Objective To allow the user to practice the insertion of pedicle screws into a 3-dimensional
model of a patient-specific spine, and have both visual and quantitative feedback provided to …

Background Although postgraduate trainees play a well‐accepted role in medical education,
little consideration has traditionally been given to senior undergraduate trainees as …

Current teaching techniques for orthopedic screw insertions involve “learning by doing” in
the operating room. Minimally invasive insertion of sacroilliac (SI) screws is a relatively …

After a stroke, almost 5% of patients are affected by spasticity within 10 days of the event;
about 10% of patients are affected after 6 months. 2 About one-third of patients with multiple …

The modern healthcare system is a victim of its own success. The number of elderly people
globally is higher than at any point in history in both relative and absolute terms. As …

Pressure sores are a significant cause of injury and death in patients with spinal cord lesions
above the waist. Sores can be prevented by body movement. However, patients with spinal …

A 46-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with limb weakness. In the
preceding 3 months, back pain, hip flexor weakness, and numbness of a finger had developed…

Questionable Admissions With violent snow squalls under way outside and the start of frostbite
apparent on the feet of the patient with pneumonia, the ED physician finds that he can’t …

The patient had blacked out while driving, so the reluctant young ED physician was required
to report her to the transportation ministry, which would decide when she could drive again …

Although frequently diagnosed in hospital in‐patients, delirium is often recognised but under‐reported
in the housestaff population. It is estimated that more than 90% of housestaff will …