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You will also find relevant links in the individual
chapters.
Remember that Internet changes incessantly, in spite of all
efforts some of the links here may be extinct.
American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons:
www.aaos.org
in Patient information section good information on total
joint operation and postoperative rehabilitation
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/booklet
booklet with information for patients
About Joints : http://aboutjoints.com
Professor Hungerford's/John Hopkins University/ site,
excellent info on avascular necrosis
All About Arthritis: www.allaboutarthritis.com
DePuy's site with good patient info on arthritis problems
Anesthesia Net: http://anesthesia.net
very good information on anaesthesia and all problems
around it
Arthritis Canada: www.arthritis.ca/can
Very good patient information on all problems of arthritis,
especially on management of pain
Biomet: www.biomet.com
manufacturer's information with sound patient advices
Ceraver: www.ceraver.fr
information from the manufacturer of ceramic hip components
DePuy: www.depuy.com
one of the biggest manufacturers of artificial joint, with
specific sites on
mobile bearing total knees: www.mobilebearingknees.com
FDA: www.fda.gov/cdrh/index.html
Federal Government Administration's (USA) site on
with
information
on
medical
devices, I have difficulty to navigate through it
www.patientsafety.gov
actual info on faulty devices, drugs, etc
Health Finder: www.healthfinder.gov
National Institute of Health (USA) site on patient info on
different issues
Hip Universe : http://www.hipuniverse.homestead.com/
Website originally for patients with resurfaced hips /AVN
of femoral head
Discussion group:
http://groups.msn.com/hipuniversesupportgroup/messages.msnv
Joint
register
Swedish
Total
Hip
joint
register:
http://www.jru.orthop.gu.se
Total
Knee
joint
register:
http://www.knee.nko.se/english/online/thePages/publication.php
Knee: www.knee1.com
site with information on knee joint and its problems, also
with current press news; probably with commercial interests
Kneeguru: www.kneeguru.co.uk/html
One of the rare sites aimed at patients with all kind
of knee problems, not only total knees
Knowledge Enterprises: www.orthoworld.com
one of the many sites containing orthopaedic information
Midland Medical Technologies: www.midmedtec.co.uk
site of the present makers of McMinn surface hip device.
Useful information on manufacturin procedure and wear of metal on metal joints. I
searched, however, in vain for latest operation results with McMinn hip on this
page.
Medline : www.nlm.nih.gov
This is the USA's National Library of Medicine homepage. It
is free, and it contains millions of papers from >4000 journals, refernce books etc.
It also contains "custommers" with general and
specific health recommendations, anatomic pictures, history of medicine articles etc.
If you wish to have only a specific paper you may go direct
to www.pubmed.gov . You may get also a copy of that
paper sent to you, but this service is not free.
Medline Plus : http.medlineplus.gov
contains much information on all medicl topics, medical
dictionary, and tutorials with short info about total joint operations (hip and knee) and
physical therapy thereafter: http.medlineplus.gov/tutorial
National Institute of Arthritis: www.nih.gov/niams/healthinfo/hiprepqa.htm
information on total hips from the USA's National Institute
of Health
Orthogate: www.orthogate.org
a renowned site with orthopaedic information of all kinds
Orthonetwork: www.orthonetwork.com/education.html
one of the many sites with patient info on line
Osteonics: www.howost.com/
web site of one of the biggest manufacturer of orthopaedic
implants
Preoperative guide: www.preopguide.com
produced by an anesthesiologist to be used by his, and
other patients. Very useful, with answers to many questions.
Qustions to ask your doctor: www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/surgery.htm
general questions about surgery, very informative but not
specific for orthopaedic surgery
Robins Total Knee: www.hieran.com/knee
one of the few patient owned sites aimed at problems with
total knee
Rothman Institute: www.rothmaninstitute.com
web site of a private clinic with good patient information
on different problems of life with total joints
Reuter: www.reutershealth.com
very actual info on all happenings in health sector, sorry
you must register and pay for info
Sechrest: www.sechrest.com
very good pictures of operations of total joints
Seniorsearch: www.seniorsearch.com
site with useful information for "senior" people,
also on health problems and specifically on problems with aging joints
SulzerMedica: www.sulzerortho.com
the site of a company that already changed its name, still
some useful info on it
the following pages are probably of historical interest
only
www.durasul.com info
on "new" crosslinked polyethylene
www.metasul.com info
on metal on metal total hips
Totally Hip: http://members.tripod.com/totallyhip1/index1.htm
patient support organization, mainly with total hip
patients participating. A very throve of useful info, support, empathy.
uhmwpe: www.uhmwpe.org
page probably sponsored by manufacturer(s) of uhmwpe -
which is the known polyethylene (high molecular weight) used for components of total
joints.
Excellent information, many historical pearls, and
prepublication reviews of important papers on problems of polyethylene. Published items
selected (in my view) according to the principle "I tell the truth, but not the
whole truth". So that for ex. you will not find there chapters on Hylamer,
carbon fibre reinforced polyethylene, and some other stories.
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