management of traumatized patients after road accidents is in many countries still a serious challenge. apart from technical problems in management of car accidents, the recovery and rescue of the patients and their transport to hospital need exact planning and efficient strategy. present lecture compares the trauma management in an industrial country like germany with this in iran. present wor...

Level I trauma centers frequently see trauma at or below the ankle, which requires consultation with the orthopedic surgery department. However, as podiatry programs begin to firmly establish themselves in more Level I trauma centers, their consultations increase, ultimately taking those once seen by orthopedic surgery. A review of the literature demonstrates that this paradigm shift has yet to...

1Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Akhtar Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shahid Sadoughi Unive...

Computer assisted orthopedic surgery (CAOS) is a recent concept in orthopedics. Its use in orthopedic trauma is becoming more popular. Pelvic and acetabular trauma is one of the applications where CAOS can play an important role to facilitate the surgery. In this review article, we provide an overview of the structure of CAOS with special emphasis on its role in pelvic and acetabular trauma. Th...

conclusions in summary, there is a lack of consensus about the use of neuromuscular blockers in patients with ibm. the authors avoided these drugs and were able to easily secure the patient’s airway and maintain adequate muscle relaxation using a balanced sevoflurane-remifentanil anesthetic. clinical trials are necessary to define the pharmacology of neuromuscular blockers in patients with ibm ...

Keloid is a benign fibroproliferative tissue growth that exceeds the initial wound margins. It caused by disruption in healing phase with increased fibroblast activity and excess collagen deposition. usually develops after trauma. Orthopedic surgery inevitably causes trauma will lead to formation of keloids few patients. Keloids can cause cosmetic functional problems, thus interfere person's qu...

We collected data from 50 patients who had orthopedic trauma surgery involving X-ray fluoroscopy. All patients were interviewed post-operatively. The aim of the study was to find out what patients thought of orthopedic trauma surgery, the radiation involved, and their concerns post-trauma surgery. Were they given information about the procedures? Did the surgery follow the Department of Health,...

Orthopedic surgery is a specialty of surgery dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system in all age groups. Careers in orthopedic surgery span the spectrum from general orthopedics to those of subspecialty expertise in orthopedic trauma, hand, pediatrics, total joint, foot and ankle, sports medicine, and oncology to name a few.

As health care in the United States transitions toward a value-based model, there is increasing interest in applying cost-effectiveness analysis within orthopedic surgery. Orthopedic trauma care has traditionally underemphasized economic analysis. The goals of this review were to identify US-based cost-utility analysis in orthopedic trauma, to assess the quality of the available evidence, and t...