BACKGROUND: Majority of lower limb amputations performed in the African setting have been reported to be mainly due to trauma and neoplasms. These affect mainly young and therefore, fit individuals with lower risks of complications. Recent local studies show an increase in the incidence of cardiovascular diseases including peripheral vascular diseases. These are associated with higher rates of both systemic and amputation stump-related complications. There is however little published data in Africa on the outcomes of vascular lower limb amputations.
OBJECTIVE:To determine the early outcome of vascular lower limb amputations.
Introduction Distal radius fractures are common injuries in children and affects boys more than girls (1). Isolated distal radial fractures can result from indirect trauma involving angular loading combined with rotational displacement. Traditionally, these fractures have been treated by closed reduction and immobilization in a plaster cast. This method of treatment is however associated with various rates of redisplacement and malunion (1-5), especially for fractures involving both the ulna and the radius and not the latter in isolation. Reports from the West and East indicate that success of the reductions, performed by surgeons and orthopaedic residents, is influenced by the initial displacement, presence of ipsilateral ulnar fracture, amount of cortical disruption and type of analgesia the reduction is performed under as well as how well the fracture is reduced (3,6).
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