qualitative step forward by integratin...

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• Dislocation rate and survivorship of dual mobility cup in primary total hip arthroplasty in high risk population: a prospective study

  p. 13-19
  Dharmesh Patel*, Avtar Singh, Rajeev Vohra, Inderdeep Singh, Sandeep Chauhan and Babaji Thorat

  Background: Instability after Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) remains an important complication, with reported dislocation rates ranging vary between 0.2% and 10%. The present study aims at reporting t...

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• Can we predict functional outcomes following tibial plateau fractures? The Plateau Fracture Indicator Variables Predicting Outcomes of Treatment (PIVOT) score

  p. 20-25
  Sanjit R Konda*, Kyle Hildebrandt, Kurtis Carlock, Adam Driesman, Mackenzie Bird and Kenneth A Egol

  Objective: This study seeks to establish a score that may be used to identify patients at risk of poor functional outcome after tibial plateau fracture, in order to direct additional resources to th...

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• Takayasu arteritis miss-diagnosed as thoracic outlet syndrome: A case report

  p. 26-28
  Naseh Yousefi, Peyman Roomizadeh, Gholam Reza Raissi, Shahram Sadeghi, Katayoun Moradi* and Shahram Rahimi-Dehgolan*

  Background: Takayasu Arteritis (TA) is an idiopathic inflammatory vasculitis of unknown etiology that mainly involves the aorta and its major branches. In this study, we reported the case of a femal...

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• Comminuted fracture of the trapezium associated with trapeziometacar-pal joint dislocation: A report of a rare case and a review of literature

  p. 29-32
  Omar Salem*, Abdulla Almari and Bandar Assiry

  In this paper we report and discuss the management of an extremely rare case of comminuted trapezium fractures associated with Trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint dislocation. To our knowledge only 2 cases were reported ...

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• Ipsilateral femoral neck and complex pertrochanteric fracture of the femur

  p. 33-36
  Alyousef Ziyad Ahmed, Alqahtani Mohammad Shaban and Imran Ilyas*

  Neck of femur fracture its common fracture but Ipsilateral fractures in the neck and trochanteric region of the femur are very rare in both young and elderly patients. Case was seen in 28 years old female who presen...

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• Osteosynthesis of AO 13C distal humerus fractures using locking plates

  p. 37-43
  Mohammad Zakir Hussain Arshad*, Babaji Thorat, Anil Naikawadi, Avtar Singh, Rajeev Vohra and Sudhanshu Bansal

  Background: Fractures of distal humerus account for about 2%-6% of all fractures and 30% of all elbow fractures. Management of distal humerus fractures in adults is challenging. We aimed to evaluate...

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• Open supra-intercondylar fracture of the humerus in the elderly: Clinical case

  p. 44-46
  Romulo Silva*, Elsa Moreira, Ricardo Branco, Filomena Ferreira, Margarida Areias and Pedro Sa

  Distal humerus fractures are more frequent in young men and elderly women, with known negative consequences, especially in the latter group, where multiple factors advocate poor results. Open reduction and internal...

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