Silvio Rolando
Silvio Rolando da Carasco (1873-1949) Italian surgeon and urologist, describer of the Rolando fracture, with his Genoa career, key contributions and historical context.
Category Medical Specialty
CT Case 105
A 69 year old male presents with two days of atraumatic progressively worsening neck and scalp pain. Interpret the CT c-spine
Louis Gilula
Louis Arnold Gilula (1942-2014) was an American musculoskeletal radiologist known for Gilula carpal arcs, wrist imaging, vertebroplasty and interventional radiology.
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Alpha-gal syndrome explained: tick bites, delayed red meat allergy, cetuximab anaphylaxis, and the clues that linked them.
History of fluorescein
Fluorescein: history, chemistry and modern eye uses—corneal staining, Seidel leak test, Jones drainage test and retinal angiography.
Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler (1885-1973) Austrian trauma surgeon, founder of organised accident care, Böhler angle, and controversial Nazi-era figure.
Albert Henry Freiberg
Albert Henry Freiberg (1868-1940), American orthopaedic surgeon who described Freiberg infraction and helped advance orthopaedics and disability rehabilitation.
Ernst Baumann
Ernst Baumann (1890-1978). Swiss surgeon and traumatologist associated with the Baumann angle, elbow fracture care and the founding of the AO.
John J. Gartland
John Joseph Gartland (1918-2016), American orthopaedic surgeon. Gartland classification and Gartland–Werley score for fracture outcomes.
Gissane angle
Gissane angle. Measurement on lateral calcaneal radiographs, normal values, clinical use, limitations and historical development.
Goodbye “Massive” and “Submassive”
The first-ever AHA/ACC clinical practice guideline on acute pulmonary embolism drops a new A-to-E severity classification. Here’s what emergency physicians need to know...
Sharp angle
Sharp angle measures acetabular inclination on AP pelvic radiographs. Review the measurement, normal values, history and Ullmann–Sharp attribution.