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Trauma Orthopedic - Articles
Vitamin D insufficiency common risk prior to orthopedic surgery
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Dr. John Z.
Posted
Thu 07 Oct 2010 12:00am
in internal medicine for elective surgery in one of the following orthopaedic service areas: Trauma, Foot and Ankle, Sports Medicine (only ACL and/or meniscal repair), Arthroplasty... is also a professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. “This was very disconcerting since vitamin D levels can be determined with a simple blood
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Do cancer patients deserve orthopedic surgery?
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jodigirl

Posted
Thu 30 Apr 2009 11:34pm
For reasons that are known only to Duke orthopedics, my dad underwent CT scans and was formally "cleared" by his Duke oncologist for orthopedic surgery.
1. Dad has Stage... was that the final orthopedic surgery would be performed in February 2009.
8. It is now May 2009 and my dad's foot has still not been repaired. (There was a lot of drama this year 2009
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Many Orthopedic Surgery Patients Low on Vitamin D
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Medline Plus
Posted
Fri 08 Oct 2010 1:00pm
FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery have vitamin D deficiency, which can impair their recovery, researchers say... and colleagues retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 723 patients who had orthopedic surgery between January 2007 and March 2008 at the Hospital for Special Surgery
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Many Orthopedic Surgery Patients Low on Vitamin D
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HealthFinder
Posted
Fri 08 Oct 2010 10:00am
) -- Nearly half of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery have vitamin D deficiency, which can impair their recovery, researchers say.
In these cases, patients' vitamin D levels... healing and muscle function.
"In the perfect world, test levels, fix and then operate," study leader Dr. Joseph Lane, a professor of orthopedic surgery and chief
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Dad needs orthopedic surgery & chemo before Obama-care
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jodigirl

Posted
Wed 13 May 2009 11:27pm
Yippee, all the health care red tape I maneuvered and my care for dad worked. Dad is being scheduled for orthopedic surgery by the finest orthopedic surgeon and human being... this puts off my cancer appointments and my orthopedic surgery. But my dad is my priority.
I am horrified that Obama could get his plan in place before dad is completely treated
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Johnson and Johnson Company, DePuy Orthopedics Acquires Finsbury Orthopaedics from the UK
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Medical Quack

Posted
Tue 15 Dec 2009 9:30pm
extensively, now employing over 250 staff members from its head quarters in Leatherhead, Surrey.”
Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopedic division buys Finsbury Orthopaedics... orthopedic implant maker | MassDevice
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