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.
Category Orthopaedics
Plaster, Fibreglass and Splints
Plaster tips and tricks with Dan Smith; Splint immobilisation, full casts; bi-valves; and plaster removal techniques
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
Emil Theodor Kocher (1841 – 1917) was a Swiss Surgeon. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909. 5,000 thyroid excisions. Shoulder reduction
Henning Waldenström
Johan Henning Waldenström (1877-1972) Swedish Orthopaedic surgeon. Specialised in pediatric bone/joint tuberculosis Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease 1909
Pipkin fracture
Pipkin classification of femoral head fracture designed by Garrett Pipkin (1904-1981) and first published 1957
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
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.
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…
A better way to get plastered
Plaster cast templates for fracture immobilisation, including technique for thumb spika, colles cast, backslabs and templates
Spaso reductions and immobilisation
Spaso shoulder reduction technique. For Anterior shoulder dislocation and Posterior shoulder dislocation
Pierre Le Damany
Pierre Le Damany (1870 - 1963) was a French physician. Best known for his extensive work on congenital dislocation of the hip, the diagnosis, mechanism and treatment