Medical tourism is now an established feature of the international healthcare landscape and is a burgeoning commercial industry attracting increasing numbers of people willing to fund their own treatment overseas. Although medical tourism spans the full spectrum of health services, most travel is restricted to a limited range of medical procedures, including cosmetic surgery, dental procedures,...

Modern orthopedic surgery can improve the musculoskeletal problems of people with hemophilia. The most commonly affected joints are the knees, the ankles and the elbows. The most common orthopedic procedures that PWH undergo are the following: RS, arthroscopic synovectomy, arthroscopic joint debridement, ankle arthrodesis, total joint arthroplasty and removal of pseudotumors. Every surgical pro...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of elective surgical procedures are performed as day-cases. The impact of ambulatory surgery on health-related quality of life in the recovery period has seldom been described. METHODS We assessed health-related quality of life in 143 adult outpatients scheduled for arthroscopic procedures of the knee and shoulder joints, laparoscopic cholecystectom...

his paper is intended as an overview of current bone grafting applications, with special attention given to fracture management, and as such assumes a certain knowledge by the reader of anatomy and medical terminology. Fracture management is one of the oldest medical concerns and was the precursor of many modern orthopedic procedures. Improper fracture management can affect one's livelihood and...

The Abbreviated Injury Scale scores of subgroups of patients were used to evaluate patterns of injury for helmeted andunhelmeted riders.As expected, the incidenceofhead injury was higher among the unhelmeted riders (63.81%) than among the helmeted riders (38.95%). In comparison, helmeted riders had higher rates of thoracic injury (47.76%) and extremity injury (80.18%) thandidunhelmeted riders (...

Pain control after arthroplasty has been a key concern for orthopedic surgeons. After total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a small group of patients developed a painful joint with suboptimal range of motion. Manipulation under anesthesia increases flexion and extension while decreasing pain in most cases. The objective of the present investigation is to asses the effect of a multimodal pain managemen...

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common and preventable complication of surgery, but the relative importance of individual measures recommended by guidelines has not been determined. Elective general surgical, neurological, and orthopedic procedures requiring antibiotic prophylaxis from a 3-month period were retrospectively studied to determine concordance with SSI prevention guidelines and t...