specialists there was already a desire for the Japanese to develop medicine themselves. At that time there were two professors of surgery at Tokyo University: Prof. Julius Karl Scriba (1848–1905), who had been invited to Japan from Germany by the Japanese government in 1881, and Prof. Sankichi Sato (1857–1943), who graduated from Tokyo University in 1882 and studied surgery under Prof. Scriba’s...

Results 60% were admitted to the Medical Department, 22% to the Surgical Department, 15% to the Orthopedic Department and 3% to Department of Gynecology. 51% were women and 49% were men. Medical and Orthopedic patients were typically above 51 years of age while gynecological patients typically were between 21 and 40 years old. The surgical patients had an equal age distribution within the inter...

Growth factors have represented an essential issue of interest for the researchers and clinicians in orthopedics and trauma over the last 40 years. In the last 10 to 15 years, the advances registered in this field have permitted the identification of the most active cellular and humoral factors as well as the improvement of their use in the orthopedic and trauma surgery. Their domain of applica...

The relevance of prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism and its complications in orthopedic surgery is increasingly significant. This review discusses the pathophysiology of thrombus formation in general and orthopedic surgery, its incidence, predisposing factors and complications. It also presents an updated presentation and critique of prophylaxis currently available in our environment.

Guidelines recommend thromboprophylaxis for at least 10 days to prevent venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing high-risk orthopedic surgery, such as total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Furthermore, the recently updated ACCP guidelines also recommend extending the duration of thromboprophylaxis for 28 to 35 days following THA or hip fracture surgery as the risk ...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the mean length of radiation emission from fluoroscopic devices during several types of orthopedic surgery and which of these required greater use of radiation. METHODS The times taken to perform sixteen different types of surgery (total of 80 procedures) were measured. At the end of each procedure, the length of time for which fluoroscopy was used directly from the ima...

INTRODUCTION The presence of postoperative seromadesis is common, corresponding to the presence of serum in the subcutaneous tissue post a surgical event. Erythromycin has been reported as sclerosing, although not in orthopedic surgery. We report a case of erythromycin seromadesis in orthopedic surgery. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 63-year-old woman having undergone femoral prosth...

Chang-Jung Chiang; Cheng-Kung Cheng; Chin-Hong Yang; Chun-Jen Liao; Huang-Chien Liang; Yang-Hwei Tsuang Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kuang Tien General Hospital, Taiwan Biomedical Engineering Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institut...

1Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Research Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, University of Bologna, Italy 2Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology Sciences, Research Unit of Anasthesia and Intensive Care, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, University of Bologna, Italy 3A.O.R.N of “A.Cardarelli” of Naples Italy, Gynecological Laparoscopic Surgery...

From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Address correspondence to: Dr. Yasir S. Siddiqui, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, PO Box 71, Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Tel. +919 (83) 7343400. Fax. +915 (71) 2702758. E-mail: yassu98@gma...