1. Welcome message from the president of the congress SICOT '93 Seoul

   • Chung-Bin Chu

   BriefCommunication Pages: 129 - 129

2. SICOT '93 Seoul: a message from the president of SICOT

   • Leonardo Zamudio

   BriefCommunication Pages: 129 - 129

3. SICOT '93 Seoul

   • Chung-Bin Chu

   BriefCommunication Pages: 130 - 131

4. The diagnostic value of triple head single photon emission computed tomography (3H-SPECT) in avascular necrosis of the femoral head

   • K. Y. Kim
   • S. H. Lee
   • H. Y. Nah

   OriginalPaper Pages: 132 - 138

5. An epidemiological study of hip fracture in Honam, Korea

   • S. M. Rowe
   • T. R. Yoon
   • D. H. Ryang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 143

6. Fixation of subcapital femoral osteotomies by poly-L-lactic acid pins

   • J. Vasenius
   • O. Laitinen
   • P. Rokkanen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 144 - 147

7. La chimionucléolyse

   • A. Hadjipavlou
   • P. Lander
   • P. Dupuis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 148 - 153

8. A modified Wagner technique for femoral lengthening in skeletally mature patients with poliomyelitis

   • D. Y. Lee
   • I. H. Choi
   • J. S. Shim

   OriginalPaper Pages: 154 - 157

9. Kuntscher nailing of femoral shaft fractures in children and adolescents

   • J. I. Maruenda-Paulino
   • V. Sanchis-Alfonso
   • J. Gasco-Gomez de Membrillera

   OriginalPaper Pages: 158 - 161

10. Percutaneous elongation of the Achilles tendon in children with cerebral palsy

    • J. C. Y. Cheng
    • W. S. So

    OriginalPaper Pages: 162 - 165

11. Early anterior decompression and fusion for crush fractures of cervical vertebrae

    • J. E. Kiwerski

    OriginalPaper Pages: 166 - 168

12. Intermittent claudication of the spinal cord due to ossification of the ligamentum flavum

    • H. Baba
    • T. Komita
    • S. Imura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 172

13. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the limbs

    • S.-Y. Lee
    • S.-S. Kim
    • G. H. Baek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 175

14. An investigation of bone necrosis and healing after cryosurgery, phenol cautery or packing with bone cement of defects in the dog femur

    • Y. H. Yun
    • N. H. Kim
    • E. S. Kang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 176 - 183

15. Intraosseous ganglion

    • J. I. Ahn
    • J. S. Park

    OriginalPaper Pages: 184 - 187

16. The development of juxta-articular osteoporosis after synovectomy of the knee

    • R. Wetzel
    • W. Puhl
    • D. Brecht-Kraus

    OriginalPaper Pages: 188 - 192

17. A comparison of the passage of regenerating axons through old degenerated nerve autografts and fresh nerve autografts in rats

    • H. K. Lee
    • M. S. Chung
    • H. J. Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 197

18. The C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with long bone fractures and after arthroplasty

    • S. I. Yoon
    • S. S. Lim
    • K. H. Yang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 198 - 201

19. Modified rotational osteotomy of the humerus for Erb's palsy

    • S. Al Zahrani

    OriginalPaper Pages: 202 - 204

20. Letters to the editor

    • Paul Maquet
    • J. Vaquero

    Letter Pages: 205 - 205