Integrative veterinary medicine, the combination of complementary and alternative therapies with conventional care, is increasingly prevalent in veterinary practice and a focus of clinical instruction in many academic teaching institutions. However, the presenting complaints, therapeutic modalities, and patient population in an integrative medicine service have not been described. A retrospecti...

BEST PRACTICE. For orthopedic specialists at Rush, good medicine and good teaching are inextricably linked. In this issue, 4 of our faculty discuss the many facets of orthopedic education at Rush—and why both teaching and learning are lifelong pursuits (see page 62). To view the 2016 Rush Orthopedics Journal online or to view past issues of the journal, please visit www.rush.edu/orthopedicsjour...

No established guidelines currently exist to assist orthopedic surgeons in determining when a patient may safely control a motor vehicle after undergoing simple right knee arthroscopy. Despite this lack of concrete evidence, premature postoperative driving could expose orthopedic surgeons to legal liability and, more importantly, patients to danger and further injury. Through questionnaires dir...

INTRODUCTION Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii has become a significant cause of healthcare-associated infections, but few reports have addressed Acinetobacter baumannii infections associated with orthopedic devices. The current recommended treatment for complicated infections due to orthopedic devices, including resistant gram-negative rods, consists of antimicrobial therapy with deb...

Open Access-This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. Increased quality of life by combatting pain and restriction of movement is the obvious aim when treating the orthope-dic patient. Global challenges may vary, but they...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) despite thromboprophylaxis in major orthopedic surgery patients at a tertiary care hospital. METHODS Charts from consecutive patients who underwent total hip replacement (THR), total knee replacement (TKR), or hip fracture surgery (HFS) [hip pinning or hemiarthroplasty] from August 1, 1999, to April 30, 2000, at a large Canad...

INTRODUCTION Patient's satisfaction with health care in ambulance services is an important quality indicator and a helpful tool for managers of prehospital emergency services. This study aimed to measure patient satisfaction with health provided by prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) in Lorestan, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients (n=450) transferred b...

Objective: Case report of a patient, having persistent low back and leg pain following a L4-L5 surgical laminectomy, who underwent Clinical Biomechanics of Posture (CBP) protocol designed to correct postural distortions. Clinical features: A thirty-five year-old male suffered from low back/leg pain following a work injury despite having a lumbar spine laminectomy 6 months prior to chiropracti...

OBJECTIVES To explore the relationship between the extended postoperative use of indwelling urinary catheters and outcomes for older patients who have undergone cardiac, vascular, gastrointestinal, or orthopedic surgery in skilled nursing facilities and to describe patient and hospital characteristics associated with the extended use of indwelling urinary catheters. DESIGN Retrospective cohor...

Class III malocclusions can be treated with orthopedic, camouflage, or orthognathic surgical methods, depending on the severity of problem. This case report describes non-surgical correction a problem using buccal shelf miniscrew. In 15-year-old female patient, bilateral 2x12 mm stainless steel screws were inserted into mandible to distalize lower teeth. A power chain from miniscrews was applie...