Orthopaedic MD

Body mass index (BMI) is measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

A personal view of clinical neurophysiology from a British perspective. It is one of a number of overlapping web sites reflecting the author's interests in Clinical Neurophysiology, Medical Informatics and Evidence Based Medicine.

Timing and indcations for trauma surgery: from the OTA Basic Fracture Course

The Hosford Muscle Tables: Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
This web site is an index containing detailed information about the skeletal muscles of the human body. Included is each muscle's origin, insertion, action, blood supply and innervation.

A comprehensive web resource devoted to genomics. Provided free by Nature Magazine.

Database of Inherited Diseases. Part of the NLM site and works like PubMed
This database is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The database contains textual information and references. It also contains copious links to MEDLINE and sequence records in the Entrez system, and links to additional related resources at NCBI and elsewhere.

From the Basic Fracture Course of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association

Rationale and Technique of Wound Debridement Lecture/Presentation from the Basic Fracture Course of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association

Remodelling of Biological Tissues

The tension band concept was introduced to orthopedics by Pauwels in the 1930's and was applied to internal fixation of eccentrically loaded bone. The concept had been around in engineering circles for a long time.
OTA Basic Fracture Course

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