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Abstract:Glomus tumors are benign hamartoma of glomus body. It accounts 1-5% of all soft tissue tumors of hand. They can cause recurrent episodes of intense lancinating pain and disability. Patients often undergo undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for many years because the tumors are small. Twenty patients were operated during the period of 2010 to 2015. Most of the cases were selected on the basis of clinical diagnosis. The help of magnetic resonance imaging was taken in suspicious cases. The only treatment of glomus tumor is total surgical excision. In this study surgical excision were performed by direct trans-ungual approach. All patients showed dramatic relief of pain after surgical excision. Early diagnosis and surgical excision decreases patient's sufferings from severe pain and disability. Eagerness in early diagnosis and surgical excision can reduce long period of sufferings.

Giant cell tumour of bone (GCT) has been characterized as benign but often locally aggressive neoplasm that commonly occurs in proximity to weight bearing bone. Management of giant cell tumor of bone by curettage and bone cement in weight bearing bone is an effective method. This prospective experimental study was conducted among the patients with histologically proved giant-cell tumour who were admitted in the Department of orthopedic surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and in National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) over a period of 18 months from January 2010 to June 2011. A total of 18 consecutive patients with histologically proved giant-cell tumour were included in the study. Majority (55.6%) of patient was in 3rd decade and male female ratio was 1:1.3. More than one fourth (27.8%) of the patients had GCT in the lower end of right femur, 33.3% in lower end of left femur, 22.2% in upper end of right tibia, 16.7% in upper end of left tibia and all patients had painful gait and swelling. According to campanacci grading, Grade-2 was found in all patients, and giant cell tumour was found in all patients, as evaluated by pre-operative biopsy. Cosmetically near normal appearance was found in 88.9% and 88.9% were able to do normal daily work. According to Schatzker and Lambert (1979) criteria excellent outcome was found in 38.9%, good in 44.4%, fair in 11.1% and poor in 5.6%. Surgery in the form of intralesional curettage and filling the cavity with bone cement resulted in excellent relief of pain, cosmetically near normal appearance and patients were able to do normal daily work.Faridpur Med. Coll. J. Jan 2017;12(1): 9-13

Distal radial fractures are most common fractures accounts 15% of whole skeletal injuries, as high as 40% to 49% are considered to be unstable that requires surgical fixation. The purpose of the study was to ascertain good functional hand by using volar locking plate & screws, as with locking system, distal screws are locked to the plate, which stabilized the screws against lateral movement (toggle effect), thus providing a "single bone-plate-screws construct" which producing a scaffold in the mostly cancellous distal radial metaphysis, so preventing from collapse. This study was done from January 2007 to December 2008 at National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR). Total numbers of cases were 17. All patients were admitted in hospital & most of them returned home within 4 days. Most patients were managed early within 1-10 days of injury. Most patients were Fernandez type 1, type 2, and type 3. Most patients were in the age group of 4th decade. All patients were followed up for a period of at least 3 months, mean follow up period was 6 months. Results showed that wrist pain, wrist stiffness, reduced grip strength were minimum with volar locking plate & screws as there is minimal radial shortening, radial angulation, volar tilt & ulnar variance and wrist flexion, wrist extension, ulnar deviation, supination, pronation were very good. So, the trauma surgeons can safely use this procedure.Faridpur Med. Coll. J. Jul 2016;11(2): 62-66