ABSTRACT
Making the decision to retire from active practice is a complex process with very strong psychological overtones. Successful retirement demands preplanning, and financial preplanning must begin very early in the career to achieve the time value of money. Psychological preparation requires recognition that retirement is inevitable, and an avenue of change for yourself and your spouse should be identified, anticipated, and refined over time.
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Decision Making , Physicians/psychology , Retirement/psychology , Benchmarking , Goals , Humans , Life Change Events , Motivation , Planning TechniquesSubject(s)
General Surgery , Life Change Events , Retirement , Reality Testing , Social IdentificationABSTRACT
Seven patients with a malignant tumor were treated for spinal instability with Luque-rod fixation either with or without bone-grafting. The stabilization was successful in all patients, including five who died as a result of the tumor between six and eighteen months postoperatively. Two patients were still alive at an average of twenty-two months after operation. The only complication that was directly related to the procedure was cutting through the lamina of a fixation wire.
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Giant Cell Tumors/surgery , Osteosarcoma/surgery , Spinal Fusion/instrumentation , Spinal Neoplasms/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Lumbar Vertebrae/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Orthopedic Fixation Devices , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications/surgery , Radiography , Spinal Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Thoracic Vertebrae/surgeryABSTRACT
The most effective emergency care for a fractured femur is the use of a mechanical type traction splint such as developed by Hare and described herein. After general emergency care guidelines using a well-designed properly applied device will lead to significant decrease in pain, marked decrease in morbidity and mortality, and general improvement in the level of the care of the injured athlete.J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 1979;1(1):53-58.