Received for publication: 06 Nov. 2006. Revised: 08 Mar. 2007. rEZUMat 1 2nd Department of Orthopedics and Trumatology, 2 1st Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, 3 Florida Spine Institute, Clearwater, Florida

nowadays there are a few postgraduate orthopedic surgeons who wish to enter a spinal fellowship program. the purpose of this study is to determine the current trainees’ perceptions of competency in the spine fellowship education in mashhad university of medical sciences and evaluating their suggestion to overcome the problem. in this cross sectional study, a self-made questionnaire was develope...

conclusions in addition to the modern medical diagnostic methods, indigenous knowledge of folk medicine, especially folk orthopedics, with a little thought, guidance and planning can be considered as an appropriate therapeutic method in order to raise the level of public health without any side effects. background medical anthropology is the comprehensive intercultural systematic study of healt...

Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common birth defects occurring 1 of every 700 live births. Historically, cleft lip and palate care typically involves the use of presurgical infant orthopedics appliances (PIOA) fabricated by a pediatric dentist as an adjunct to the overall management of the defect approximate the cleft segments prior to surgical repair. However, the necessity of presurgi...

TANNER MCGINN, BS RESEARCH ASSISTANT RUBIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPEDICS CENTER FOR JOINT PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND MORAD CHUGHTAI, MD RESEARCH FELLOW DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY CLEVELAND CLINIC CLEVELAND, OHIO ANIL BHAVE, PT PHYSICAL THERAPIST RUBIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ORTHOPEDICS CENTER FOR JOINT PRESERVATION AND REPLACEMENT SI...