Leonardo José Bernardes Albertonia, Felipe C Matheus Henrique Araújo Venturab, Carlos Pedro Debieuxd, Marcelo Seiji Kubotaa, Gera Marcus Vinícius Malheiros Luzoe, Antônio A Filhof a MSc, Physician in the Knee Group, Department of Orthopedics and São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil b Third-year Resident Physician in the Department of Orthopedics an c PhD, Physician in the Knee Group, ...

The term orthopedics has been derived from the French word ‘orthopedie’, which was coined by the French physician Nicolas Andry de Bois-Regard and literally means ‘straight child’. In 1742, Andry published his book titled ‘L’orthopédie ou l’art de prévenir et corriger dans les enfants les difformités du corp’, which was later translated into English as ‘Orthopaedia or the art of correcting and ...

PURPOSE To compare orthopedics publications from USA, Japan and China. METHODS Scientific papers belong to ''Orthopedics'' category of Science Citation Index Expanded subject categories were retrieved from the "PubMed'' and ''Web of Knowledge'' online databases. RESULTS In the field of orthopedics, the annual number increased significantly from 2000 to 2012 in the three countries (p<0.001)....

BACKGROUND In China, the field of orthopedics has experienced significant growth over the past 12 years. However, the recent status of research on orthopedics among individuals in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan is unknown. In this study, we investigated characteristics and trends of orthopedics publications from these three regions. METHODS Between 2003 and 2014, all articles published...

MD. Attending physician in the Sports Medicine Group, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. MD. Attending physician in the Knee Group, Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (Famema), Marília, São Paulo, Brazil. MD. Attending physician in the Shoulder Group, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospita...

1Department of Orthopedics, Ashwini Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha-753015 Department of Orthopedics, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals, New Delhi -

What are the most common arthroscopic surgeries performed in orthopedics? According to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the knee and shoulder are by far the most common joints that require arthroscopic surgery, although the hip is increasingly becoming another location for surgery. More than 4 million knee and 1.6 million shoulder procedures are performed worldwide each yea...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), as deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary thromboembolism is a major clinical complication of orthopedic surgeries in adult population. To answer the question of how often and in what circumstances the surgeon should be worried about it in pediatric patients; the current paper reviewed the recent publications on the matter. It seems that the incidence of VTE increased a...

Dr Siegel is from the Section of Orthopedic Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Orthopedics Specialties, Birmingham, Alabama. Dr Siegel has no relevant fi nancial relationships to disclose. Correspondence should be addressed to: Herrick J. Siegel, MD, Orthopedic Oncology, UAB Orthopedics Specialties Bldg, 1313 13th St S, Birmingham, AL, 35205 ([email protected]). doi: 10.3...