If you have a research request we suggest you post it on sci.med.orthopedics for a wider audience. If you want it posted here please mail Jan Van Der Bauwhede. It will stay up for 1 year unless you ask us to take it down or extend the time. Below you wil also find links to interesting research resources and computer asssisted surgery sites.

PE after TKR

I am presently conducting research on the risk factors that predict development of pulmonary embolism after total knee arthroplasty. From my small group of patients I have found a very interesting and useful preoperative predictor of PE from the patients chart. I need to validate this with more chart reviews since development of PE after TKR is infrequent.I need information on patients who have developed this complication and confirm the accuracy of the risk factor I have identified.

Mike Messieh: email MMessieh@aol.com
Webmaster's note. 2/Jun/96 Anyone whose patient(s) has had a proven PE following TKR and who is interested in helping with this project, should write to Mike

Freeze dried amnion in open fractures

May I request for research material concerning the use of freeze dried irradiated amnion for use in open fractures. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RICHARD S. ROTOR, MD
DEPT OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
PHILIPPINE ORTHOPEDIC CENTER
MA.CLARA, COR BANAWE STS.
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES
email address: rmrotor@planet.net.ph

Research Resources

• The AO Research Institute (A.R.I.)
• The Carolina Orthopaedic Research Foundation : clinical database
• Computer-Aided Design For Prosthetics & Orthotics : (Not found 13/7/97)
• Fonds Voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (Fund for Scientific Research Flanders, Belgium)
• MicroPatent Patent Retrieval
• Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery Jumpstation
• Futur Serveur sarl PRAXIM

Computer Assisted Surgery Groups

• CAS in Bern, CH (M.E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics)
• Center for Orthopaedic Research, Shadyside Hospital, USA
• Computer-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
• Computer Assisted Surgery
• Image Guided Surgery at University of Illinois At Chicago Department of Neurosurgery, Chicago, USA
• Image Guided Surgery, MIT, Boston, USA
• Medical Robotics and CAS, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Medical Robotics and CAS : alphabetical index
• Medical Robotics, Berkeley, USA
• Orthopaedic Surgery, QUB (currently inactive)
• Robot Assisted Micro Surgery at JPL, Pasadena, USA
• The Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Systems Group (Hull)

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Jan Van Der Bauwhede email jvdbauwhede@unicall.be

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