TRADITIONAL BONESETTERS A CURSE TO ORTHOPAEDICS

Patronage of traditional bonesetters in Makurdi, north-central Nigeria

BACKGROUND Despite the numerous complications associated with traditional bonesetters' (TBS) practices, their patronage has remained high in developing countries. The aim was to study the reasons patients seek TBS treatment. METHODS This was a descriptive hospital-based study of 120 patients who were treated by TBS. The sociodemographic profile of the patients, details of injuries sustained, ...

Traditional Chinese Medicine in orthopaedics—Problems and future direction

Introduction: Orthopaedic surgery includes varieties of injuries and other pathologies. Treatments are complicated while healing and recovery take time. Rehabilitation needs planning and commitment. In the Chinese Communities, traditional medicine has been popular since hundreds of years ago and has remained so in spite of the current advances in medicine. The purpose of this review is to ident...

Traditional Bonesetters and Contemporary Orthopaedic Fracture Care in a Developing Nation: Historical Aspects, Contemporary Status and Future Directions

In developing nations such as Nigeria, where there is a shortage of surgeons formally trained in fracture care, many of the injured seek care from traditional bonesetters. We conducted a qualitative study of fracture care in two settings in Enugu, Nigeria: The National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu (NOHE) and a traditional bonesetter practice. Primary assessment measures at the NOHE included evalu...

A special edition of Technique in Orthopaedics is now available thanks to a collaboration between UF Orthopaedics and Anesthesiology

A special edition of Technique in Orthopaedics is now available thanks to a collaboration between UF Orthopaedics and Anesthesiology