Non-operative treatments for degenerative arthritis, such as physiotherapy, anti-inflammatory medication, and occupational therapy, can help reduce the impact of the disease on the joint and hence on the mobility of the patient. Once the joint has become so diseased that non-operative modalities are inadequate, it is the task of the orthopedic surgeon to evaluate these individuals and determine...

Orthopedic surgery is the branch of surgery concerned with preserving and/or restoring the skeletal system-its functions, articulations and structures. For example, reconstructive procedures are performed on pediatric patients for congenital problems and on the aged for correction of degenerative processes. Factors that need to be considered include the preoperative condition of the patient, in...

among the power drills ( electrical/ pneumatic/battery ) used in orthopedic surgery, battery drill has got several advantages. surgeons in low resource settings could not routinely use orthopedic battery drills (obd) due to the prohibitive cost of good drills or poor quality of other drills. “hardware” or engineering battery drill (hbd) is a viable alternative to obd. hbd is easy to procure, ru...

during a cross-sectional study, patients who were admitted to the orthopedic department of the urmia university of medical sciences were asked about opium/opioid abuse. demographic characteristics, the pattern of consumption, the substance, the duration of the use, the duration of hospital stay and the cause of their injuries were recorded. among 2,867 patients, 74 (2.5%) patients (71 men and 3...

background: increased costs and mortality associated with inappropriate blood transfusions have led to investigations about blood request and blood transfusion techniques. we investigated the transfusion status in patients who underwent orthopedic surgery in poursina hospital (rasht, iran) to optimizing blood usage and determine if a scheduled transfusion program for every orthopedic surgery co...

background:   many of the patients with tethered cord syndrome (tcs) are admitted because of neurological symptoms, while some are admitted because of their orthopedic, urologic, anorectal, and dermatologic manifestations.consequently, this study aimed to evaluate the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of tethered cord syndrome on patient outcome. methods: fourty-three patients who und...

AIM To analyze tears in sterile surgical gloves used by surgeons in the operating theatre of the Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Department, Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Łódź, Poland. MATERIALS AND METHOD This study analyzes tears in sterile surgical gloves used by surgeons by ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. 1,404 gloves were collected from 581 surgical procedures. All gloves were tested immediately f...

Virtual Environments have been used to train medical surgeons in orthopedic surgery. Using such simulators, residents and surgeons can develop or improve their skills in specific orthopedic surgical processes. In this section 2 of this report, a review of related work in the use of virtual environments in various surgical fields are presented. This includes orthopedic surgery, heart surgery, an...