36 presentations from the Orthopaedic Surgery unit at Memorial University Newfoundland and Labrador between 1999 and 2004
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Basic Science
Foot and Ankle
Hand and Wrist
Knee and Hip
Miscellaneous
Oncology
Pediatric Orthopedics
Shoulder and Elbow
Spine

Osteopetrosis ("marble bone disease") is a descriptive term that refers to a group of rare, heritable disorders of the skeleton characterized by increased bone density on radiographs. The overall incidence of these conditions is difficult to estimate but autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO) has an incidence of 1 in 250,000 births,...

Synonyms: marble bones disease, Albers-Schonberg disease
Osteopetrosis is a clinical syndrome characterised by the failure of osteoclasts to resorb bone, leading to impairment of bone modelling and remodelling. This results in skeletal fragility despite increased bone mass, and it may also cause bone marrow failure, disturbed tooth eruption, nerve entrapment syndromes...

Osteopetrosis is an extremely rare inhereditory bone disorder, in which defective bone resorption by osteoclasts leads to excessive bone deposition. Though, there is usually calcium excess in osteopetrosis, rickets has been described rarely as a paradoxical complication of infantile osteopetrosis and it results from the inability of the osteoclasts to...

You will remember that so far I have taken you through the routine of starting with the arthroscope in the anterolateral portal (AL) and examining the medial side (as in the photo), then swapping it over to the anteromedial portal (AM) and examining the lateral side (link). From these two...

Powerpoint presentation on the orthopaedic aspects of haemophilia.
Orthopedic Surgery Presentations May 2001

The AAOS Board of Directors has adopted a new clinical practice guideline on the treatment of pediatric diaphyseal femur fractures. The guideline was developed by a workgroup under the AAOS Guidelines Oversight Commmittee.

Open injuries of the foot and ankle are not as common as open fractures of the long bones and, thus the orthopaedic surgeon manages this problem less frequently. Nevertheless, it is important to adhere to the basic principles that apply to all open fractures: (i) adequate antibiotics, (ii) early irrigation...

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a recently developed technique that is gaining increased popularity. To make arthroscopic rotator cuff repair a straightforward, standardized procedure, we have designed a special technique based on the tension band principle, using between 2 and 5 inverted horizontal mattress sutures placed through the tendon and...