These world wide web sites primarily want to offer
information to patients. But, this information can be equally interesting for medical
students and physicians. Excellent resources are the Southern
California Orthopedic Institute (SCOI) and the Iowa Health Book (Virtual Hospital). The notify
Dr. Myles Clough at the Orthopaedic Links Page by e-mail if so. There is a
page that gives an index of all the patient information pages at Virtual
Hospital. You can also visit the Orthopaedic Surgery
Database with answers to patient's questions in 23 different subject areas or submit
your own question : Ask
the doctor at Orthopaedic Surgery Database
If you are looking for an orthopaedic surgeon in your area of the USA try Find a doctor with Orthopaedic Avenue Information page
supported by Biomet, an orthopaedic manufacturer.
Amputations
Arthritis
- Arthritis:
caution. This topic is treated as if all arthritis is the same. There is an article on a
patient's experience entitled "What they don't tell you". This does not refer to
the common form of (degenerative) osteoarthritis (wear).
- Arthritis
Foundation Fact Sheets : presents patient oriented briefs on exercise and arthritis,
gout, joint surgery, living with arthritis, osteoarthritis, arthritis research, and
rheumatoid arthritis.
- Unproven
Remedies for Arthritis : reasoned account of how to approach unproven remedies (a $1
billion business).
- Arthritis
of the hip
- Arthritis, Joint, Bone
& Muscle Disorders at Housecall Patient directed fact sheets that review the types
of arthritis and specific rheumatologic conditions.
Back Pain & Spinal Surgery and Injury
Bone Cancer
Cervical Spine
Elbow
Foot and Ankle
Hand and Wrist
Hip
Indices and Search Engines
~ before
you use a search engine, first take a look at our links page, the page you're on ~ These
pages have been composed by collecting links from these types of pages
- Medical Matrix Orthopedics
: very comprehensive internet guide to orthopaedic and medical websites
- Orthopaedic
Links by Myles Cloughs (Canada) : subjects from orthopaedic surgery, case reports,
patient brochures, subspecialties : a comprehensive list of orthopaedic links
- Orthopedic
Surgery WWW Server :
- Spine Surgery link
: with FTP site including Xrays and MRI images, mailing list, links
- Orthopedic
Homepage and Net Orthopedic Resources : classifies some orthopaedic websites
- LinkOrthopaedics : very
comprehensive links list to many orthopaedic WWW sites (United Kingdom)
- MedWeb Orthopedics :
well kept links to other guides, to sites, on-line journals, organizations and documents
for a general orthopaedic audience
- UCL :
index : new medical sites on the WWW with annotation and search engine by J.J. Haxhe,
M.D., PhD
- OMNI
Search Engine OMNI (Organising Medical Networked Information) is an ambitious attempt
led by the British National Institute for Medical Research to build a digital library of
the whole of medicine on the internet, with detailed review of the content.
- OMNI
Orthopaedics : a limited collection. More can be found by searching.
- MedHunt Medical
Resources Search Engine : supposedly 'smarter' than most search engines, relying on
medical nomenclature.
Knee Problems
Osteoporosis
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Shoulder
Sports Medicine
Trauma
Surprisingly little patient information posted about
fractures.
Unclassified Links
- Patient
Education brochures from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Accidents
(falls) in old age
- Drug Infonet
Free service by pharmaceutical manufacturers for patients and healthcare professionals.
Includes
- Drug
Information - Pharmaceutical product information and drug interactions.
- Disease
Information - Includes individual disease descriptions, articles, news and support
groups and links.
- Ask the
Experts - Doctors and Pharmacists answer your questions regarding healthcare issues.
See our Ask the Experts Frequently Asked
Questions page.
- Pharmaceutical
Manufacturer Information - Addresses, e-mail addresses, links, and telephone numbers
for many pharmaceutical manufacturing companies.
- MediZine
- A practical guide to medicine choices and healthier lifestyles.
- Healthcare
News - Latest news on drugs and health.
- Health
Information - Information relating to women's, children's and general health-related
issues.
- Associations
and Government Sites - American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control,
National Institutes of Health, US Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization
plus others.
- Medical
Reference and Study - Health guides and information specific to medical specialty.
- Medical
Libraries - Provides links to medical school and government libraries.
- Hospitals
On-Line - Hospitals with web sites.
- Medical
Schools On-Line - US medical schools and Asian and European medical schools with web
sites.
- Managed Care
Organizations - Provides links to various Managed Care Organizations.
- Electronic
Medical Assistance in Twics, Tokyo
An Electronic Medical Assistance in Twics, Tokyo was established 1982 supporting both
English and Japanese languages. Moderators are orthopedic surgeon, anestheologist, and
cyber mission specialist. Links to Telnet site
- Patient controlled
analgesia
- RxMed
Instructions to Patients Alphabetic hyperlinked list of single page handouts on common
and uncommon medical conditions.
- What is
Orthopaedics? : scholarly account with special reference to arthroscopy.
- Enid
Family Medicine - Orthopaedic Out Patients : index of patient information topics. Look
here for anything not listed on this page.
- Primary
Care Teaching Module : Knee and Hip Pain
- Master Index
: Wellness Web. Emphasis on patients' experience.
- Center for Current
Research : Wellness Web. Emphasis on new medical techniques
- Wellness
Interactive Network : bone, muscle and joint conditions
- Glossary
of Physiotherapy Terms A - M : no nonsense glossary of orthopaedic terms
- Dow Corning Bankruptcy
The page to register if you have a Dow Corning Silastic or Silicone Implant
- Patient Information
Includes sections on Adult Orthopaedics(Orthopaedic Trauma, Total Joint Replacement,
Reconstructive Surgery, Sports Medicine, Podiatry), Paediatric Orthopaedics, Spine
Service, Hand Service & Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation.
- Common
Orthopedic Disorders
- The Charlotte Orthopaedic
Specialists general information for patients
- The
Knowledge Key World Wide Web Edition University of Washington
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