A Rare Case of Segmental Clavicle Fracture in an Adolescent by Arup Kumar Daolagupu, Parag Jyoti Gogoi, Srikanth Mudiganty

“…The usual mechanism of injury is a fall on the outstretched hand or direct trauma. …”
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Postoperative Bowel Perforation due to Heterotopic Ossification (Myositis Ossificans Traumatica): A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Victoria Valinluck Lao, Oliver B. Lao, Edgar Figueredo

“…Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the ectopic development of normal bone within soft tissue that can occur after traumatic injury. It is uncommon and may be missed or misdiagnosed, which can lead to complications. …”
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Double M-plasty in Patients with Basosquamous Carcinoma. A Case Report by Carlos Manuel Collado Hernández, Francisco Matos Figueredo, Vivian Pérez Núñez

“…With the suspicion of a basal cell carcinoma, the sole technique of double m-plasty was used as treatment, which is unusual in this type of injury and in that location. The histological report indicated that it was the case of a basosquamous carcinoma. …”
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Distal Radius Salter-Harris III Transitional Fracture in an Adolescent Male by Adam Kurland, Brian Batko, Jeremy Hreha, Ashley Ignatiuk

“…Similar to the Tillaux fracture, examination of the distal radius transitional fracture should include computed tomography scan to better illustrate the pattern of injury and guide treatment.…”
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Spontaneous Chylothorax following Septic Pulmonary Embolization by Michael Agustin, Michele Yamamoto, Chawat Tongma, Leslie Anne Chua, Michael Torres, Scott Shay

“…Malignancy is the leading cause of nontraumatic chylothorax while inadvertent surgical injury to the thoracic duct is the major cause of traumatic chylothorax. …”
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Terson’s syndrome: An interesting case report by Rajwinder Kaur, Mehak Mangla, Balbir Khan, Harleen Kaur

“…Terson’s syndrome is described as an intra-ocular hemorrhage (sub hyaloid, intraretinal, subretinal bleed, or vitreous) occurring secondary to raised intracranial pressure (ICP) secondary to any intra cranial hemorrhage or traumatic brain injury. This report presents a case of a 34-year-old male who was diagnosed with a ruptured aneurysm of the left middle cerebral artery, which led to intracranial hemorrhage followed by raised ICP. …”
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Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichosis Refractory to First-Line Treatment by Walter Belda, Luiz Felipe Domingues Passero, Ana Thereza Stradioto Casolato

“…Transmission to humans occurs during a traumatic injury with soil or organic material; additionally, lesions caused by infected cats play an important role in the epidemiology of the disease. …”
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Syncope vs. Seizure: Ictal Bradycardia and Ictal Asystole by Sumika Ouchida, Kaitlyn Parratt, Armin Nikpour, Greg Fairbrother

“…It is often related to temporal lobe epilepsy and can cause syncope, which can lead to injury or even death. Case Presentation. Two patients with epilepsy showed symptoms of syncope. …”
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Fall Detection and Direction Judgment Based on Posture Estimation by Chunmiao Yuan, Pengju Zhang, Qingyong Yang, Jianming Wang

“…For the problem of elderly people falling easily, it is very necessary to correctly detect the occurrence of falls and provide early warning, which can greatly reduce the injury caused by falls. Most of the existing fall detection algorithms require the monitored persons to carry wearable devices, which will bring inconvenience to their lives and few algorithms pay attention to the direction of the fall. …”
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Adolescent Fat Embolism Syndrome after Closed Tibial Shaft Fracture: Treatment with Emergent External Fixation by Dillon C. O’Neill, Graham J. Dekeyser, Alexander J. Mortensen, Christopher A. Makarewich

“…He was treated with an intramedullary nail within 1 week of injury. Conclusion. Pediatric fat embolism syndrome is uncommon, and a high index of suspicion is required to facilitate appropriate orthopaedic involvement. …”
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A Literature Review and Case Report of Metastatic Pure Choriocarcinoma by Diwei Lin, Amanda Jia Hui Tan, Rajinder Singh-Rai

“…In 2012, testicular cancer was estimated to account for 940 disability adjusted life years in Australia; of these, 450 were years lost due to premature death and 500 were years of healthy life lost due to disease, disability, or injury (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australasian Association of Cancer Registries, 2012). …”
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Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Albert E. Mayfield, John L. Foltz

“…., thinning), fire, mechanical injury, storm damage, climatic stress, or competition (USDA Forest Service 1985, Dixon 1986). …”
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P2Y Receptors in Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity: Therapeutic Potential in Cognitive Dysfunction by Segundo J. Guzman, Zoltan Gerevich

“…The findings discussed here may explain how P2Y1 receptor activation during brain injury, hypoxia, inflammation, schizophrenia, or Alzheimer’s disease leads to an impairment of cognitive processes. …”
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Outcomes of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Melanie Chan, Marlies Ostermann

“…ICU mortality rates in patients requiring chronic hemodialysis are significantly higher than for patients without ESRD; however, dialysis patients have a better ICU outcome than those with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy suggesting that factors other than loss of renal function contribute to their prognosis. …”
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Nursing of Vulvar Cancer Radical Operation Combined with Laparoscopic Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection by Simei Huang, Feifei Qiu

“…We used the following search terms and terms: “vulvar cancer,” “injury,” “radical vulvar cancer surgery,” “laparoscopic inguinal lymph node dissection,” and “care.” …”
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Bilateral Knee Dislocations Treated with Acute, Single-Stage Multiligament Reconstructions by Casey Imbergamo, Andrzej Brzezinski, Tiffany Smith, Patrick S. Buckley, Kenneth G. Swan

“…Bilateral knee dislocations are exceedingly rare in orthopaedics. Managing these injuries presents a difficult task given their high complication rate and guarded prognosis. …”
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2018–2019 Florida Citrus Production Guide: Soft-Bodied Insects Attacking Foliage and Fruit by Philip A. Stansly, Jawwad A. Qureshi, Lukasz L. Stelinski, Lauren M. Diepenbrock, Michael E. Rogers

“…They differ from each other in their biology, generation times, and injury to plant, but approaches to monitoring and management are similar. …”
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Sickle Cell Anemia, the First Molecular Disease: Overview of Molecular Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Approaches by Martin H. Steinberg

“…A multifaceted pathophysiology, triggered by erythrocyte injury induced by the sickle hemoglobin polymer, and encompassing more general cellular and tissue damage caused by hypoxia, oxidant damage, inflammation, abnormal intracellular interactions, and reduced nitric oxide bioavailability, sets off the events recognized clinically as sickle cell disease. …”
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Effects of the Bacterial Extract OM-85 on Phagocyte Functions and the Stress Response by S. Baladi, S. Kantengwa, Y. R. A. Donati, B. S. Polla

“…The lack of stress protein induction was observed even in the presence of iron which potentiates both oxidative injury and stress protein induction during bacterial phagocytosis. …”
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Emerging Roles of Immune Cells in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction by Yue Liu, Yiqing Yin

“…After surgery, alarmins are leaked from the injury sites and proinflammatory cytokines are increased in the peripheral circulation. …”
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