Imaging
News
Injury cause alone insufficient to justify CT scanning in children
Major finding: A Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of less than 14 (original scale; less than 15 on revised scale) was the only clinically significant...
Case Reports
Locked Knee Caused by Lateral Meniscal Capsular Disruption: Verification by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Arthroscopy
Locking of the knee is commonly reported in patients presenting to an orthopedic surgeon. This case report describes a rare cause of knee locking...
Case Reports
Symptomatic Carpal Coalition: Scaphotrapezial Joint
Carpal coalition is an uncommon congenital abnormality that arises from incomplete cavitation of the common cartilaginous precursor that forms the...
Commentary
Commentary to "Patient-Specific Imaging and Missed Tumors: A Catastrophic Outcome"
Case Reports
Patient-Specific Imaging and Missed Tumors: A Catastrophic Outcome
Patient-specific instrumentation (PSI) is a relatively new technology aimed at increasing the accuracy and efficiency of total knee arthroplasty (...
Original Research
Surgeons' Perception of Fluoroscopic Radiation Hazards to Vision
Exposure to ionizing radiation, such as that used in fluoroscopy, can lead to cataracts.
Original Research
Tibia-Based Referencing for Standard Proximal Tibial Radiographs During Intramedullary Nailing
Limited information exists to define standard tibial radiographs. The purpose of this study was to define new landmarks on the proximal tibia for...
News
Repeat CT selectively in children with traumatic brain injuries
Major finding: Two of 106 children with mild TBI who had repeat CT scans underwent craniotomy (2%), 1 of whom had worsening clinical symptoms.Data...
News
Mixed results with angiography for splenic injuries
Major finding: The likelihood of delayed splenectomy was 33% higher at centers without angiography and 49% higher at low-angiography centers,...
Original Research
Neck–Shoulder Crossover: How Often Do Neck and Shoulder Pathology Masquerade as Each Other?
Cases of consecutive new patients seen at orthopedic spine and shoulder clinics were reviewed. Four percent of spine patients had significant...
Case Reports
Traumatic Obterator Hip Traumatic Obterator Hip Dislocation in a 9-Year-Old Boy Dislocation in a 9-Year-Old Boy
Traumatic hip dislocation is a rare but potentially devastating injury in a child. Although most hip dislocations are posterior, other variants...