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    Use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents in stable outpatients with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation. International CLARIFY registry

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    Traumatic physeal injuries Retrospective study on 113 cases at Yopougon teaching hospital (Abidjan)

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    Background: African data on physeal injuries are lacking; the current study aimed to describe their anatomic patterns; to discuss treatment options; and to analyze results of treatment. Patients and Methods: From 2000-2004, a cohort of 113 physeal injuries (76 boys; mean age: 11.5±2.9 years; range: 5-15) was reviewed for demographic and clinical data at our institution. Injuries were classified according to Salter-Harris (SH). In first intention, we treated closely Salter-Harris type 1-2, and surgically the other types and failures of initial reduction. Patients were assessed for union and complications rates at a followup averaged 1.2±0.8 years. Results: The main injury cause was car accident (56.6%); radial (29.2%) and femoral (28.3%) distal sites were mostlyinvolved; Salter-Harris type 2 predominated (68.1%). Closed reduction was successful in 97 patients (27 SH1, 70 SH2); surgery is indicated in 16 patients of whom 7 (5 SH3, 2 SH4) by primary intention, and 8 (1 SH1, 7 SH2) secondarily. The mean healing index was 59.8 days (upper limb: 44.4; lower limb: 75.3). Late complications (6.2%) included 3 growth disturbances, 2 stiff knees, 1 painful and 1 stiff ankle. Growth disturbance was statistically correlated to age of patients (p>0.05) but not to fracture site (p African Journal of Paediatric Surgery Vol. 3 (2) 2006: pp. 60-6
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