Volume 16, Issue 6

• Total Elbow Replacement For Post-Traumatic Loss Of Elbow Movement -A Case Series

  p. 1-8
  Trung Dung Tran*, Quyet Tran, Khoa Nguyen Phan, Trung Hieu Pham, Tu Nam Vu, Tran Quang Sang Nguyen, Huu Manh Nguyen, Sy Quyen Nang Vo and Duc Thanh Tran

  This research summarized 7 clinical cases of total elbow replacement in 2 male and 5 female patients treated for posttraumatic elbow immobility. Preoperative Mayo elbow performance score was poor with 49 points. The...

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• Brachial plexus injury management in India: a lesson to be learnt

  p. 9-10
  Naveen Kumar*

  Brachial Plexus Injury (BPI) is a devastating injury that alters the lives of many. The history of BPI dates back to the time of Hippocrates. Interestingly, there was a time during the period of militaristic Sparta,...

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• Bone cancer: osteosarcoma

  p. 11-12
  Emily Jane*

  Osteosarcoma is the most common type of cancer that starts in the bones. The cancer cells in these tumors look like early forms of bone cells that normally help make new bone tissue, but the bone tissue in an osteos...

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• Comparative study of posterolateral fusion versus combination of posterolateral and posterior lumbar interbody fusion in spondylolisthesis treated with posterior decompression and pedicle screw fixation

  p. 13-20
  Ranbir Singh Bawa, G Jagdish, Rohit Bansal, Raghbir Singh Bawa, Jasmine Kaur* and Navjot Kaur

  Background: Spondylolisthesis is defi ned as forward slippage of cephalad vertabra on a caudal vertebra. It is a combination of 2 greek words-Spondylos (Vertebra) and Olisthanein (to slip or fall)....

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• Nanotechnology and orthopedics: an imperative bond

  p. 21-23
  Olivia Gray*

  Nanotechnology has a wide range of innovative uses, including the use of nanoparticles as scaff olds to improve the interface between orthopaedic implants and native bone. Nanotechnology has the potential to transfo...

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