Cast brace treatment of fractures of the lower third of the humerus

Thirty eight patients with recent fracture of the lower third of the humerus were treated with a functional brace. Radial nerve palsy was associated in 6 patients [15.8%]. Union was achieved in 32 patients [84.2%] after an average period of 63.6 days of brace application. At the time of brace removal, all patients had a full range of elbow motion even those who developed nonunion. Six patients [15.8%] passed to nonunion. Eighteen patients healed with a varus deformity averaging 15.6. Four patients healed with anterior angulation averaging 4 and two patients healed with posterior angulation averaging 15

Evaluation of high tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritic varus knees

Dome shaped high libial osteotomy has been performed for 40 knees of 34 patients suffering from osteoarthritis of their knees. They gave 50% excellent results, 35% good, 10% fair and 5% poor results

Evaluation of Bristow's operation for recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder

Twenty two patients underwent Bristow's operation. They were followed up for 4 years. The results were 16 excellent, 4 good and 2 fair. 1 had no re-dislocation in this series. This operation has the advantage of producing, if any, minor limitation of external rotation of the shoulder and patients could return to their previous athletic activities. The Bristow's operation presented here has the advantages of restoring nearly full range of shoulder movements and muscle power, short post-operative convalescence and of being relatively easy to learn and perfect