background the importance of cross-border healthcare, medical and health tourism plays a significant role in the european health policy and health management. after dentistry, orthopaedic treatments are the leading motivation for seeking care in hungary, as patients with rheumatic and motion diseases are drawn to the thermal spas and well-established orthopaedic centres. this paper aims to gain...

Background The importance of cross-border healthcare, medical and health tourism plays a significant role in the European health policy and health management. After dentistry, orthopaedic treatments are the leading motivation for seeking care in Hungary, as patients with rheumatic and motion diseases are drawn to the thermal spas and well-established orthopaedic centres. This paper aims to gain...

INTRODUCTION International evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) recommend to start with (a combination of) non-surgical treatments, and using surgical intervention only if a patient does not respond sufficiently to non-surgical treatment options. Despite these recommendations, there are strong indications that non-surgical treatments are...

OBJECTIVES National and international evidence-based guidelines for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) recommend to start with non-surgical treatments, followed by surgical intervention if a patient does not respond sufficiently to non-surgical treatments, but there are indications that these are not optimally used. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which all recommended non-surgi...

Orthopaedic surgery is in an exciting transitional period as modern surgical interventions, implants and scientific developments are providing new therapeutic options. As advances in basic science and technology improve our understanding of the pathology and repair of musculoskeletal tissue, traditional operations may be replaced by newer, less invasive procedures which are more appropriately t...

Abstract: Objectives: This research aimed to assess and evaluate pharmacotherapy nonpharmacotherapy treatments in orthopaedic disorders. Methods: was a prospective observational study which performed on 122 subjects the department. Study assessed evaluated by suitable statistical tools. Results: The maximum age distribution seen more than 50 years old. Most of diagnosed with 34.5% arthritis fre...

Radiological imaging has become a routine assessment for patients with orthopaedic and traumatic disorders. Diagnosis and treatments of orthopaedic conditions would not be commenced safely prior to appropriate radiological assessment. At times, orthopaedic surgeons need to be independent and not relying too much on their radiological colleagues, as many conditions can be easily interpreted. It ...

BACKGROUND Earthquakes in developing countries are devastating events. Orthopaedic surgeons play a key role in treating earthquake-related injuries to the extremities. We describe orthopaedic injury epidemiology to help guide response planning for earthquake-related disasters. METHODS Several databases were searched for articles reporting primary injury after major earthquakes from 1970 to Ju...

The purpose of this special issue of Journal of Bone and Joint Infection is to provide orthopaedic surgeons with basic science explanations as to how these local antimicrobials work, clinical evidence that supports these local treatments, and the role of these local treatments against biofilm.