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This patient had minimal tenderness over his hips, with mild limitation to his range of motion. Both hips had cystic changes in the femoral heads without collapse (Fig. 1). He had been treated 8 months previously with a single intramuscular dose of betamethasone (dose equivalent to 75.5 mg prednisolone) for...

Chronic Osteomyelitis From Staphylococcus Aureus From Applied Radiology 2005 Douglas R. Lake, MD; Brian Reeves, DO; Allister R. Williams, MD; John Richard McEvoy, Jr. Summary A 35-year-old man was transferred from an outside facility for definitive management of long-standing left leg pain. His medical history was unremarkable except for the incision and drainage...

Case Report Four Recurrent Periprosthetic Knee Fractures from Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine eJournal[TM] 2001 Arne-Lembit Kööp, MD, Andres Kööp, MD, Irja Kiisküla, MD Introduction Periprosthetic fractures of the knee are challenging for the orthopaedist, but recurrent periprosthetic fractures are even more challenging. In this case, a 61-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of gonarthrosis...

Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head from Medscape General Medicine™ Posted 05/07/2003 Brett Levine, MS, MD, William Jaffe, MD Introduction Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is the end point of a variety of disease processes resulting in decreased blood flow and, ultimately, cellular death within the femoral head.[1] This debilitating disease typically affects younger patients...

NMIS case with discussion

NMIS case. Unknown diagnosis

45 yo lady had CDH, which was not treated. She presents a 6 cm shortening, functional impairment and pain on walking. Expert

Case Report of fat embolism after THA

Archive copy (2003)

The Ilizarov’ Method and Closed High Tibial Osteotomy for Correction of Genu Valgum in 16 years old male patient.

11 cm lengthening of patellar tendon and complete restoring of the quadriceps mechanism by using Ilizarov technique after neglected fracture of the patella (Amman 2003)