(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.
Surgeon
Definition:
(n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
Example Sentences:
(1) In conclusion, the efficacy of free tissue transfer in the treatment of osteomyelitis is geared mainly at enabling the surgeon to perform a wide radical debridement of infected and nonviable soft tissue and bone.
(2) This "gender identity movement" has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena.
(3) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.
(4) The skill of the surgeon was not a significant factor in maternal deaths.
(5) Four hundred patients with resectable colon and rectal cancers were operated on by 37 surgeons at 31 institutions.
(6) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
(7) By using these larger catheters, the surgeon will not lose the option of using isosmotic preparations.
(8) Surgery of destroyed joints in the hand and wrist in the arthritic patient can be added to the armamentarium of the reconstructive arthritis surgeon.
(9) During the 1985 annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Honolulu, neurosurgical training and practice in India, Korea, Japan, and Australasia were discussed at the International Committee symposium.
(10) No acute cases of clinical or anicteric hepatitis were in observed in 75% of 161 patients who had been exposed to hepatitis A by an oral surgeon during the contagious period.
(11) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
(12) The conclusion is to warn the orthopaedic surgeons to look carefully what model is behind the pretty coloured results.
(13) A control group of 20 patients undergoing the identical cardiac operations (13 coronary artery bypass grafting procedures [CABG], 4 valve replacements [including 1 reoperative procedure], and 3 combined valve replacements and CABG) by the same surgeon within a one-year period was chosen for comparison of chest tube outputs.
(14) This is to help the surgeon to perform very precise surgery that was not possible in the past.
(15) These versions offer different advantages and are selected according to the particular field of application and the refraction of the surgeon.
(16) This demonstrates a considerable range in surgeons' attitudes to day surgery despite its formal endorsement by professional bodies, and identifies what are perceived as the organizational and clinical barriers to its wider introduction.
(17) The concept of increasing bone mass and decreasing expanded soft-tissue mass has application within the judgment of the surgeon coupled with the patient's desires.
(18) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
(19) A 1-month stay in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital, made possible by the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, afforded an invaluable opportunity to be involved in Pediatric Surgery in such a setting.
(20) It is emphasized that surgeons should be more aware of the relationship of the holding power of surgical knots to not only the knot-typing technique but also the kind of suture material used.