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Congenital talipes equino varus (CTEV) is a birth deformity of ankle and foot, these are usually managed successfully with series of plaster casts. in some cases like this 7 year old child due to various reasons treatment with cast fail. This method of treatment is called U-Max and it usually cures even the most resistant […]

There is usually a spirited disagreement in the orthopaedic community on how to manage a neck of femur fracture like this in elderly. This is 71 year old lady with active lifestyle, who I chose to treat with total hip replacement, doing a thr arguably gives the joint a longer trouble free lifespan when compared

Release surgery for congenital trigger finger in a 1 year old girl. this illness can present itself as a congenital finger deformity in a child, if ignored it becomes a permanent disability in the future.

There used to be a common consensus that ACL reconstruction of knee should not be done in old age, this idea has now largely been debunked with statistical evidence. this 68 year old man with a traumatic anterior cruciate ligament tear had intact lateral and medial meniscus and quite normal cartilage in the weight bearing

a 64 year old female, this one is special cause the other knee of the patient was operated by one of the best surgeons of kolkata, someone I consider as my teacher, and he set such a high standard of expectation from the patient it was hard to keep up with it . I was

Management of a neck of femur fracture in a 61 year old often fails for various reasons, like in this gentleman operated in some remote district and showing no sign of union or improvement after 8 months as witnessesd in the first xray. Under such circumstances, total hip replacement is our go to procedure. With

Some problems if ignored for fear or some other prejudice can cripple a person permanently, like this 65 yr old gentleman who can barely walk with this extremely deformed knee, correction of such a deformity can be challenging because of the inherent bone loss of nearly 15 mm that was discovered during surgery, however with

Intertrochanteric fractures of the femur that extend down into femoral shafts are sometimes tricky to handle, especially if the patient is 78 years old with multiple medical comorbidities. Such fractures should always be fixed however to give them a better chance in life, these long cephalomedullary nails (longfin) are best in such scenarios, these implants

Microscope assisted single level discectomy and fluoroscope-assisted root block. All thanks to Dr. Ariful Islam. This type of surgery Is recommended for young individuals with single-level posterior disc protrusion and related issues (preferably one-sided). The upside is faster recovery, preservation of original bone structures, and no need for instrumentation (eg. screws, etc.).The downside is the

A 19-year-old female with congenital both-side coxa vara (hip deformity) along with scoliosis of the spine and stunted growth, who developed neck of femur fracture of the left side and kept walking with it somehow with support due to sheer negligence of family until now.Such cases are extremely rare even by our usual standards, deformity can