before operation. Figure 2-Twelve months after operation. Figure 3-Sinogram two years after operation. Figure 4-After a Girdlestone operation. }RoYal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street. Liverpool L7 8XP. England. R. Johnson, M.Ch.Orth., F.R.C.S., F R C S Ed Senior Orthopaedic Registrar R. Owen, M.Ch.Orth., F.R.C.S., Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon K. L. Barnes, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., Consultant ...

BACKGROUND Presentation of research at annual national orthopaedic conferences not only serves as a forum for the dissemination of knowledge but is also often a requirement of orthopaedic training programmes. The expected outcome is publication in a peer-reviewed journal. However, publication rates vary for a variety of reasons. The objective of this study was to determine publication rates of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of specially trained physiotherapists in the assessment and management of defined referrals to hospital orthopaedic departments. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Orthopaedic outpatient departments in two hospitals. SUBJECTS 481 patients with musculoskeletal problems referred for specialist orthopaedic opinion. INT...

S. E. Farmer, MSc, MCSP, Superintendent Physiotherapist P. J. Woollam, IEng, MIIE, Rehabilitation Engineer J. H. Patrick, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Medical Director A. P. Roberts, DM, FRCS, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon W. Bromwich, BSc, MCSP, Physiotherapist Orthotic Research and Locomotor Assessment Unit (ORLAU), Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NH...

fluids of rheumatoid arthritis patients Ishikawa, M; +Ito; H, Akiyoshi, M; Murata,K; Tanida, S; Yoshitomi, H; Kume,N, Sawarura, T Nakamura, T +Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan +Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Utano Hospital, Kyoto, Japan +Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto, Japan +Department of Vascular Physiology, National Card...

Gurhan Erturan,1 Harriet Holme,2 Anna Cassoni,2 Roberto Tirabosco,3 Rob Pollock,4 Tim Briggs,4 Maria Michelagnoli2 Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford; 2The London Sarcoma Service, University College London Hospital, London; 3Department of Pathology, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore; 4The London Sarco...

Makoto Kobayashi, M.D., Yohei Kawakami, M.D., Ph.D., Satoshi Tateda, M.D., Shusuke Ota, MD,PhD, Takanobu Otsuka, MD,PhD, Freddie H. Fu, MD, Johnny Huard, Ph.D.. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nagoya City Univ...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova and Hospital 9 de Octubre, Valencia, Spain McConnell Physiotherapy Group, Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Department of Orthopaedic Surger...

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Growth hormone (GH) therapy is widely used in children; it may have various severe orthopaedic complications. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, scoliosis and carpal tunnel syndrome may occur with GH treatment. Before beginning GH therapy, it is important to take into account all the risk factors of the individual patient, as some conditions could contraindicate GH t...