Setting Up a Curriculum
Fig. 4.1 Template for a multi-specialty curriculum For any single specialty module, a subset of the template shown in Fig. 4.1 could be used as the whole curriculum but some…
Fundamentals of Being a Sport Surgeon
Fig. 1.1 Triangle pearls for sports orthopedic surgeon 1.3 Role of Sports Orthopedic Surgeons in Medical Teams In sports medicine, a medical team generally consists of sports physicians, sports orthopedic…
Motor Learning Principles for Arthroscopic Motor Skill Teaching
Perceptual motor abilities Control precision Ability to make highly controlled movement adjustments, especially those involving larger muscle groups Multi-limb coordination Ability to coordinate numerous Response orientation Ability to rapidly select…
Defining Essential Skills
Rank Surgeons [10] n = 101 Mean score (1–5) Residents [9] n = 67 Mean score (1–5) Surgeons-residents n = 195 [11] Mean score (1–5) 1 Anatomical knowledge 3.86a Anatomical…
Prevention and Management
Fig. 6.1 Position of the newborn in the crib (a). One way of alternating posture is to change the head-feet orientation periodically (b) 6.1.2 Preventive Advice for Awake Time The…
Clinical Approach to Plagiocephaly
Fig. 5.1 Different shapes of the skull in lambdoidal synostosis (a, b, c on the left column) and in PPP (a, b, c on the right column), viewed from the…
Historical Notes
Fig. 1.1 Carved head of Queen Nefertiti. Note the intentional deformation of the skull in the anteroposterior direction and vertical (Redrawn from the original artwork by Fernanda Daris) In Europe,…
Definition and Classification
Fig. 2.1 Classification of five types of plagiocephaly according to Argenta Type I – The cranial asymmetry is limited to the back of the skull. The degree of flattening can…
Surgical Indications and Treatment for Cranial Occipital Anomalies
Fig. 8.1 (a, b) Vertex views of the infant for differentiating posterior plagiocephaly. (a) Positional nonsynostotic plagiocephaly (PP): the superior aspect of the head resembles a parallelogram due to anterior…
Epidemiology
Fig. 3.1 Increasing rate of positional plagiocephaly (black) in comparison to craniosynostosis (gray) following AAP recommendations for SIDS prevention (1992) Several tertiary care centers with craniofacial specialists published data showing…
