Address: 1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, "Tzanio" General Hospital NHS, Tzani and Afendouli, 18536, Piraeus, Greece, 2Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, "Thriasio" General Hospital NHS, G, Gennimata Av, 19600, Magoula, Attica, Greece and 3The Centre for Spinal Studies & Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK, D. Bernardo...

The perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. This article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.I would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral Interlock nailing as radiation has significant...

OBJECTIVES Orthopaedics-related diseases and conditions are a significant burden worldwide. In this study, we aimed to compare the quantity and quality of research output in the field of orthopaedics from Mainland China (MC), USA, UK, Japan and Germany. SETTING The USA, UK, Japan, Germany and MC. PARTICIPANTS We selected orthopaedics journals from the subject category 'orthopedics' from the...