Medical Malpractice Insurance for orthopaedic surgeons

FVFG: Surgical Technique

– Discussion:  – Fibular Harvest: – Hip Preparation:  Various methods have been advocated for the treatment of acascular necrosis of the hip in the young patient. From the literature an operative treatment for the symptomatic hip is the conservative method of management. Reports on core decompression, osteotomies, electrical stimulation, and bone grafting have been difficult … Read more

Fusion of the Spine

– See:        – ALIF with Revision Decompression and Reinstrumentation        – Anterior-Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion        – Posterior Lumbar Single-Level Decompression and Fusion with Instrumentation          – Anterior Arthrodesis of the Subaxial Cervical Spine:        – AAOS – Bulletin: A minute of malpractice – Cage Fixation: (interbody fusion) … Read more

Full Thickness Burns

– See:       – Burn Management:       – Chemical Burns:       – Electrical Burns:       – Frost Bite: – Discussion:     – full thickness injury which extends thru the entire dermis, and therefore spontaneous re-epithelialization will not occur;     – clinical features: wound is insensate, … Read more

Frozen Shoulder

 Management of Difficult Shoulder Problems–Symposium: The Frozen Shoulder Diagnosis and Management.  Recalcitrant chronic adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. Role of contracture of the coracohumeral ligament and rotator interval in pathogenesis and treatment.  The frozen shoulder. Diagnosis and management.  Frozen shoulder. A long-term follow-up.  Combination treatment for adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.  The resistant frozen shoulder. Manipulation … Read more

Frx of the Anterior Calcaneal Process

 – 2 types: Avulsion and Compression Fractures     – Avulsion Fractures:         – is the more common of the 2 fractures;         – mech: adduction, plantarflexion, & tension placed on bifurcate ligament;         – bifurcate ligament:               – this ligament connects the anterior process of the calcaneus to both the cuboid and navicular bones; … Read more

Friedreich’s Ataxia

– Discussion:     – most common form of spinal cerebellar degenerative dz;     – onset usually before 10 years old;     – tends to have acute onset;     – dz caused by defeciency of the frataxin gene – Clinical Manifestations:      – staggering gait      – pes cavus:     … Read more