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US MUSCULOSKELETAL REVIEW 2006 – VOL II - DECEMBER 2006 |
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US Musculoskeletal Review 2006 – Vol II (December 2006) will again bring together leading industry experts in each specialized sector within the musculoskeletal field, in order to create a market-leading platform to provide the most comprehensive editorial on the latest innovations and developments within the arena.
Contents:
Contents
Advisory Panel
Foreword
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Foreword
Mark R Foster, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Executive Board Member, American Back Society
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News Round-up
Current Issues
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Beyond the Bone and Joint Decade—The Key is Medical Education Now
Gregory C Gardner, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine
Director, Rheumatology Fellowship, University of Washington
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ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY
Spine
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Lumbar Spinal Fusion Alternatives—Review of Emerging Spinal Technologies
Ashish Sahai, MD, Dimitriy G Kondrashov, MD, Matthew Hannibal, MD, Ken Hsu, MD, and James Zucherman, MD
St. Mary’s Spine Center, San Francisco
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Posterior Lumbar Spinal Arthroplasty—An Update
Larry T Khoo, MD, and Farbod Asgarzadie, MD
Department of Nurology, UCLA Santa Monica Hospital
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Anterior Cervical Discectomy—Outcomes and the Future
Glenn R Buttermann, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Midwest Spine Institute
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Intra-operative Electromyography for Pedicle Screw Placement
Rob D Dickerman, DO, PhD, and Richard Guyer , MD North Texas Neurosurgical Associates, Neurosurgical Research Foundation of Texas, Plano and The Texas Back Insitute, Plano
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Hip
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Prevention of Thromboembolism Following Total Hip Arthroplasty—The Rationale for a Multimodal Prophylaxis
Eduardo A Salvati, MD, Alejandro González Della Valle, MD, and
Nigel E Sharrock, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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Intra-operative Fractures During Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Tad M Mabry, MD, Miguel E Cabanela, MD and
Arlen D Hanssen, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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Shoulder
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Factors Affecting the Outcome of Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer for Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears
Jesse A McCarron, MD, and Joseph P Iannotti, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Developments in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Allen Deutsch, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
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Cartilage repair
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Issues in Articular Cartilage Repair
Brandon H Downs, MD, Morgan Jones, MD, and Anthony Miniaci, MD, FRCSC
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Clinical Data
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Rivaroxaban—A Novel, Oral Anticoagulant for Thromboprophylaxis after Major Orthopaedic Surgery
Louis M Kwong, MD
Vice-Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
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Biomaterials
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The Use of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins for Spinal Fusion
Peter G Whang, MD,1 and Alexander R Vaccaro, MD2
1. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine and
2. Surgeon of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Synthetic Bone Grafts in Orthopaedic Surgery
Louis G Jenis, MD, and Jonathan Erulkar, MD
Boston Spine Group, New England Baptist Hospital
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Imaging & Navigation
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
Giulio Zuccoli, MD,1 Alessandra Ghinoi,2 MD and Carlo Salvarani,2 MD
1. Radiology Department and
2. Rheumatology Section, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
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Osteoporosis
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The Link Between Bone Mineral Density, Bone Markers and Bone Strength
Robert Recker, MD
Professor of Medicine, and Director, Osteoporosis Research Center
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Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis and Options for Bisphosphonate Dosing
Ronald D Emkey, MD, FACP, FACR
Director of Metabolic Bone Disease, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Clinic, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
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Balloon Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Vertebral Body Compression Fractures Due to Osteoporosis
Frank M Phillips, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Spine Fellowship Co-Director, Rush University Medical Center
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Dilemmas in Providing Osteoporosis Care for Fragility Fracture Patients
J Timothy Harrington, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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Arthritis
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Physical Activity in the Management of Arthritis—Barriers and Recommendations
Steffany Haaz, MFA, and Kevin Fontaine, PhD
1. Doctoral Candidate, and
2. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Osteoarthritis
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Options in Osteoarthritis
Roy Altman, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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Total Joint Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis
Jeffrey N Katz, MD, MS,1 and Yvonne C Lee, MD2
1. Harvard Medical School and
2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Safety of Novel Therapies
Susan J Lee, MD, and Arthur Kavanaugh, MD
Assistant Adjunct Professor, and Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, University of California
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Shoulder Arthritis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
John W Sperling, MD, MBA
Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic
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Diary
Technology & Services
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Corporate Report
North American Medical Corporation
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