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Integrating Principles and Evidence

Integrating Principles and Evidence

Forestier’s Disease

Courtesy:Dr Spiro Antoniades MD, Upper Chesapeake Medical Centre, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA

Cobb’s Angle and Reisser’ sign

Courtesy : Dr Amr Abdelgawad, Associate Professor, University of Texas, USA www.facebook.com/pediatricorthopedic www.youtube.com/pediatricorthopedic

Cervical Spine Nerve Root Exam

Courtesy: Professor Nabile Ebraheim, Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, university of Toledo, United states. Multimedia presentation involving cervical spine nerve root exam, C5 causes shoulder abduction, C6 causes elbow flexion and wrist extension, C7 causes elbow extension and wrist flexion, C8 causes finger flexion, T1 causes finger abduction/adduction. Biceps reflex has a root value […]

Cervical Spine Clinical Exam

Courtesy: Prof Nabile ebraheim,  Chairman,  Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology,  University of Toledo, Ohio, United States.  Multi media presentation involving signs of cervical disc disease and myelopathy.  Lhermitte sign is electric shock like sensation involving both upper limbs while flexing the neck, this sign is also positive in multiple sclerosis. Spurling sign is elicitedrotating the […]

Piriformis Syndrome

? Multimedia presentation on Anatomy of Piriformis, Relation to the sciatic nerve, Piriformis Tests and Piriformis Syndrome.   PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME • This Syndrome is not clearly understood. • Can be confused with Sciatica and lower Back pain. • Sometimes it is hard to differentiate between Piriformis syndrome and lumbar spinal disc Herniation which both can […]

Metastatic Spinal Tumours

Courtesy: Orthopaedic Principles ICL Kochi by Dr Hitesh Gopalan • Metastatic disease of the spine is quite common, Skeletal system is the third most common organ affected by metastatic cancer, after the lungs and the liver • Symptomatic spinal metastasis is the initial manifestation of malignancy in 12% to 20% of cases and metastasis is […]

Autonomic Dysreflexia

• Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is an abnormal response to painful stimuli below the level of spinal cord injury (SCI). • It is usually a sequel to spinal cord injury at T6 or level above that. • The incidence of AD for SCIs above T6 is between 50% and 70%. • It can cause very high […]

Intervertebral Disc Prolapse-Current Concepts

Courtesy: Orthopaedic Principles ICL Kochi by Dr Hitesh Gopalan The microsurgical lumbar discectomy (MLD) technique, that allows for magnified visualization of the precise pathology through a small incision, less traumatic tissue dissection of the muscles, easier identification of deep-seated structures, gentle manipulation of neural structures, and a direct view of the disc space has become […]

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