Recent trends, technical concepts and components of computer-assisted orthopedic surgery systems: A comprehensive review [PDF]
, 2019 Computer-assisted orthopedic surgery (CAOS) systems have become one of the most important and challenging types of system in clinical orthopedics, as they enable precise treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, employing modern clinical navigation systems ...
Kalová, Martina +5 more
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Orthopedic Day-case Surgery in Nigeria: A Single-center Experience
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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Scapular Winging following Sports-Related Injury in a Rugby Player
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2021 The most common cause of medial scapular winging is long thoracic nerve palsy (LTN) and subsequent serratus anterior muscle dysfunction. A 16-year-old right-handed male high-school rugby player developed severe right-sided neck and shoulder pain after ...
Shinya Ishizuka +10 more
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Orthopedic Surgery Planning Based on the Integration of Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping [PDF]
, 2004 This paper describes orthopedic surgical planning based on the integration of RE and RP. Using symmetrical characteristics of the human body, CAD data of the original bone without damages for the injured extent are generated from a mirror ...
Ahn, Dong-Gyu +2 more
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Pediatric Hand Surgery Training in Nicaragua: A Sustainable Model of Surgical Education in a Resource-Poor Environment. [PDF]
, 2017 Recent reports have demonstrated that nearly two-thirds of the world's population do not have access to adequate surgical care, a burden that is borne disproportionately by residents of resource-poor countries.
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Damage Control Orthopedic Surgery.
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2018 The concept of damage control surgery was first described for the purpose of treating medically un-stable patients with abdominal trauma. The purpose of such surgery is rapid control of hemorrhage and contamination, not definitive repair of injuries. The
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Stem Cells International, 2021 Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) induces effective chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) by promoting Sox9 expression. However, BMP2 also induces chondrocyte hypertrophy and endochondral ossification by upregulating Smad7 expression, which ...
Yongsheng Zeng +10 more
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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
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Thromboprophylaxis does not prevent venous thromboembolism after major surgery
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015 Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition or complication and might be one of the worst nightmares for most surgeons. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of venous thrombo-embolism (VTE) in patients undergoing major ...
Adel Attia +3 more
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Implant Prophylaxis: The Next Best Practice Toward Asepsis in Spine Surgery. [PDF]
, 2018 Study designA literature review.ObjectivesAn evaluation of the contaminants prevalent on implants used for surgery and the aseptic methods being employed against them.MethodsPubMed was searched for articles published between 2000 and 2017 for studies ...
Agarwal, Aakash +6 more
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