The Physician Who Never Stops
Burnout, shift work, and sleep loss are ageing emergency physicians. A practical 30-minute framework to protect recovery, long-term health and longevity.
Perkins line
Perkins line is the vertical pelvic reference used with Hilgenreiner line in DDH assessment. Review its definition, 1928 origin, history and eponymythology
George Perkins
George Perkins (1892-1979) was an English orthopaedic surgeon known for Perkins line, Perkins traction, functional fracture treatment and British orthopaedic leadership.
Hilgenreiner line
Hilgenreiner line is the horizontal pelvic reference line used in paediatric hip radiographs. Review its use in DDH, history, Perkin line relationship and eponymythology.
Heinrich Hilgenreiner
Heinrich Hilgenreiner (1870–1953) was a German-Bohemian surgeon who pioneered early diagnosis and treatment of developmental hip dysplasia and described Hilgenreiner line.
W. Wayne Babcock
William Wayne Babcock Jr (1872-1963), American surgeon linked to spinal anaesthesia, Babcock forceps, vein stripping, cranioplasty and surgical innovation.
Physician Longevity
Do doctors live longer? A data-driven look at physician longevity, the female physician paradox, and why emergency medicine is being left behind today.
Rolando fracture
Rolando fracture is a comminuted intra-articular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal. History, mechanism, imaging, management and eponym.
Silvio Rolando
Silvio Rolando da Carasco (1873-1949) Italian surgeon and urologist, describer of the Rolando fracture, with his Genoa career, key contributions and historical context.
CT Case 105
A 69 year old male presents with two days of atraumatic progressively worsening neck and scalp pain. Interpret the CT c-spine
Edward Shenton
Edward Warren Hine Shenton was an English radiology pioneer who described Shenton line and advanced early musculoskeletal radiography and X-ray diagnosis.
Louis Gilula
Louis Arnold Gilula (1942-2014) was an American musculoskeletal radiologist known for Gilula carpal arcs, wrist imaging, vertebroplasty and interventional radiology.