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Children undergoing Osteotomy correction surgery can experience substantial postoperative pain and frequently require opioids.
Read caseA 21-year-old woman was found to have an osteochondroma arising from the tip of the coracoid process. The report describes preoperative clinical assessment and radiological investigation, with histopathological…
A 26-year-old woman developed progressive right ankle pain, recurrent giving-way, and peroneal tendon subluxation years after a high-energy crush injury requiring flap coverage.
A 69-year-old woman presented 2.5 months after patellar fracture fixation with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, septic knee arthritis, and a 12×8 cm anterior soft tissue defect with joint exposure.
A 19-year-old competitive athlete developed recurrent left-knee pain and mechanical locking after fixation of osteochondritis dissecans of the lateral femoral condyle.
A 49-year-old woman with diabetes and hypertension developed persistent back pain after enteric fever. Imaging showed spondylodiscitis with vertebral collapse, raising concern for tuberculosis or metastatic disease.
A 29-year-old woman with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome associated with a cervical rib continued to have symptoms after supraclavicular cervical and first rib resection.
A woman with an undisclosed clinical diagnosis of NF1, lost to follow-up as a teenager, received a molecular diagnosis after prenatal chromosome microarray was performed because first-trimester screening indicated a…
A 56-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes and severe peripheral arterial disease developed a chronic foot ulcer with toe gangrene despite unsuccessful revascularization, leaving no conventional revascularization…
A man injured by shrapnel at age four sustained a severe right elbow fracture and complete ulnar nerve transection, leaving ankylosis and chronic dysfunction.
A patient with a bimalleolar ankle fracture also had a Jones fracture, a Hawkins type I talar neck fracture, and a calcaneal avulsion fracture.
A 30-year-old man had progressive, painless enlargement around the proximal interphalangeal joint of his right middle finger after long-term repetitive mechanical stimulation.
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