Purpose Even though hip fracture care pathways have evolved, mortality rates have not
improved during the last 20 years. This finding together with the increased frailty of hip fracture …

Avulsion injuries of the LCL most commonly occur at the fibular insertion. Femoral LCL
avulsion injuries have only been previously described in pediatric patients or as multiligament …

Background Purely isolated spinous processes fractures are rare and are usually treated
conservatively, although a few authors have reported cases of nonunion that ultimately …

Intramedullary nails have gained popularity for the treatment of intertrochanteric fractures.
Cephalic screw cutout, non-union, nail breakage, intraoperative fractures, and peri-implant …

Correction to: Quality indicators in the treatment of geriatric hip fractures: literature review and
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Background Traumatic dislocation of the subtalar joint is an infrequently occurring injury, first
described by DuFaurest in 1811. They were later on classified by Broca as medial, lateral, …

Background Three-dimensional (3D) navigation has become routinely used in spine surgery,
allowing more accurate and safe procedures. However, radiation exposure related to the …

Brucellosis has become a rare entity in many industrialised countries, because of animal
vaccination programs. We report a first case in the literature of Brucella abscess in the hip …

Treatment of advanced stage of hallux rigidus is still controversial in the literature especially
nowadays, where active people are less willing to have their joint fused for life. We present …

a 71 year old man was operated in December 2005 with a total uncemented hip arthroplasty.
Immediate evolution was favourable but at 4 months postoperatively he came with the …