practice, by requiring budding orthopaedic surgeons to pass a board examination through a peer-review process. Nearer to home, the Western Pacific Orthopaedic Association was formed in 1962 by a group of senior orthopaedic surgeons who believed that the countries bordering the Western Pacific Basin constitute a geographical area with certain medical problems not found in other countries. It was...

OBJECTIVES To identify and resolve discrepancies between the medications prescribed when patients are admitted to hospital and the medication usually taken by selected patients, adapting the prescriptions to the pharmacotherapeutic guidelines and the clinical con- dition of the patient. METHOD A prospective study in which patients over the age of 65 with at least one chronic disease in additi...

Over the years, various techniques have been proposed for the quantitative evaluation of microbial biofilms. Spectrophotometry after crystal violet staining is a widespread method for biofilm evaluation, but several data indicate that it does not guarantee a good specificity, although it is rather easy to use and cost saving. Confocal laser microscopy is one of the most sensitive and specific t...

Nurses and other caregivers face high risk for developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders while lifting and holding limbs in the orthopaedic practice setting. A task force including representatives from the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, American Nurses Association, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Patient Safety Center of Inquiry at the James A. Haley ...

Book details Orthopaedic Biomechanics CRC Press, FL; Winkelstein, BA; 2012; 639 Pages. List price: USD 179.95, ISBN 9781439860939 (Hardback) “Orthopaedic Biomechanics” was released in 2012 and edited by Beth A. Winkelstein, PhD. The list price of the book ($179.95) is comparable with similar books published in this field. This text is intended for both the novice and established researcher work...

Orthopaedic shoes are individually handmade after a prescription from an orthopaedic surgeon, hence relatively expensive. Bad compliance is mentioned in the literature but not investigated. In order to evaluate patient compliance and the effect of orthopaedic shoes, 85 patients who were prescribed orthopaedic shoes at the authors' department during a 3 year period received a questionnaire conce...

BACKGROUND Surgical simulation has become increasingly relevant to orthopaedic surgery education and could translate to improved operating room proficiency in orthopaedic surgery trainees. PURPOSE To compare the arthroscopic performance of junior orthopaedic surgery residents who received training with a knee and shoulder arthroscopy surgical simulator with those who received didactic trainin...

There is no unified national training system for orthopaedic surgeons in China. With such rapid progress in many aspects of life in China, there is an imminent need for improvement in the training of orthopaedic specialists. Since 2003 the orthopaedic community in Hong Kong has been working in collaboration with their colleagues in mainland China to develop a training system for orthopaedic sur...

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Symptomatic Neural Loop of the Distal Ulnar Nerve Hyun Il Lee, M.D.*, Min Jong Park, M.D., Gi Jun Lee, M.D., and Sung Han Ha, M.D. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MS Jaegeon Hospital, Daegu, *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School ...