Surgical Blogs

Most neck of femur fractures are treated with partial or total jointreplacement surgeries. however doing so limits active lifestyle in younger individuals. Especially in the Indian system of living. that is why it’s important to take such fractures as surgical emergencies in young people like this 43 year old woman and treat them with screw […]

An openfracture is an injury where bones jut out of the limb through a wound, these are often results of high energy road traffic accidents, most surgeons prefer to treat these via multiple surgeries. treating of such fractures in one go is often tricky, as parts of bone and soft tissue and skin goes missing

1) This is meniscus. They come in a pair for each of your knee and acts as a rubbery bumper in between the joint and absorbs shock of all of your activites.2) there are several ways the meniscus can be torn because of various kinds of trauma3) A horizontal flap tear looks like this in

65 yr old male with acetabular fracture in the posterior column with anterior wall.Such fractures used to be treated by just traction for months in the past. Now a days we follow the AO principle of absolute reduction and early mobilisation to give a better outcome to the joint.Considering the general condition and weight of

Quadriceps V-Y plasty is a useful tool sometimes needed in extremely bad knees needing total knee replacement or in this case a 6-month-old non union of patella where the two fractured ends are not coming together dude to quadriceps contracture.If done correctly this surgery helps us to give back normal flexion of the knee and

A 57-year-old female with ol malunited tibial plateau fracture and OA knee. In such cases just replacing the knee joint will not suffice as the deformed leg will cause continued pain and eventual failure of the surgery. The osteotomy straightens the leg deformity which is stabilized with this long stem prosthesis and outside recon plate.Ps.

Long live all-knowing Bengali dadas. No matter how good or bad you do your surgery the final verdict on your x-rays will always be given by parar dada.case in point: 6 yr old male with shaft of femur fracture treated with minimally invasive titanium elastic nails, in such cases, absolute picture perfect reduction is neither

48-year-old male with windswept deformity of knees due to rheumatoid arthritis, both femoral lateral condyles are hypoplastic. Left tibia has a medial bone defect of 20 mm. Treated with long stem prostheses for tkr (total knee replacement) with semi-constrained liners. For the left knee bone defect, bone grafting was done with cc screw fixation.In such