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The article presents the text of a speech by professor H. K. T. Raza of NSCB Medical College in Jabalpur, India, delivered at the Indian Orthopaedic Association Conference (IOACON) in Kolkata on December 5, 2007, in which he discussed the establishment of the association, its development, and its plans and activities for the future.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one on the utility of scores in the decision of salvage or amputation and another by Antonio Rios-Luna on the coverage of tibia after a high energy trauma.

Closed posterior dislocation of the ankle without a fracture is a rare injury. We are reporting a case in a young male on his motorbike, being hit at the right ankle from behind. The mechanisms of injury along with MRI findings are being discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an obituary for Doctor P. Tejeswar Rao, who was instrumental in forming the Orissa Orthopedic Association (OOA) in India in 1976.