INTRODUCTION Anterior knee pain following total knee arthroplasty is estimated to occur in 4-49% of patients. Some orthopedic surgeons use circumpatellar electrocautery (diathermy) to reduce the prevalence of postsurgical anterior knee pain; however, the extent of its use is unknown. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY In April 2009, a postal questionnaire was sent to all 98 departments of orthopedic s...

BACKGROUND Advances in nonablative skin rejuvenation technologies have sparked a renewed interest in the cosmetic treatment of aging skin. More options exist now than ever before to reverse cutaneous changes caused by long-term exposure to sunlight. Although Caucasian skin is more prone to ultraviolet light injury, ethnic skin (typically classified as types IV to VI) also exhibits characteristi...

Introduction: The style and rate of resurfacing on Venus is among the key problem in the geologic history of this planet. There are two alternative models of resurfacing. The first is the model of catastrophic resurfacing [1]. It states that at some specific point (say, ~500 Ma ago) the entire surface of Venus was renewed and the observable population of crates began to accumulate. The model of...

Purpose. Patellar resurfacing during prosthetic replacement of the knee is associated with loosening and the need for secondary revision. In many cases the patella is left unreplaced during this procedure in order to decrease the revision risk. Some of these patients remain symptomatic after knee replacement. Secondary isolated resurfacing of the previously unresurfaced patella in total knee ar...

Recent advances in technology have provided laser surgeons with new options for cutaneous laser resurfacing. Despite its popularity, there is limited information on the short-term and long-term side effects and complications of variable-pulsed erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (erbium:YAG) laser skin resurfacing. The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate postoperative wound healing, ...