(n.) One who prevents, cures, or remedies deformities, esp. in children.
Example Sentences:
(1) The clinician, the orthodontist, the functional orthopedist or the functional orthodontist are fundamentally dependent on their knowledge about biophysics, biochemistry and mainly physiology.
(2) In the child born with sacral agenesis, the management of arthrogrypotic-like deformities, spinal and multisystem abnormalities poses several problems to the orthopedist.
(3) In addition, they point out the subtle ways in which less commonly encountered metabolic bone diseases, such as osteomalacia, hyperparathyroidism, and Paget's disease, might come to the attention of the orthopedist.
(4) Key statistical information regarding Orthopedic Manpower is present to make orthopedists aware of the detailed information that is currently available.
(5) Analysis of receiver-operating-characteristic parameters indicates that the clues regarding location of trauma facilitate detection of fractures by orthopedists (an 11% improvement in Az, the area under the ROC curve, F[1,12] = 49.67, p less than .001).
(6) Patients gave higher ratings to general surgeons and obstetrician-gynecologists and poorer ratings to orthopedists and anesthesiologists.
(7) From the orthopedist's point of view, it would be preferable to see the patient when at least 70 degrees of flexion is present.
(8) The treating orthopedist must first decide whether the symptoms are related to the ankle instability.
(9) The radiologic and histologic problems of differential diagnosis, and the subtle distinction between benign and malignant make decision an onerous task for surgeons, orthopedists, pathologists, oncologists and radiotherapists.
(10) The examiners were unique in that six were professors specializing in childrens' orthopedics, four were board-certified orthopedists, and five were pediatricians.
(11) Of the 28 percent who responded, 32 percent were psychiatrists, 15 percent primary care physicians and 8 percent orthopedists.
(12) However, an overview of the entire group supports the concept that abnormal motion in an immature spine or the potential for such motion should be viewed cautiously by the orthopedist, for it may herald severe neurologic compromise.
(13) The practice of preventive medicine is encouraged, and orthopedists should take an active part in advising patients about equipment and training programs to prevent coach and parental abuses that may lead to musculoskeletal long-term disabilities.
(14) Genetic conditions seen by orthopedists may be divided into Mendelian disorders, chromosome abnormalities and multifactorial conditions.
(15) Because vascular insufficiency is uncommon in orthopedic patients in this age group and this syndrome has received little attention in the orthopedic literature, orthopedists unfamiliar with this relatively easily diagnosed condition may miss it.
(17) All 10 patients had been previously misdiagnosed, frequently by neurosurgeons and orthopedists as well as by internists and family practitioners.
(18) At our hospital it was interesting to note that internists infrequently order myelography or cerebrospinal fluid analysis while orthopedists, neurosurgeons and neurologists rarely order metastatic surveys.
(19) Medical care for these patients should be done always in close cooperation of pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, radiologists, and sometimes orthopedists.
(20) The orthopedist's goals are to prevent wound infection, expedite fracture healing, and restore optimal function.
Osteologist
Definition:
(n.) One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Consequently, while males and females are equally variable in the dimensions of the true pelvis, the visual cues that osteologists use to sex pelves are more variable in males.
(2) Origanized collaboration between the osteologist and the orthopaedic surgeons in diagnosis and treatment of this disease, is basically important for a successful orthopaedic approach and for the maintenance of stabile long-time healing-results.