Nepal Orthopedic Association Journal (NOAJ)

Corona viruses (CoVs) commonly cause relatively mild respiratory illness in humans and animals. However, within two decades, mankind experienced three highly pathogenic and deadly human corona virus infections, SARS-CoV (2002), MERS-CoV (2012) and SARS-CoV-2 (2019). Compared to mortality rate of SARS-CoV (> 10%) and MERS-CoV (35%), SARS-Cov-2 has a lower ...

INTRODUCTION: Anterior cruciate ligament is most commonly injured knee ligament which may be stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. Commonly applied tests in clinical practice to determine Anterior cruciate ligament injuries are the anterior drawer test, the Lachman, and the pivot shift test. This study is aimed to establish efficacy ...

INTRODUCTION: Lumbosacral radicular pain due to disc herniation is one of the common disabling conditions in orthopaedic clinics. Most of these patients generally recover well even with non-operative treatment. Selective Nerve Root Block (SNRB) is one of the non-operative procedures for lumbar radiculopathies, both for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose. The ...

INTRODUCTION: Subacromial impingement is one of the commonest causes of shoulder pain in Orthopaedic clinic. The etiology of subacromial impingement can be divided into intrinsic and extrinsic causes. There is still a controversy as whether the rotator cuff tendinitis is the result of impingement or vice versa. The knowledge about ...

INTRODUCTION: Fracture of distal radius is a common fracture and the treatment modality varies from conservative to operative technique. Volar plating is a common operative fixation for distal radius fracture. During volar plating pronator quadratus muscle is incised for proper visualization of fracture and reduction. There is always a debate ...

INTRODUCTION: Discectomy for prolapsed intervertebral disc is commonly done spine surgery and has a risk of Surgical Site Infection that leads to higher morbidity and healthcare costs. To develop strategies to reduce the risk for Surgical Site Infection, independent risk factors for it should be identified. We report incidence and ...

INTRODUCTION: Medial compartment knee osteoarthritis is the commonest form of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. Although total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the Gold Standard treatment in the management of severe OA, it is costly and requires expertise. Proximal fibular osteotomy (PFO) on the other hand is a simple, safe, fast ...

Pure extradural meningioma is a rare condition. Clinical presentation of thoracic extradural meningioma may mimic lumbar canal stenosis, and there are reports on paraplegia due to missed thoracic meningioma following lumbar canal decompression surgery. We report a case with long history of low back pain radiating to both legs with ...

Osteoid osteoma is one of the rare benign bone tumors occurring commonly in lower limb long bones either in cortex or medulla. It presents with pain typically more at night and relieved with Aspirin and other NSAIDs. Rib is very rare site of occurrence and there are very few case ...

Cysticercosis is a common human infestation in developing and underdeveloped countries, that usually presents as neurocysticercosis. It usually involves the brain and eyes, but skeletal muscles and subcutaneous tissues are less commonly affected. We report this case of myocysticercosis as an isolated hand swelling. We want to emphasize that myocysticercosis ...