Regional anesthesia for orthopedic procedures: What orthopedic surgeons need to know. [PDF]
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]
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.
Sebastiano Vasta+4 more
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Pediatric Anesthesia Concerns and Management for Orthopedic Procedures. [PDF]
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]
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]
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 ...
Masud S+4 more
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Multimodal Analgesia for Orthopedic Procedures
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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Analysis of patient characteristics, health care costs by surgical venue, and opioid utilization for common orthopedic procedures in the United States. [PDF]
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]
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]
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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Urinary infection after orthopedic procedures [PDF]
We have investigated prospectively the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in 5320 orthopaedic patients. There were 74 UTIs (1.39%). Enterobacteriaceae was the most frequent etiological agent. Each infection increased the length of stay in hospital by more than 8 days.
Rafael Herruzo+3 more
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