Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery

Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease and the main cause of fractures in older adults. Although it is commonly described as a silent disease, the bone pain caused by fragility fractures is its main symptom. Besides acute pain …

Discal cysts are extradural masses connected to the intervertebral disk. These cysts typically impact younger individuals compared to those affected by degenerative lumbar disk disease, with an average age of 33.5 years [ 1 ]. It is worth noting …

Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encounter unique challenges compared to their male counterparts, from menstrual irregularities and poor self-image to fertility concerns and pregnancy. Women above the age of 40 approach menopausal …

Posterior approaches for lumbar interbody fusion include transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF), and minimally invasive surgery transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) and so on. Such …

Genicular artery embolization (GAE) is an emerging treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA), recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), and tendinopathy [ 1 – 4 ]. GAE targets abnormal neovascularization in the genicular arteries [ 5 …]. Meta-analyses have demonstrated its effectiveness and safety, showing improvements in pain, mobility, quality of life, and resolution of hemarthrosis post-TKA [

Intramedullary (IM) femoral nailing is a common treatment of intertrochanteric femoral fractures. The incidence of hip fractures is rising globally. There has been an 11% increase in the incidence of hip fractures between 2017 and 2021 in at-risk …