The Journal of Musculoskeletal Surgery and Research (JMSR)

Translate this page into: ARTICLE IN PRESS doi: 10.25259/JMSR_610_2025 , , , , , 1Department of Physical Therapy, Call My Physio, London, United Kingdom, 2Department of Physical Therapy, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 3Department of Physiotherapy, National Health Services, London, United Kingdom 4Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan 5Department of Sindh Education and Literacy, Sindh Education and Literacy, Nasir...

Translate this page into: ARTICLE IN PRESS doi: 10.25259/JMSR_589_2025 , , 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, South Korea 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Sejong, South Korea *Corresponding author: Seung Hoo Lee, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital, Sejong, South Korea.

Translate this page into: ARTICLE IN PRESS doi: 10.25259/JMSR_534_2025 1Department of Physiotherapy, Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed to be University, Ambala, Mullana, Haryana, India. *Corresponding author: Nikita Vaid, Department of Physiotherapy, Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed to be University, Ambala, Mullana, Haryana, India.

Translate this page into: ARTICLE IN PRESS doi: 10.25259/JMSR_614_2025 , 1Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India *Corresponding author: Sandeep Shinde, Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Krishna College of Physiotherapy, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India.

Translate this page into: ARTICLE IN PRESS doi: 10.25259/JMSR_540_2025 , , , , , 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma, Cocody University Hospital of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Belgium. 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. *Corresponding author: Seydou Gnombena Koné, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma, Cocody University Hospital of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

A 42-year-old man with type II diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia presented 5 months post-motorbike accident with a pathological right midshaft femoral fracture. The fracture resulted from chronic osteomyelitis following neglected initial injuries, complicated by a sinus tract extending into the intramedullary canal and posterior thigh.

Patients who presented with arbeitsgemeinschaft für osteosynthesefragen-Orthopedic trauma association (AOOTA) type 31A1.1 or 31B3 femoral fractures and were fixed with DHS between November 2022 and August 2025 were included in the study. Two surgeons with prior experience operating in both supine and lateral positions performed the surgeries. The surgical position was determined by whether the last digit of the patient’s registration number was odd or even.

Translate this page into: ARTICLE IN PRESS doi: 10.25259/JMSR_516_2025 , , , , 1Department of Orthopedic and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia 2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan, Indonesia 3Department of Anatomical Pathology, Bunda Thamrin Hospital, Medan, Indonesia.

Translate this page into: 10 ( 2 ); 200-209 doi: 10.25259/JMSR_490_2025 1Department of Orthopedics, King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. *Corresponding author: Khalid A. Bakarman, Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

To maintain the integrity of the scientific research process, a crucial step in evaluating submitted scientific articles is peer review.[1,2] Regardless of whether such a process is blinded or not, nearly all scientific journals have their own regulations to ensure a rigorous evaluation process performed by eminent scientists in each specialty, who judge the articles and scientific work provided by their peers.[1,3,4] With the widespread introduction and use of artificial intelligence (AI)...