Category Orthopaedics

Franklin Adin Simmonds

Franklin Adin 'Sam' Simmonds (1910–1983) British orthopaedic surgeon. Simmonds-Thompson Test for Achilles tendon rupture with TC Thompson (1902-1986)

Ernest Amory Codman (1869 – 1940) 340

Ernest Amory Codman

Ernest Amory Codman (1869-1940) was an American surgeon. Founder of an 'end results system' to track the outcomes of patient treatments.

William Morrant Baker (1839 – 1896) 340

William Morrant Baker

William Morrant Baker (1839 – 1896) was a British General Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Baker's cyst and Baker's cannula, a flexible tracheal cannula

Emil Theodor Kocher (1841 – 1917) 340

Emil Theodor Kocher

Emil Theodor Kocher (1841 – 1917) was a Swiss Surgeon. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909. 5,000 thyroid excisions. Shoulder reduction

TRAUMA LIBRARY 340

Simon and Neil get plastered

Practical guide: How to apply the backslab in adults and paediatrics. POP, plaster of paris, physical plaster cast back-slab technique

TRAUMA LIBRARY 340

Buddy strap no more

Buddy strap: Stick this poster on that cupboard (now called the finger cupboard) and start your patients finger rehab a week earlier.

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Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Description Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), previously referred to as congenital dislocation of the hip (CDH), means that the hip joint of a newborn baby is dislocated or prone to dislocation. History Calot – 1905, 1926 Ortolani – 1935…