BACKGROUND The etiquette surrounding the use of mobile devices, so-called "mobiquette," has been previously identified as a barrier to use in an educational context. OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of mobile device use on patient and staff opinions in the trauma and orthopedics department at a teaching hospital in Wales. METHODS A survey of patients at the bedside and staff in their ...

Knee arthroscopy is one of the most common orthopedic procedures done in the United States. It usually is performed as an outpatient procedure. This retrospective study was designed to assess the level of postoperative analgesia provided by the local knee block. According to the anesthesia technique received, 59 patients were categorized in group 1 (general anesthesia) or group 2 (general or mo...

We report a double-blind study of the effectiveness of indomethacin suppositories in the relief of postoperative pain and the reduction in demand for opiate analgesia following orthopaedic procedures.

Dynamic patient-specific musculoskeletal models have great potential for addressing clinical problems in orthopedics and rehabilitation. However, their predictive capability is limited by how well the underlying kinematic model matches the patient's structure. This study presents a general two-level optimization procedure for tuning any multi-joint kinematic model to a patient's experimental mo...

Introduction. Spinal anesthesia is one of the oldest and most commonly used regional techniques. It based on injection a local anesthetic into subarachnoid space, during which there transient interruption impulse conduction in spinal nerve roots. Application anesthesia. The use depends following factors: site surgical procedure, type duration degree necessary relaxation, presence accompanying d...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate Universal Precautions (UP) compliance in the operating room (OR). DESIGN Prospective observational cohort. Trained observers recorded information about (1) personal protective equipment used by OR staff; (2) eyewear, glove, or gown breaks; (3) the nature of sharps transfers; (4) risk-taking behaviors of the OR staff; and (5) needlestick injuries and other blood and body-...

The elbow is a complex joint that is the mechanical link in the upper extremity between the hand and the shoulder. Loss of elbow function can severely affect activities of daily living. Arthrodesis of the elbow results in greater functional disability than arthrodesis of the ankle, hip, or knee joints. Arthrodesis is mainly performed for severe joint destruction most commonly due to posttraumat...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has become one of the most common orthopedic surgical procedures performed nationally. As the population and surgical techniques for TKAs have evolved over time, so have the anesthesia and analgesia used for these procedures. General anesthesia has been the dominant form of anesthesia utilized for TKA in the past, but regional anesthetic techniques are on the rise....

This study examined the extent to which gait analysis recommendations are followed by orthopedic surgeons with varying degrees of affiliation with the gait laboratory. Surgical data were retrospectively examined for 95 patients with cerebral palsy who underwent lower extremity orthopedic surgery following gait analysis. Thirty-three patients were referred by two surgeons directly affiliated wit...