Simplifying Orthopaedics. Note by note.
About 10-25% of patients with low back pain have SIJ as the primary source of pain. During pregnancy, 20-80% of pregnant women develop low back pain in the region of SIJ. Examination of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is generally not given due importance. This…
Read more →Introduction Introduce yourself Get consent of patient or the parent for examination. Note down the name, age, sex, race and occupation of the patient. Adequately expose the patient. Make sure that external genitalia is adequately covered and the patient is comfortable and…
Read more →When a child is born, it has 10-15 degrees of physiological genu varum, 5 degree internal tibial torsion and external rotation contracture of the hip. It reaches the maximum by about 9-12 months. This usually gets corrected to neutral by…
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