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Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | Pages 2 - 6
1 Jun 2018
Mayne AIW Campbell DM


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 6, Issue 6 | Pages 2 - 10
1 Dec 2017
Luokkala T Watts AC


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 1, Issue 5 | Pages 2 - 7
1 Oct 2012
Belmont Jr PJ Hetz S Potter BK

We live in troubled times. Increased opposition reliance on explosive devices, the widespread use of individual and vehicular body armour, and the improved survival of combat casualties have created many complex musculoskeletal injuries in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Explosive mechanisms of injury account for 75% of all musculoskeletal combat casualties. Throughout all the echelons of care medical staff practice consistent treatment strategies of damage control orthopaedics including tourniquets, antibiotics, external fixation, selective amputations and vacuum-assisted closure. Complications, particularly infection and heterotopic ossification, remain frequent, and re-operations are common. Meanwhile, non-combat musculoskeletal casualties are three times more frequent than those derived from combat and account for nearly 50% of all musculoskeletal casualties requiring evacuation from the combat zone.


Bone & Joint 360
Vol. 1, Issue 3 | Pages 5 - 6
1 Jun 2012
Grimer RJ Jeys LM

Amputation was once widely practised for primary bone tumours of the limbs. Yet this situation has changed with limb salvage surgery becoming increasingly popular in the last 30 years. Many different techniques are now available. These include allografts, autografts, endoprostheses and allograft-prosthesis composites. This article reviews these methods, concentrating on the functional outcomes and complications that have been reported.