1990 The modified Schollner costoplasty

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1990 Sep;72(5):894-900. The modified Schollner costoplasty.Broome G, Simpson AH, Catalan J, Jefferson RJ, Houghton GR. Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, England. The modified Schollner costoplasty is a cosmetic procedure for the correction of rib prominence deformity in scoliosis. We present the results of the procedure in 21 patients...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spinal Curvatures: Scoliosis: JBJS Br Full Text 

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Cranioorbital Fibrous Dysplasia

Abstract Fibrous dysplasia is a benign but slowly progressive disorder of bone in which normal cancellous bone is replaced by immature woven bone and fibrous tissue. Significant deformity and both acute and chronic visual impairment can result. A contemporary understanding of fibrous dysplasia, emphasizing the origins of visual impairment, indications for...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Bone Developmental Diseases: Osteochondrodysplasia: Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone: Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia 

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Cosmetic Surgery in America

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Cosmetic Surgery South Africa

Medical Tourism in Cape Town, South Africa is big. See for yourself why affordable surgery abroad is on the high rise. And while you're there, have a luxury holiday.
If you have been considering hip replacement surgery, then it is beneficial to know all the associated techniques and risks related to...

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- Surgeons and Clinics: South Africa 

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National Surgery Canada

Private health care centres in Vancouver and Winnipeg Canada offer procedures for orthopaedic, cosmetic, reconstructive, eye, bone and dental surgery.

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- International: Canada 

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Metatarsal lengthening by callus distraction for brachymetatarsia

Rec Rose: Metatarsal Lengthening By Callus Distraction For Brachymetatarsia : Case Report and Review of the Literature. The Internet Journal of Third World Medicine. 2004. Volume 1 Number 2.
Congenital metatarsal shortening (brachymetatarsia) causes minor disability in daily life. However, patients are likely to seek medical care complaining mainly of cosmetic...

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- OCOSH Classification: Foot Deformities: Congenital Foot Deformities 

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Childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma 04 Treatment Options

Treatment Option Overview All children with rhabdomyosarcoma require multimodality therapy with systemic chemotherapy, in conjunction with either surgery, radiation therapy, or both modalities for local tumor control.[1-3] This entails surgical resection, if feasible without major functional/cosmetic impairment, followed by chemotherapy.

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Oncology: Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms: Muscle Tissue Neoplasms: Myosarcoma: Rhabdomyosarcoma 

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Ankle Arthroscopy eMedicine

Vinod K Panchbhavi, MD, FRCS, FACS 2008
Arthroscopy is an important diagnostic and therapeutic technique for management of disorders of the ankle joint. The availability of fiberoptic arthroscopes, modern arthroscopic instrumentation, and ankle distraction techniques has allowed orthopedic surgeons to manage a variety of ankle disorders arthroscopically. Surgical procedures of the...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroscopy 

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Flat feet

Flexible Flatfeet
Flatfeet are a great concern of many parents and because of its common occurrence, is a frequent question asked of pediatricians. Parental concern is often related to its cosmetic appearance. Most orthopedic surgeons consider it to be a normal variant.

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- OCOSH Classification: Foot Deformities: Congenital Foot Deformities: Flatfoot: Plano Valgus Flatfoot 
- Orthopedic Topics: Paediatric Orthopaedics: Foot Disorders 

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Clavicle Fractures and Dislocations eMedicine Radiology

The clavicle derives its name from the Latin word clavicula, or small key, because of its unique curvature. Despite the high frequency of injuries to the clavicle, our understanding of its injuries and function is based on only a modest amount of data. It has long been thought that the...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Dislocations: Shoulder Dislocations: Acromioclavicular Separation 
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Dislocations: Sterno-Clavicular Dislocation 
- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Shoulder Fractures: Clavicle Fractures 

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Neurilemmoma eMedicine Orthopedics

Neurilemmomas are benign, encapsulated tumors of the nerve sheath. Their cells of origin are thought to be Schwann cells derived from the neural crest. These masses usually arise from the side of a nerve, are well encapsulated, and have a unique histologic pattern.
The benign lesion essentially manifests itself with cosmetic...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Oncology: Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms: Nerve Tissue Neoplasms 

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Common childhood foot deformities: to treat, to wait, or to refer?

Pediatric foot deformities are very common. Many are benign and asymptomatic and present primarily a cosmetic problem; in these cases, parents' concerns can be addressed with an appropriate examination and information about the harmlessness or the self-correcting natural history of the deformity. With certain other deformities, ort hoses, corrective shoes,...

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- OCOSH Classification: Foot Deformities: Congenital Foot Deformities 

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Double Major Curves Wheeless

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
frequently double curves balance out & do not produce cosmetic deformity; - they do not tend to progress unless> 60 deg at skeletal maturity; - operative indications: -...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spinal Curvatures: Scoliosis 
- Orthopedic Topics: Regional Orthopaedics: Adult Spine General: Spinal Surgery 

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1988 Scoliosis surgery and its effect on back shape

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1988 Mar;70(2):261-6. Scoliosis surgery and its effect on back shape.Jefferson RJ, Weisz I, Turner-Smith AR, Harris JD, Houghton GR. Oxford Orthopaedic Engineering Centre, England. Thirty-four patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis were assessed by radiography and the integrated shape imaging system (ISIS) both before and after spinal...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spinal Curvatures: Scoliosis: JBJS Br Full Text 

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Volar approach to the scaphoid Orthopaedia

Indications
ORIF of the scaphoid.
Bone grafting for nonunion of the scaphoid.
Excision of the proximal third of the scaphoid.
Excision of the radial styloid.
Advantage
The volar approach provides good exposure of the scaphoid bone.
Avoids damaging the dorsal blood supply to the bone's proximal half, as well as the superficial branch of the radial nerve.
It...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Approaches 

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Doctor Vitaliy Veklich

Bowlegs and knock-knee, genu varum and genu valgum deformity correction by Doctor of Medicine Vitaliy Veklich. Cosmetic orthopaedy corrections with help of Ilizarov-Veklich apparatus. Orthopaedic clinic Ladisten, Ukraine, Kyiv

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- Surgeons and Clinics: Ukraine 

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Ladisten Official Website

Ladisten Clinic provides cosmetic orthopedic surgery services, limb lengthening and deformities correction for adults and children.
Started from 1992, Ladisten Clinic has been giving its patients unmatchable results and affordable orthopedic treatment. Ladisten surgeons successfully completed more than 1000 operations for patients with severe cases of bow legs (genu varum), knock knees (genu valgum), growth...

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- International: Ukraine 
- Surgeons and Clinics: Ukraine 

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OTA 2002 - Session 10

OTA 2002 - Session 10 Session X - Upper Extremity Sun., 10/13/02 Upper Extremity, Paper #68, 10:54 AM *The Role of Distal Radial Osteotomy in the Restoration of Wrist and Hand Function Margaret M. McQueen, MD, FRCS; Alison Wakefield, MSc, MCSP; Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom...

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- Orthopedic Topics: Trauma: Wrist: Wrist Trauma Abstracts 

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2003 Outlook Good in Untreated Idiopathic Scoliosis Medscape

Outlook Good in Untreated Idiopathic Scoliosis
Medscape Medical News
Feb. 4, 2003 — A landmark trial reported in the Feb. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association assessed the natural history of untreated late-onset idiopathic scoliosis (LIS) and showed that patients had little functional impairment, aside from back...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spinal Curvatures: Scoliosis: Medscape 

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1993 Costoplasty in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1993 Nov;75(6):881-5. Costoplasty in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Objective results in 55 patients.Barrett DS, MacLean JG, Bettany J, Ransford AO, Edgar MA. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, England. Costoplasty can reduce the important cosmetic deformity of rib prominence in scoliosis but there are few objective reports of correction....

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spinal Curvatures: Scoliosis: JBJS Br Full Text 

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Cheap and High Quality Hip Resurfacing, Hip Replacement Sugeries

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Healthbase is a one-stop source for global medical choices, connecting patients to leading hospitals around the world, through a secure, high-tech, information-rich web portal. We help patients seek top quality healthcare in various categories like bariatric, orthopedic, cardiac, spinal, dental, cosmetic, laparoscopic, etc. Our partner hospitals are located in India,...

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- Surgeons and Clinics: India 
- Surgeons and Clinics: Mexico 
- Surgeons and Clinics: Singapore 
- Surgeons and Clinics: Thailand 

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Replantation of multiple digits and hand amputations

This study reports four cases of hand avulsion at the proximal wrist level and multiple digits amputation were received in plastic and hand surgery unit during the year 2007–2008. All patients were male labors between 22–30 years old, and the amputation due to machine injuries. Successful replantation were achieved, after...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Hand Injuries: Amputations 

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1988 Long-term follow-up of fused and unfused idiopathic scoliosis

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1988 Nov;70(5):712-6. Links Long-term follow-up of fused and unfused idiopathic scoliosis.Edgar MA, Mehta MH. Institute of Orthopaedics, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, England. We reviewed 77 unfused and 91 fused patients with idiopathic scoliosis who first attended between 1949 and 1965. Both groups were re-examined at least...

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- OCOSH Classification: Bone Diseases: Spinal Diseases: Spinal Curvatures: Scoliosis: JBJS Br Full Text 

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Thumb Reconstruction Using Amputated Fingers

Reconstruction of an irreparably amputated thumb in multiple digit amputations using amputated fingers can considerably improve hand function and allows creation of a newly transplanted thumb with acceptable cosmetic and functional attributes. However, the surgery is challenging and rarely reported. We report six cases using this procedure in patients with...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Hand Injuries: Amputations 

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Clavicle Fractures eMedicine Orthopedics

Historically, clavicle fractures have been considered best treated nonoperatively, with good outcomes. Management typically included the use of either a shoulder sling or a figure-of-eight brace. The vast majority of these fractures healed, with variable amounts of cosmetic deformity. Recently, studies have examined the different patterns of displacement and clinical...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Shoulder Fractures: Clavicle Fractures 

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