Do Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTC) Impact on Specialist Registrar Training in Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty?

Infection in Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Since the advent of prosthetic joint replacement, patients suffering from bone and joint pathology have benefited from significant improvements in mobility and pain relief. In Australia 39,200 hip replacements and 39,500 knee replacements were performed in 2009 (Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry [AOA NJRR]) (Graves, et al. 2010). With an ageing population, t...

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Effect of training level on accuracy of digital templating in primary total hip and knee arthroplasty.

The use of digital radiography and templating software continues to become more prevalent in orthopedics as the number of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures increases every year. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of training level on the accuracy of digital templating for primary THA and TKA. Digital radiographs of 97 patients undergoing...

Independent sector treatment centres: evidence so far.

Iranian Joint Registry(Iranian National Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Registry)

   Periodic evaluation and monitoring the health and economic outcome of joint replacement surgery is a common and popular process under the territory of joint registries in many countries. In this article we introduce the methodology used for the foundation of the National Iranian Joint Registry (IJR) with a joint collaboration of the Social Security Organization (SSO) and academic research de...