Arthroscopy : No More Such a Limited Procedure

No such thing as a bad day.

This is an excerpt from Hamilton Jordan's book No Such Thing as a Bad Day reprinted with permission.

No such thing as a free lunch.

conomists love to say that there is no such thing as a free lunch. But the Chilean government agency responsible for school grants, Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas (JUNAEB), is an exception to the rule. During the school year, JUNAEB provides breakfast and lunch for 2 million children in primary and secondary public schools. In a developing country where about 14 percent of children u...

The Outerbridge-Kashiwaghi procedure in elbow arthroscopy.

We evaluated the results of the arthroscopic Outerbridge-Kashiwaghi procedure in a retrospective review of 20 elbows in 19 patients with a mean followup of 2 years (range : 6 months - 4 years). Range of motion improved from 94 degrees (range: 15 degrees-140 degrees) to 123 degrees (range: 110 degrees-140 degrees). Visual analogue scales for pain improved from 5.8 (range: 2 -8) to 1.8 (range: 0-...

A Simpler, More Limited Approach

January/February 2005 • Vol 95 • No 1 • Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association Equinus deformity is defined as a limitation of dorsiflexion motion of the ankle joint. Although many authors have attempted to specify the necessary degrees of ankle dorsiflexion, normative values have been limited.1, 2 Biomechanically, the maximum amount of dorsiflexion in the stance phase of normal ...

There's No Such Thing as Best Practice