Tibial shaft fractures are a common presentation following high energy trauma such as road traffic accidents. The gold standard for the treatment of such injuries is by Intramedullary nailing, but in a resource-limited setting, the casting of such injuries is considered as appropriate. At the...
BACKGROUND: Chronic osteomyelitis is a debilitating infection of bone and its bone marrow, presenting with bone pain and an active sinus that discharges pus. It is a persistent and recurrent condition that results from infection of bone and its marrow by various microorganisms. Worldwide,...
Download PDF ↓Arthroscopy is performed to evaluate or treat many orthopaedic conditions of which meniscal injuries are a huge part (Richmond et al, 2009). It is a minimally invasive procedure which is both diagnostic and therapeutic. Meniscal tears are responsible for 750,000 arthroscopies per year in the...
Download PDF ↓Background: Low back pain (LBP) is an important cause of disability and work absenteeism. World health organization defines Disability as impairment of activity-limitations, participation restriction. The majority of low back pain stems from benign musculoskeletal problems and it is referred to...
Download PDF ↓This is a cross sectional review study of 112 patients with Acute Haematogenous Osteomyelitis (AHO) of long bones of the upper and lower extremities who were seen in the orthopaedic clinic at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka between July, 2002 and August, 2003. The results show that AHO...
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