Orthopedics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Accuracy of conflict-of-interest disclosures reported by physicians.

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The recent public reporting of payments made to physicians by manufacturers of orthopedic devices provides an opportunity to assess the accuracy of physicians' conflict-of-interest disclosures. METHODS: We analyzed the reports of ... Read more...

Platelet-rich plasma: current concepts and application in sports medicine.

29 Sep 2009 Platelet-rich plasma is defined as autologous blood with a concentration of platelets above baseline values. Platelet-rich plasma has been used in maxillofacial and plastic surgery since the 1990s; its use in sports medicine is growing given its ... Read more...

Managing medical errors.

29 Sep 2009 A patient with severe arthritis of the hip and shortening of the ipsilateral extremity undergoes hip replacement surgery with correction of the limb-length discrepancy. At the time of the postoperative examination, he is found to have a complete ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Orthopedics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence, health care expenditures, and orthopedic surgery workforce for musculoskeletal conditions. 12 Oct 2009
• Accuracy of conflict-of-interest disclosures reported by physicians. 6 Oct 2009
• Platelet-rich plasma: current concepts and application in sports medicine. 29 Sep 2009
• Editorial. Orthopaedic advances. 29 Sep 2009
• Managing medical errors. 29 Sep 2009
• Mentoring: our obligation ... our heritage. 29 Sep 2009
• Quality of life during orthopaedic training and academic practice. Part 1: orthopaedic surgery residents and faculty. 29 Sep 2009
• Thirty-fourth Harrington Guest Lecture, SRS, 2008. Harrington's contributions in perspective. 13 Sep 2009
• Child abuse and orthopaedic injury patterns: analysis at a level I pediatric trauma center. 30 Aug 2009
• Expanding pediatric orthopaedic trauma volume at a pediatric level 1 trauma hospital. 30 Aug 2009
• Teachability and reliability of a new classification system for lower cervical spinal injuries. 30 Aug 2009
• OTA fracture classification. 30 Aug 2009
• KMA Legal Trust Fund protects physicians' rights. 30 Aug 2009
• The development of an objective model to assess arthroscopic performance. 30 Aug 2009
• Intention-to-treat analysis and accounting for missing data in orthopaedic randomized clinical trials. 30 Aug 2009
• Resident duty-hour reform associated with increased morbidity following hip fracture. 30 Aug 2009
• Evidence-based orthopaedics or 'superstition in the pigeon'. 26 Aug 2009
• [Economics in orthopedic and trauma surgery. From quality assurance to prioritisation] 17 Aug 2009
• [Does electronic medicine prescription cause new types of errors?] 8 Aug 2009
• Difference in evaluation of patients with low back pain using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Score for Back Pain and the Japanese Version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. 5 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Orthopedics'

Definition: A surgical specialty which utilizes medical, surgical, and physical methods to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.

Descriptor UI: D009985

Alternative terms: Orthopedics; Orthopedic; Orthopedic Surgery; Orthopedic Surgeries; Surgeries, Orthopedic; Surgery, Orthopedic;

Related Mesh Headings: Orthopedic Procedures;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; veterinary;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.494;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; Manual 26.19+; orthopedie dento-faciale in French titles is translated "orthodontics" & is indexed under ORTHODONTICS