Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was carried out between March 2006 and March 2007, on all confirmed AIS patients aged 10 to 18, who were referred to a pediatric scoliosis clinic in a major referral center for a first visit. Agreement between the actual brace prescription patterns and the criteria for immediate prescription was analyzed using a kappa coefficient. Standard recommend...

This survey aimed to validate the English version of the multidimensional Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction questionnaire (LPPSq) and use it to assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care and the influence of type of anesthesia. One hundred patients having orthopedic surgery under regional and general anesthesia verbally consented to participate. Different aspects of satisfactio...

BACKGROUND Orthopedic injuries are among the most common causes of mortality, morbidity, hospitalization, and economic burden in societies. OBJECTIVES In this research, we study the prevalence of different types of trauma requiring orthopedic surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study on 2582 patients with acute orthopedic injuries admitted to the orthopedic emergenc...

OBJECTIVE This study examined patient performance benchmarks for occupational therapy within orthopedic (hip) critical pathways. METHOD Eight orthopedic (hip) critical pathways gathered from occupational therapy practitioners working in hospital and rehabilitation settings were examined to determine commonalities and differences of occupational therapy benchmarks, disciplines involved, and id...

BACKGROUND Increased costs and mortality associated with inappropriate blood transfusions have led to investigations about blood request and blood transfusion techniques. We investigated the transfusion status in patients who underwent orthopedic surgery in Poursina Hospital (Rasht, Iran) to optimizing blood usage and determine if a scheduled transfusion program for every orthopedic surgery cou...

BACKGROUND The Epicondylopathia humeri radialis is mainly caused by an overload of the extensor muscles of the hand, the afflicted side is generally the dominant hand. There is a multitude of treatment methods, none of them, however, can guarantee success. OBJECTIVE Can an osteopathic treatment of the chronic Epicondylopathia humeri radialis reduce the pain more effectively than an orthopedic...

This case report describes the orthodontic treatment of a 32-year-old woman with a Class III malocclusion, whose chief compliant was her dentofacial esthetics. The pretreatment lateral cephalometric tracings showed the presence of a Class III dentoskeletal malocclusion with components of maxillary deficiency. After discussion with the patient, the treatment option included surgically assisted r...

Deviations in the development of organs and connective tissue dysplasia (CTD) still remain an urgent interdisciplinary problem. The aim this study was to clinical morphological changes maxillofacial system, skeletal deformities blood parameters 164 young people. Twice as much control group, orthopedic pathology (68.4% 32.9%) manifestations anemia were found every fifth (21.5%) examined patient....

Indwelling epidural catheters are frequently used to manage postoperative pain. This report describes a patient who developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) vertebral osteomyelitis of the lumbar spine following epidural catheterization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of MRSA vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to epidural catheter use in the Engl...