Orthopaedic surgeons use a variety of instruments to help correct, treat, and heal bone disease. The development of these instruments mirrors the history of orthopaedic surgery. The history of bonesetting, the treatment and replacement of joints, and of those who performed these techniques, appears to originate deep in antiquity. Changing ideas within medicine and surgery over the last 200 year...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to identify how undergraduate students perceive learning opportunities available to them and to determine whether students with an interest in trauma and orthopaedic (T&O) surgery have different perceptions and attitudes towards learning. METHODS All fourth year medical students from the University of Birmingham Medical School (UK) were surveyed regarding their car...

Orthopaedic surgery is in an exciting transitional period as modern surgical interventions, implants and scientific developments are providing new therapeutic options. As advances in basic science and technology improve our understanding of the pathology and repair of musculoskeletal tissue, traditional operations may be replaced by newer, less invasive procedures which are more appropriately t...

In the 1990's there were concerns that methotrexate might increase the risk of post operative complications following elective orthopaedic surgery; as a result many Units initiated policies to discontinue methotrexate prior to elective orthopaedic surgery. In 2001 we carried out a controlled study of complications after elective surgery in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who either continued...

Toshinori Tsukanishi, Masataka Sakane, Tetsuya Abe, Toru Funayama, Shinzo Onishi, Eiichi Ozeki, Isao Hara, Masashi Yamazaki. Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Takahagi Kyodo Hospital, Kempoku Medical Center, Takahagi, Japan, Technolog...

1Depatment of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, 40136 Bologna, Italy 2 Spine Center Munich, Orthopedic Hospital München-Harlaching, Grünwalderstr aße 51, 81547, Munich, Germany 3Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 4Department of Neurosurgery, The University of ...

N.Okuda; *** Y.Higuchi; K.Shinomiya; * T.Muneta; S.Ito; +Y.Asou Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Devision of Bio -Matrix, Graduate School Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan +Division of Molecular Tissue Engineering, Human Genes and Science Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., LTD., Tokyo, Japan Department of Orthopaedic and Spinal Su...

Dear Editors, Traction table is used during orthopaedic surgeries for treating fractures such as femoral shaft and proximal femoral fractures. In this case, we report a scrotum wound caused by the use of traction table during the treatment of femoral neck fracture. The patient was a 49-year-old male, admitted to the emergency department after a fall. The patient’s vital signs at admission were ...

BACKGROUND Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) is the most common form of hereditary myopathy presenting in adults. This autosomal-dominant systemic disorder is caused by a CTG repeat, demonstrating various symptoms. A mild, classic and congenital form can be distinguished. Often the quality of life is reduced by orthopaedic problems, such as muscle weakness, contractures, foot or spinal deformitie...