Discoid medial meniscus [case report]

Discoid medial meniscus is extremely rare, 0.1 - 0.3%. There are no more than 24 cases of medial discoid meniscus reported in the literature. We present the first case report of discoid medial meniscus in the middle east. The patient was treated successfully arthroscopically by excision of central anomalous discoid portion of the meniscus

Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the calcaneous [case report]

We report a case of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the calcaneous in a tuberculin [Mantoux] negative patient. The lesion was very extensive involving most of the body of the calcaneous. Patient was cured after surgical excision and bone grafting with administration of antituberculous treatment for 9 months

Percutaneous fixation of comminuted fractures of the femur and tibia preliminary study

To present initial experience of treating patients with comminuted fractures of the diaphyseal and metaphyseal areas of the femur and tibia. Subjects and Sixteen patients were involved in the study. All the16 patients [11 males and 5 females, average age 34 years] with closed, comminuted fractures of femur [n = 9] and tibia [n = 7] were operated on using the principle of minimal access surgery and biological fixation that maximally preserved the soft tissues and fracture hematoma. All the fractures united, operated limbs had good function, and no complications occurred. Our findings indicate that minimal access surgery is a useful fixation method in the treatment of comminuted diaphyseal and metaphyseal fractures of the femur and tibia