Epidemiology in trafic accidents

The industrialization and the technological advance we can affort more and more, allowed the car numbers increasing and the car accident as well. The paper presents the victim number status of Neam? area for the period of 2005-2008, split on sex and type of participant in accident. The aim is to help out the local authorities with information, more precisely the police, in order to improve the car trafic safety by getting specific measures

Partial vertebrectomy with vertebral shortening for thoraco-lumbar fracture-dislocation: Case report and technical note

Thoraco-lumbar fracture-dislocations represent one of the most instable lesions and are frequently associated with neurological deficit. We present a patient with a T11 – T12 fracture-dislocation with complete neurological deficit – ASIA - A, who underwent partial vertebrectomy, shortening of the spine and posterior instrumentation 21 days after a motor vehicle accident

Balancing orbital volume reduction and redistribution for a tailored surgical treatment in Graves’ ophthalmopathy

Aim!#!The purpose of this study is to share our experience on the use of different orbital decompression techniques, as well as the principles followed for deciding the most case-appropriate procedure that ensured the most favorable outcomes.!##!Methods!#!We reviewed the Graves' ophthalmopathy cases operated over the course of 14 years, regarding the presenting signs, the imaging evaluation, the degree of exophthalmos, the type of surgical orbital decompression performed, and the postoperative outcomes.!##!Results!#!All 42 patients identified presented with proptosis, with 92.8% cases of bilateral proptosis. The main addressing concern was functional in 54.8% cases and aesthetic in 45.2% patients. CT was used for the preoperative evaluation in all cases. In total, 81 orbits were operated. The orbital decompression surgery involved only the orbital fat in 7.4% of orbits and associated fat and bone decompression in the other 92.6% of orbits. The postoperative results were favorable in all cases regarding both appearance and function, with minimal postoperative complications.!##!Conclusion!#!The adequate selection of the most suitable procedure based on the characteristics of each case is the prerequisite for a successful surgery. We found that the association of fat and bone decompression of various extents is most permissive in tailoring the degree of decompression to the existing requirements