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Limb amputations at a Tertiary Hospital in the Developing World: : A Look at Pattern and Indications

Objectives : To determine the pattern of amputations in a tertiary centre.  Design : Retrospective.  Setting : Orthopaedic Department of the University of Benin Teaching...

Soft Tissue Injuries Following Motorcycle Accidents in South-east Nigeria Nigerian Hospital

Background: Motorcycleaccidentshave,inrecentyears,assumedepidemicproportions.Thishas prompted increasing interests in the circumstances surrounding the accidents and the management of...

Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Rickets:: An Eighteen-Month Observational Study

Objectives: to determine the pattern of presentation of musculoskeletal features of rickets in a large urban health care facility. Study design: prospective Setting: University...

Angular Profile of the Knees of Nigerian Children in Lagos, Nigeria

Introduction: Angular misalignments of the knees in children are common in our environment. Many of these variations fall within normal limits. Only a few will require further...