Objectives: Setting appropriate expectations for orthopedic surgery functional outcomes can contribute to postoperative motivation and satisfaction. For hip arthroscopy, the literature is limited regarding patients’ returning sport. This study aims compare preoperative with return-to-sport status in patients who underwent primary arthroscopy. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort of Return...

introduction: a traumatic arteriovenous fistula (avf) after repetitive blunt trauma has not been described previously. in a 34-year-old male, the first reported case of such an injury after repetitive blunt trauma is described. case presentation: a 34-year-old gentleman presented with a non-healing ulcer near his medial malleolus. a bone scan was performed and then treated for presumed osteomye...

Although there are enough studies concerning the kinanthropometric attributes of players of sports such as football, basketball, or volleyball in Turkey, there are not enough studies on the same for combat sports. Hence, our aim is to assess the kinanthropometric attributes of different combat sports like karate, taekwondo, judo and kickboxing. The present study included 48 national level male ...

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Corresponding author: S Venter ([email protected]) Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact, unarmed combat sport that allows striking and grappling techniques.[1] This includes karate, Jeet-Kune-Do, kung-fu, Muay-Thai, boxing, kickboxing, judo, taekwando, ninjitsu, wrestling, jiu-jitsu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). MMA has evolved into a sport represented by numerous bodies around the worl...

My ex-wife called and asked if I would give her part of my liver. I asked if she could wait until I died. She said that would be too late. I was in good health, and she needed a liver transplant this year. “Please, Frank,” she said, “I’m not asking you to decide right now. Just take the blood test to see if we’re compatible.” “Marie,” I said, “20 years of marriage proved that we are not compati...

The practically universal promotion of internationalisation and globalisation, coupled with the technological and scientific advances of the preceding decades, has provided a fertile ground for accelerated absorption of lexical neologisms reflecting the rapid changes in the social and material cultures of the different speech communities of the world. However, despite the universality of the la...