Regional anesthesia for orthopedic procedures: What orthopedic surgeons need to know. [PDF]
World J Orthop, 2022 Regional anesthesia is an integral component of successful orthopedic surgery. Neuraxial anesthesia is commonly used for surgical anesthesia while peripheral nerve blocks are often used for postoperative analgesia. Patient evaluation for regional anesthesia should include neurological, pulmonary, cardiovascular, and hematological assessments. Neuraxial
Kamel I, Ahmed MF, Sethi A.
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Top orthopedic sports medicine procedures [PDF]
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2018 Orthopedic sports medicine is a subspecialty of Orthopedics that focuses on managing pathological conditions of the musculoskeletal system arising from sports practice. When dealing with athletes, timing is the most difficult issue to face.
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Pediatric Anesthesia Concerns and Management for Orthopedic Procedures. [PDF]
Pediatr Clin North Am, 2020 Anesthetic management of pediatric orthopedic patients is uniquely challenging. Approach to the pediatric patient must consider heightened preoperative anxiety and its postoperative behavioral and pain effects. Frequent respiratory infections can complicate timing of surgery and anesthetic care.
Wu JP.
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Skin Complications of Orthopedic Procedures and Devices [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2018 Background: Knowledge of skin complications and contributing factors in orthopedic patients is important for design and development of preventive approaches.
Zahra AZIZIAN +5 more
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Do Patients Accurately Recall Their Preoperative Symptoms After Elective Orthopedic Procedures? [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Patient-reported outcome measures are a frequent tool used to assess orthopedic surgical outcomes. However, recall bias is a potential limitation of these tools when used retrospectively, as they rely on patients to accurately recall their preoperative ...
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Multimodal Analgesia for Orthopedic Procedures
Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2007 Stuart B. Goodman, MD, PhD Multimodal analgesic protocols after elective orthopedic surgical procedures have the potential to improve pain control perioperatively and facilitate postoperative rehabilitation. Reuben et al. (1,2) have been at the forefront of redesigning pain management protocols for orthopedic procedures by performing carefully planned,
Stuart B. Goodman
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Differences in Postoperative Outcomes of Common Foot and Ankle Procedures Performed by Orthopedic Surgeons and Podiatrists [PDF]
Foot & Ankle OrthopaedicsCategory: Ankle; Midfoot/Forefoot Introduction/Purpose: In the United States, there has been a substantial rise in podiatrists to address the increasing prevalence of foot and ankle pathologies.
Myra S. Chao BA +3 more
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Analysis of patient characteristics, health care costs by surgical venue, and opioid utilization for common orthopedic procedures in the United States. [PDF]
J Manag Care Spec Pharm, 2021 BACKGROUND: Orthopedic surgery can be performed in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), as well as in traditional inpatient venues.
Waterman F +3 more
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Orthopedic Day-case Surgery in Nigeria: A Single-center Experience [PDF]
The Annals of African Surgery, 2021 Background: The concept of day-case surgeries is relevant in orthopedic specialty in developing countries, where orthopedic elective procedures have relatively longer duration of surgical waiting time, mainly due to lack of inpatient bed space.
Echezona Valentine Malizu +2 more
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Epidemiology of cardiac or orthopedic procedures in gout rheumatoid arthritis: a national time-trends study [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, 2021 Aims: To examine the secular trends in the number and rates of in-hospital cardiac and orthopedic procedures in people with gout and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and the United States (US) general population, from 1998 to 2014.
Jasvinder A. Singh, John Cleveland
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