Case presentations and current literature will be presented. April 21, 2010 7:30-8:20 AM Meniscal Transplantation LT Leah Brown, M.D., Navy Resident Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NMCSD Abstract Case presentations and current literature will be presented.Case presentations and current literature will be presented. April 28, 2010 7:30-8:20 AM Depression Awareness and Fatigue Robert C. Searle...

patients and methods using current procedural terminology (cpt) codes for orthopaedic trauma procedures, we identified a prospective cohort of patients from the 2006 to 2013 acs-nsqip database. using wilcoxon-mann-whitney and chi-square tests where appropriate, patient demographics, comorbidities, and operative factors were compared between patients who developed a dvt within 30 days of surgery...

BACKGROUND There is still significant risk of patients developing surgical site infection (SSI) following orthopaedic surgery due to growing demand for joint surgery in high-risk patients and increasing complexity of procedures. The higher rate of SSI seen in high-risk procedures and also in high-risk patients is of concern as the development of infection can be a very serious complication of o...

Orthopaedic sports medicine is currently a well established subspecialty of orthopaedic surgery in Singapore. It had its beginnings in the late 1960s and has since grown to be one of the major orthopaedic subspecialties. Knee, shoulder and ankle injuries constitute the majority of cases seen by the orthopaedic sports medicine specialists. Significant scientific contributions to the internationa...

 M. A. McNally, MD, FRCSEd, FRCS(Orth), Consultant in Limb Reconstruction Surgery, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery  J. Y. Ferguson, MB, BCh(Hons), MEd, FRCS(Orth), Specialty Trainee in Orthopaedics  A. C. K. Lau, MBBS, FRCSEd(Orth), Clinical Fellow in Limb Reconstruction  M. Diefenbeck, MD, PhD, Honorary Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery  M. Scarborough, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath,...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a potential cause of morbidity and mortality in patients after major orthopaedic surgery. Based on the results of the international phase III RECORD (Regulation of Coagulation in Orthopaedic Surgery to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism) program, the oral, direct Factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban has been approved in many countries for the preventi...