Donor site morbidity after bone harvesting from iliac crest for maxillofacial region

This study was conducted to determine postoperative donor site complications after bone harvesting from iliac crest for maxillofacial reconstruction in patients presented at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences [PIMS Hospital Islamabad]. One hundred and ten patients having bony defects in maxillofacial region had undergone iliac crest grafting over a period of one year. The data were recorded on a strurctured proformas and were entered in SPSS version 17.0 [SPSS, Inc, Chicago, IL, USA]. Analysis was done to determine the frequency and percentages for all variables. Morbidity to donar site [Illiac crest] was evaluated postoperatively at 3[rd] month. Among 110 patients, male to female ratio was 1:1.2. Out of total 16.4% had mild pain, 0.9% had gait disturbances with walking aid needed. It was concluded that complications after iliac crest harvesting was found to be moderate to low, but the procedure was still necessary and frequently used with predictable results in terms of pain and gait disturbance at donor site

Fracture neck of femur; avascular necrosis with cannulated screws

Fracture neck of femur is a devastating injury. One of its main complications is avascular necrosis [AVN] of the femoral head. For the fixation of femoral neck fractures, cannulated screws are now universally used. The aim of the study was to determine the frequency of avascular necrosis in fracture neck of femur fixed with cannulated screws. Descriptive cross sectional study. Orthopedic unit of Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad. 7[th] March, 2011 to 6[th] September, 2011. Recruiting 113 patients of either gender between 15 to 60 years of age with fracture neck of femur who were fixed with cannulated screws. The data was entered and analyzed with the help of SPSS 10. There were 113 patients with an overall mean age of 43.51 years +/- 11.94SD. Maximum number of patients was 56 [49.50%] from the age group of 46 to 60 years. Avascular necrosis was noted in 23 [20.35%] cases. The maximum number of patients with avascular necrosis was 13 [56.52%] belonging to the age group of 15 to 25. Avascular necrosis was high in younger ages in displaced fractures of neck of femur treated with cannulated screws

Antimicrobial activities of Aerva javanica and Paeonia emodi plants

Aerva javanica and Paeonia emodi plants extracts were studied for antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli [NCTC 10418], Klebsiella pneumoniae [ATCC 700603], Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus epidermidis [NCTC 11047] and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus [MRSA] [NCTC 13143] and antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger and Fusarium solani. Extracts were obtained by using methanol, n-hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate and aqueous fraction. The extracts of Paeonia emodi and Aerva javanica showed significant antibacterial activity but only Salmonella typhi was resistant to Aerva javanica. Moreover, the antifungal activity of Aerva javanica was very poor but the fractions of Paeonia emodi showed sufficient inhibition against fungal strains