Open Orthopedic Imaging Research Paper

Once again Dr. Armin Tehrany was asked to share his professional opinion, based on his decade’s long experience and profound orthopedic knowledge.

Dr. Lloyd G. Cox, II, M.D., is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon who has been practicing Orthopedic medicine for nearly 30 years. As a caring and compassionate surgeon, he is dedicated to providing the residents of Southern Maryland with the superior Orthopedic care that they deserve. Dr. Cox is also conservative and only recommends surgical intervention when it is absolutely necessary. Nevertheless, if surgery is a patient’s only option, Dr. Cox provides him or her with the most innovative products and procedures available.

OA is a musculoskeletal disease that causes chronic joint pain and reduced physical functioning (Laba, brien, Fransen, & jan, 2013). Osteoarthritis (OA) is a non-inflammatory disorder of synovial joints that results in loss of hyaline cartilage and remodeling of surrounding bone. OA is the single most common joint disease, with an estimated prevalence of 60% in men and 70% in women later in life after the age of 65 years, affecting an estimated 40 million people in the United States (Goodman & Fuller, 2009). Women are more commonly affected after the age of 55, almost everyone has some symptoms by the age of 70 (Tan, Zahara, Colburn & Hawkins, 2013, p.78). Osteoarthritis can be described radiological, clinical, or subjective.

The world we are living in is age maturity of 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day. As people getting older, the body is breaking down and in of repair. Individuals are living longer and the technology to fix different part of the body is improving and allowing people to live a comfortable live. Moreover, a businesses have to take on the task of providing the material to help doctors facilitating their endeavors. Joint Ortho has taken on the challenge and has proven to be an expert in the field.

The SCOI event that was hosted last night featured Dr. Brian Dierckman an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon who spoke about hip care and preservation to reduce the chances of needing a hip replacement. He began with an introduction of himself and alludes to his own him problems which he discusses later on. He then goes on to speak about the hip joint as a whole, a seemingly very stable ball and socket joint in comparison to others like the shoulder. He adds on that this is more accurate than one may assume. Though the joint is not visibly instable from an outside standpoint, lots of microinstability can be under the surface, caused by bone gaps between the ball and cartilage, which can ultimately lead to arthritis. This is a fairly new discovery,

X-rays can be used for the diagnosis of osteoarthritis; the images would reveal damage and other changes related to osteoarthritis. With osteoarthritis of the knees, the patient would experience progressively increasing pain, stiffness, and they would have a decrease in daily functions. Patients experiencing these symptoms can be eligible for a total knee replacement.

Have you ever gotten hurt before and had to visit a specialist to get you back on your feet? Well, I have. As a dancer, it is a known fact someone you know is going to get hurt at some point in their career. It is important as dancers to understand what our options are. Dancers should see specialist for many different reasons and at different points of their injuries as well, which it is why it is important to understand what specialist do what.

DN is a 68 year old Caucasian male who lives in Pomona, Missouri. On September 14, 2009, DN underwent a scheduled left total knee arthroplasty at Baxter County Regional Medical Center. A consultation appointment about a total knee arthroplasty was scheduled when DN had increasing pain in his knees while doing chores and working on his dairy farm. The increasing pain DN was having been due to a history of osteoarthritis and the wear-and-tear on his joints throughout his life, no specific injury was noted. Depending on the outcome of the left knee, DN was consulted on having his right knee done in the future

Orthopedic surgeons are experts who diagnose and treat multiple problems that affect the bones, muscles and body tissues. Individuals may get injuries or fractures in their musculoskeletal system. In this case, they require orthopedic procedures to fix these deformities. Some of the common orthopedic procedures include the following:

I started at Sprint writing employee communications, specifically to support sales (i.e. sales executive comms, sales meeting run-of-shows, success stories) and to roll out SalesForce.com. As is typical in telecom, my career took a meandering path that included field PR (San Diego, Phoenix, Tucson, Philadelphia and Washington) and vertical market media (online gaming, healthcare, utilities, retail-POS, auto insurance, fleet and connected transportation). My vertical market outreach was centered abound promoting Sprint’s role in the Internet of Things (aka M2M communication). Today, Sprint is very focused on driving retail sales, so that’s what I’m doing.

Imaging of musculoskeletal disorders began in the early 1900’s with the invention and utilization of radiography and fluoroscopic equipment (McKinnis, 2014). Evolutions in imaging now allow for clearer digital recorded images of fluoroscopy, radiographs, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (McKinnis, 2014). From the beginning, imaging has not been an isolated or sole diagnostic tool. The clinician’s expertise in the evaluation process, the comprehensive evaluation and assessment of the patient, documented and reported patient history, associated signs and symptoms, and the additional medical test results along with red flags must be taken into account when considering referral for imaging (Dutton, 2012; McKinnis, 2014). There are several clinical prediction rules and guidelines, which have been created to assist health care providers in managing the utilization and prevention of inappropriate imaging (Dutton, 2012; Gan, Harkey, Hemingway, Hughes, & Duszak, 2016; Gidwani et al., 2016; McKinnis, 2014). Based on the aforementioned information, not all spinal patients will require or should receive spinal imaging.

Lastly, there are radiographic erosions and/or Perarticular osteopenia in hand and/or wrist joints (Ryan, pp 57).

A total knee replacement (TKA) is the most common joint surgery performed in the United States (Turner, 2011, pp. 27-32). Each year, over 650,000 Americans undergo this surgery (Wittig-Wells, 2015, pp. 45-49). It is an invasive surgery that involves an incision on top of the knee and replacing damaged parts of the knee with artificial parts that are either metal, ceramic or plastic. Someone would get a total knee replacement for damage of the joint, osteoarthritic, posttraumatic, or inflammatory arthritis. The cartilage is damaged, wears away and then you develop bony deformity and contracture of ligaments but it starts out with specific defects or wear of cartilage. The top nursing priorities for a total knee arthroplasty is to “prevent complications, promote optimal mobility, alleviate pain, and provide information about diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment needs” (Doenges, 2014, pg. 627). A possible nursing diagnosis from the patient who is undergoing a TKA might be ‘impaired physical mobility related to pain and discomfort as evidenced by reluctance to attempt movement.’ Another one could be ‘acute pain related to chronic joint disease as evidenced by reports of pain’ (Vera, 2014).

The knee OA is a degenerative disease characterized by the leading to joint stiffness, swelling, pain and loss of function and ultimately knee disability (Musumeci et al, 2015; Lane, Shidara & Wise, 2017). The main symptom of knee OA is joint pain, which is often described as crepitus, morning stiffness, impairment of movement and function and lead to limitations of activities (Ryan, 2015). It has a major impact on their functioning in daily life. The patient loses the ability to walk especially when walking up the stairs and sitting becomes unsteady gait (Musumeci et al, 2015). The risk factors of knee OA are genetics, advanced age, gender (women), obesity, physical activities and lifestyle behaviors include sitting in a kneeling squatting,

Chronic exposure to medically implanted metals is of growing interest to medical providers. Gallo, Kaminek, Ticha, Rihakova and Ditmar (2002) compiled a review on particle disease. This is complication found in hip replacement patients that is characterized by aseptic loosening and periprosthetic osteolysis. The burden of wear on the weight bearing surfaces of the implant produces particles. These particles are only one of several factors that contribute to the complex osteolytic process. Osteoblasts are key in the process of bone formation. Metal particles can inhibit osteoblast production and function. Oldenburg, Wegner and Baur (2009) described the case of a 55 year old man with a metal-on-ceramic hip