Tag Archives: from-thousands

Preface

By jorge | Published: April 30, 2010

The neurologic system is generally divided into the brain and spinal cord, along with the associated supporting or protective structures (the skull and spinal column). In medical literature, more is written about the brain and, indeed, in referral centers more diagnostic and therapeutic time is spent with this part of the neurologic system than any other. However, a greater portion of the public requires therapy for spine because of pain and disability

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Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy

By shervin | Published: April 30, 2010

Percutaneous lumbar discectomy is a proven alternative to the more invasive open discectomy used to treat patients who experience discogenic pain. Estimated to cost the United States health care system more than $20 billion a year, discogenic leg pain represents the primary cause of health care expenditure

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Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis: A Longterm Followup.

By admin | Published: April 30, 2010

CONCLUSION: In a longterm followup of 111 Brazilian patients with uSpA, HLA-B27 and buttock pain were significant predictors of progression to a definite disease. PMID: 20436080 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: J Rheumatol) MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed – updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

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Comparison of patient and surgeon ratings of outcome 12 months after spine surgery: presented at the 2009 Joint Spine Section Meeting.

By admin | Published: April 30, 2010

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, agreement between surgeon and patient was reasonably good. The majority of patients who were rated as excellent/good by the surgeons had achieved the MCID in the prospectively measured COMI score. Discrepancies in outcome ratings were influenced by surgeon seniority and patient satisfaction.

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Physician characteristics and variation in treatment outcomes: are better qualified and experienced physicians more successful in treating patients…

By jorge | Published: April 30, 2010

Authors: Witt CM, Lüdtke R, Wegscheider K, Willich SN The aim of this paper was to quantify the influence of the physician’s training and experience in the field of acupuncture on the outcome in patients with chronic pain. Patients visiting their physician because of chronic low back pain, headache, pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee or hip, or neck pain, were included in 4 multicenter, randomized, controlled studies

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Giant Solitary Osteochondroma Arising from the Fifth Metatarsal Bone: A Case Report

By jorge | Published: April 30, 2010

In this report, we describe the case of an adult with a giant, symptomatic osteochondroma localized to the fifth metatarsal. The lesion was treated with excision, and after more than 2 years of follow-up, no evidence of recurrence was noted. This case demonstrated that, despite the benign nature of the lesion, a large osteochondroma could localize to a metatarsal

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Physician’s Focus: Pharmacology for Pain Management, with a Special Section on Osteoarthritis Pain

By shervin | Published: April 29, 2010

Primary care practitioners are all too familiar with acute and chronic pain symptoms (led by low back pain, migraine, and joint pain). These articles help PCPs navigate pain management options, using not only nonpharmacologic treatment options and analgesics, but also opioids and pain-modulating agents.

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Lumbar spinal stenosis: a brief review of the nonsurgical management.

By shervin | Published: April 28, 2010

CONCLUSIONS: Because of their variable quality, published RCTs can provide only limited evidence to formulate recommendations pertaining to the nonsurgical treatment of LSS.

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Doctor is awarded {pound}0.5m after her employer refused to take account of back pain

By jorge | Published: April 28, 2010

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What Does “Publish or Perish� Have to Do with You? More than You Think

By shervin | Published: April 27, 2010
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