Orthopaedics Experts & Viewpoints

Does Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Work for Osteoporosis-Related Vertebral Compression Fractures? There have been limited evidence-based data demonstrating the efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
Viewpoint, November 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: A Death Foretold Would you operate on a patient who experienced a premonition of death? Is this a contraindication surgery? Medscape Physician Connect members discuss whether to ignore or heed premonitions.
Commentary, November 2009
Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers: 2009 H1N1 Influenza In this video blog, William R. Jarvis, MD, reviews the varying recommendations for 2009 H1N1 influenza protection -- N95 respirators or surgical face masks?
Commentary, November 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Is It Worth Getting the H1N1 Vaccine? Are you getting vaccinated against the swine flu? Medscape Physician Connect members debate their reasons for and reservations against receiving the vaccine.
Commentary, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: How to Deliver Bad News How can doctors improve on the way that they deliver bad news?
Commentary, October 2009
What Is the Best Way to Manage Vertebral Fracture Pain? A study compared vertebroplasty with a sham procedure and measured patients' reported pain and pain-related disability.
Viewpoint, October 2009
Are We Subjecting Our Patients to Too Much Radiation Exposure? Commentary on a study on the magnitude of low-level ionizing radiation from imaging procedures, published August 2009 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Viewpoint, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Money, the Least of What Physicians Want Should physicians have the discretion to withhold treatment if patients have not paid their medical bills?
Commentary, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Checking Into Being a Hotel Doctor As traditional forms of medical practice become increasingly unmanageable, physicians are beginning to look for alternative options such as hotel doctoring.
Commentary, October 2009
Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection for Cervical Radiculopathy and Its Association With CNS Injury There has been growing concern about the safety of cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection in patients with cervical radiculopathy.
Viewpoint, October 2009

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In a BMJ editorial published last month, mandatory screening of all electively admitted patients for MRSA in UK hospitals was criticized for being "unethical" and "unjustified," citing it as potentially harmful because of a potential delay in treatment. Do you favor or oppose mandatory screening for MRSA in hospitalized patients?

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Physicians Are Talking About: A Death Foretold Would you operate on a patient who experienced a premonition of death? Is this a contraindication surgery? Medscape Physician Connect members discuss whether to ignore or heed premonitions.
Commentary, November 2009

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