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  1. N Z Med J, 1976 Jan 28;83(556):57.
    PMID: 766781
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/history
  2. Balasubramaniam P
    Med J Malaysia, 1978 Mar;32(3):255-7.
    PMID: 683054
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/education*
  3. Raveendran K
    Family Practitioner, 1984;7:43-45.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics
  4. Subramanian N
    Med J Malaysia, 1990 Sep;45(3):202-7.
    PMID: 2152081
    The following factors influencing vocational success or failure were selected and studied for their predictive value in a Rehabilitation Centre, age, family background, educational level, work history and work level, motivation, mental ability and physical disability. Graded numerical scores from 1 to 3 were assigned to these factors according to Lane et al. A cut-off score was tested and found to distinguish the successful from the unsuccessful groups. The individual factors found to differ significantly in the two groups were work history and skill, motivation, and physical disability. Mental ability, however, could not be tested adequately.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics*
  5. Balasubramaniam P
    Med J Malaysia, 1995 May;50 Suppl A:S75-8.
    PMID: 10968022
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/trends*
  6. Dhillon KS, Kok CS
    Med J Malaysia, 1995 Sep;50(3):237-40.
    PMID: 8926901
    With the increase in the number of orthopaedic surgeons and the aggressive marketing by manufacturing companies, high technology orthopaedic surgery is being more frequently carried out in Malaysia. Post-operative sepsis complicating this type of surgery can have disastrous consequences. No data is available in this country on the incidence of post-operative infection in Orthopaedic Surgery. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of post-operative infection. A retrospective survey of 703 patients undergoing elective Orthopaedic Surgery in the year 1991 was carried out. We found an overall post-operative infection rate of 6.8% and a deep infection rate of 3.3%. This figure of 3.3% is higher than the internationally accepted figure of less than 2%. A need for ongoing surveillance and concerned effort to reduce the infection rate is stressed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/statistics & numerical data*
  7. Duraisamy, G.
    MyJurnal
    Congenital Coagulation Disorders (CCD) are inherited and present from birth. Their diagnosis depends on clinical awareness and correct laboratory investigations. The central registry for CCD or Congenital Bleeding Disorders (CBD) is at the Blood Services Centre, Kuala Lumpur Hospital and was established in 1975. There are 871 CCD registered. The commonest CCD are 631 (72%) Haemophilia A, 102 (12%) Haemophilia B and 93 (10.7%) von Willebrand's Disease. The other deficiencies registered are rare, only 45 in total:— Factor 1 (4), FV (4), FVII (21), FX (4), FXII (6), and FXIII (6). Diagnosis is based on clinical suspicion, screening tests namely the Prothrombin Time (PT) and activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) and confirmation of the diagnosis was by doing specific factor assays. Molecular studies were done on FVIII and FXIII. Treatment is by transfusing the deficient factor when there is bleeding and comprehensive care involving the specialities like the neurologist/ neurosurgeon /orthopaedic / physiotherapy/ dental besides the haematologist and paediatrician to manage the complicatioons seen. There are fewer problems now as patients are diagnosed earlier and managed better. There is now a good prognosis and a better quality of life.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics
  8. Yeap JS, Yeap JK, Ruslan NG
    Med J Malaysia, 1999 Dec;54(4):539.
    PMID: 11072481
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics
  9. Singh, H.
    MyJurnal
    It is very rare indeed in the practice of children's orthopaedics today in Malaysia that the natural history of long bone osteomyelitis is seen. A case is presented where a shoulder abscess in a 3-year-old child developed into septic arthritis of the shoulder and subsequently chronic osteomyelitis of the adjacent humerus. The parents refused active surgical debridement and sequestrectomies. Three years later the child had regenerated a new humerus over the sequestra. Radiographs are presented illustrating the entire natural history of osteomyelitis with the regeneration of a new humerus.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics
  10. Sharaf I
    Med J Malaysia, 2001 Dec;56 Suppl D:1-2.
    PMID: 14569756 MyJurnal
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/education*
  11. Harwant S
    Med J Malaysia, 2001 Dec;56 Suppl D:3-4.
    PMID: 14569757
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/trends*
  12. Satku K, Chacha PB, Low YP
    Ann Acad Med Singap, 2002 Sep;31(5):551-7.
    PMID: 12395635
    The Orthopaedic specialty service in Singapore began in 1952 with the appointment of J A P Cameron to the chair of Orthopaedics at the University of Malaya and the simultaneous establishment of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the General Hospital, Singapore. A second department--a government department of orthopaedic surgery was established in 1959, under the headship of Mr D W C Gawne also at the General Hospital, Singapore to cater to the increasing workload. Although orthopaedic services were already available at Alexandra Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Toa Payoh Hospital from as early as 1974, the formal establishment of a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in these hospitals took place only in 1977. The pioneering local orthopaedic surgeons--Mr W G S Fung, Mr K H Yeoh, and Mr V K Pillay--joined the orthopaedic service in 1961. In 1967, Prof Pillay and Mr Fung took the leadership role at the University Orthopaedic Department and Government Orthopaedic Department, General Hospital, Singapore, respectively. Subspecialty services in orthopaedic surgery began in the late 1970s, and currently, at least 7 subspecialties have developed to divisional status at one or more hospitals. In 2001, there were 92 registered Orthopaedic specialists and just over a third were in private practice.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/education; Orthopedics/history*; Orthopedics/statistics & numerical data
  13. Harwant S
    Med J Malaysia, 2002 Dec;57 Suppl E:27-30.
    PMID: 12733189
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/education*
  14. Zairul-Nizam ZF, Gul YA
    J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong), 2003 Dec;11(2):178-83.
    PMID: 14676344
    To survey Malaysian orthopaedic surgeons' attitudes to and use of venous thromboembolic disease prophylaxis.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics*
  15. Tun M, Shuaib IL, Muhamad M, Mat Sain AH, Ressang AS
    Malays J Med Sci, 2004 Jan;11(1):75-80.
    PMID: 22977363
    The incidence of deep vein thrombosis is believed to be rare in Asians. During recent years, a few reports have appeared with high incidence in orthopaedic patients comparable to Western studies. This study was carried out to find out the incidence of post-operative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after major surgical procedures in general surgical patients in an Asian population. In a prospective study of 45 consecutive Asian patients after major general surgery, colour-flow duplex scan of the legs as an initial screening was done twice within two weeks. Mean age of the patients was 54 years 5 months and 87% of patients were included in the moderate and high risk group for deep vein thrombosis. Ascending venography was used to confirm deep vein thrombosis on patients with equivocal or positive results from colour flow duplex scan. One patient showed positive evidence of post-operative deep vein thrombosis on colour flow duplex scan which was further confirmed by ascending venography; giving an incidence of 2.2%. The incidence of post-operative deep vein thrombosis in general surgical patients is lower than the Western studies.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics
  16. Loh YC, Lam WL, Stanley JK, Soames RW
    J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong), 2004 Jun;12(1):83-6.
    PMID: 15237127 DOI: 10.1177/230949900401200115
    Radial tunnel syndrome refers to pain on the lateral aspect of the forearm as a result of compression of the posterior interosseous nerve within a tunnel with specific anatomical boundaries. Diagnosis of the condition is difficult because of its close association with lateral epicondylitis, which warrants different methods of treatment. Based on a cadaveric study, a new clinical test, the Rule-of-Nine test, is proposed to improve the diagnostic accuracy in radial tunnel syndrome. The test involves constructing 9 equal squares on the anterior aspect of the forearm and noting those squares where tenderness can be elicited.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/methods*
  17. Muzaffar TST, Imran Y, Iskandar MA, Zakaria A
    Med J Malaysia, 2005 Jul;60 Suppl C:26-9.
    PMID: 16381279
    Femoral interlocking nailing requires fluoroscopic assistance for insertion of the nail and distal screws. In this study, scattered radiation to the eye and hand of the operating surgeon was measured during the procedure. Thermo-luminescent dosimeter (TLD) was used to quantify the dose received by the surgeon. The mean radiation exposure time during the procedure was 3.89 minutes. The mean scattered radiation doses to the hand and eye were 0.27 mSv and 0.09 mSv per procedure respectively. These very low doses have made a surgeon very unlikely to receive more than the recommended annual dose limit set by the National Council on Radiological Protection.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics*
  18. Sharaf I, Saw A, Hyzan Y, Sivananthan KS
    Med J Malaysia, 2005 Jul;60 Suppl C:3-7.
    PMID: 16381273
    The tsunami which occurred off the west coast of North Sumatra on December 26, 2004 devastated the coastal areas of North Sumatra, South-West Thailand, South-East India and Sri Lanka killing more than a quarter of a million people. The destruction was enormous with many coastal villages destroyed. The other countries affected were Malaysia, Myanmar, Maldives, Bangladesh, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles. In January 2005, volunteers went in weekly rotation to Banda Aceh in collaboration with Global Peace Mission. These were Dr Hyzan Yusof, Dr Suryasmi Duski, Dr Sharaf Ibrahim, Dr Saw Aik, Dr Kamariah Nor and Dr Nor Azlin. In Banda Aceh, the surgical procedures that we could do were limited to external fixation of open fractures and debriding infected wounds at the Indonesian Red Crescent field hospital. In February, a team comprising Dato Dr K S Sivananthan, Dr T Kumar and Dr S Vasan spent a week in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, Dato Sivananthan and his team were able to perform elective orthopaedic operations in Dr Poonambalam Memorial Hospital. We appealed for national and international aid and received support from local hospitals and the orthopaedic industry. International aid bound for Banda Aceh arrived in Kuala Lumpur from the Philippine Orthopaedic Association, the Chiba Children's Hospital in Japan and the Chinese Orthopaedic Association. The COA donated 1.5 tons of orthopaedic equipments. A special handing over ceremony from the COA to the Indonesian Orthopaedic Association was held in Putrajaya in March. Malaysia Airlines flew in the donated equipment to Kuala Lumpur while the onward flight to Aceh was provided by the Royal Malaysian Air Force. In April, Dr Saw Aik and Dr Yong Su Mei joined the Tsu-Chi International Medical Association for volunteer services on Batam Island, Indonesia. The MOA acknowledges the many individuals and organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, for their contributions in the humanitarian efforts.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics*
  19. Wang W, Lee EH, Wong HK
    Ann Acad Med Singap, 2005 Jul;34(6):130C-136C.
    PMID: 16010393
    The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Malaya (in Singapore) was established in 1952. Prior to this, the teaching of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University was undertaken by the Department of Surgery under the Professor of Surgery and Professor of Clinical Surgery. From a course consisting of 15 weekly classes on fractures for 18 undergraduates in the late 1930s, and the clinical postings in orthopaedic surgery for over 40 students in 1952, the programme now encompasses an exposure to musculoskeletal diseases and trauma in all 5 years of the undergraduate course. Over this time, the spectrum of clinical conditions has also changed, and with it the emphasis on the conditions to be taught; from that dealing primarily with tuberculosis of bones and joints, poliomyelitis, and childhood deformity, to those resulting from degenerative disorders, sports injuries, industrial and motor vehicle accidents, and cancer. The students are now taught orthopaedic surgery in all the major public hospitals. Local postgraduate training programmes for orthopaedic surgery started in the 1980s. From 1993, a more structured training and assessment programme was introduced for basic and advanced training in surgery and orthopaedics. Advanced trainees rotate through the various teaching hospitals to expose them to a wider range of orthopaedic problems as well as teachers. The postgraduate training programme is now well established, and Singapore is accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh as an orthopaedic training centre for higher surgical training.
    Matched MeSH terms: Orthopedics/education*; Orthopedics/history*
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