Nepal Orthopedic Association Journal (NOAJ)

The term “Orthopaedics” was derived from the book Orthopédie on childhood deformity correction by Nicolas Andry in 1741. The frontispiece of the book, “Tree of Andry” has become a common logo of orthopaedic associations worldwide. Historically, western Orthopaedic and Trauma care can arbitrarily be divided into Greek and Roman period, ...

INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and micro-architectural weakening of the bone. Osteoporosis is often undiagnosed, overlooked, and undertreated by patients and physicians. Osteoporosis is common in people with COPD. Present study aims to investigate the prevalence of osteoporosis in individuals with COPD.

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Introduction: Chemotherapy remains the mainstay of treatment of pott’s spine.There is lack of consensus regarding the duration and regime of chemotherapy.This study aims to see the clinical outcome of pott’s spine treated with 12 months,3HRZE and 9HR, of chemotherapy.

Methods: This is a prospective study conducted at Shree Birendra Hospital ...

INTRODUCTION: Complex fracture geometry and delicate soft tissues in the ankle region makes surgical treatment of distal tibial fractures challenging. In this study, we evaluated clinical and radiological outcomes following staged procedures for management of closed distal tibia fractures.

METHODS: This is a retrospective study with two-staged procedure for management ...

INTRODUCTION: This study aims to assess the functional outcomes of patients undergoing medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction using superficial quadriceps tendon and also assess the postoperative complication and patient’s satisfaction level.

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 33 patients (15 males, 18 females) with an average age of 19 years with recurrent patellar ...

INTRODUCTION: Trimalleolar fractures are encountered by every orthopedic surgeon. It is very disabling if not managed properly. Trimalleolar fracture requires anatomical reduction, which can be achieved with open reduction and then internal fixation. The purpose of this study is to see the functional outcome of surgically treated trimalleolar fractures with ...

INTRODUCTION: Herniated lumbar disc is one of the common causes of back pain and sciatica in our clinical practice. Discectomy provides rapid relief of back pain and radicular pain. Few studies have been done in our setting to look for the outcome of discectomy. The purpose of this study was ...

INTRODUCTION: Peripheral Nerve Injury can have significant long term morbidity. They are common injury in the extremity trauma but demographic data and incidence vary. This study aimed to analyze the demographic data and incidence of Peripheral Nerve Injury in the upper and lower limb trauma.

METHODS: This was a retrospective ...

Implant failure after occipitocervical fusion (OCF) is rare. A 47 year old male presented with neck pain and features of cervical myelopathy. Imaging of cervical spine showed instability at C2/C3 and compressive myelopathy due to tubercular infection. He underwent OCF with bone graft. Post operatively he improved clinically. After 7 ...

Septic arthritis is often difficult to diagnose in presence of preexisting inflammatory arthritis. The classical signs of infection are absent and it is only high index of suspicion leading to diagnosis. Our case was a 45-year-old gentleman with inflammatory arthritis and avascular necrosis of femoral head. He had been planned ...