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Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery on the Internet.

The Internet is rapidly expanding as a means of acquiring health information for medical professionals. It is now impossible to identify the total number of websites providing specialist information in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. Webpages may be from a leading expert with excellent documentation and a complete bibliography or merely in the form of encouragement from a friendly online suppor...

Sydney Orthopaedic Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery

Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is considered a very successful treatment for painful osteoarthrosis of the knee. The results show an implant survival in-situ of approximately 95 percent after 10 years of implantation, and 84 percent after 15 years. However, despite the good results in terms of pain relief and longevity there are still some aspects that need require further consideration. These f...

HIV/AIDS in trauma and orthopaedic surgery.

©2005 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.87B9. 16543 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2005;87-B:1178-81. Immune deficiency associated with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Kaposi’s sarcoma was first recognised in the United States in 1981. The causative virus, now known as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), was identified in 1983 by Barre-Sinoussi, Mont...

Strategies for blood management in orthopaedic and trauma surgery.

Several aspects of the management of an orthopaedic surgical patient are not directly related to the surgical technique but are nevertheless essential for a successful outcome. Blood management is one of these. This paper considers the various strategies available for the management of blood loss in patients undergoing orthopaedic and trauma surgery.