links
Internet Search Engines
- PubMed (general scientific articles)
- Centerwatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
- Clinical Orthopaedic and Related Research (article abstracts)
- Journal of Arthroplasty (article abstracts)
- MediLexicon Medical Dictionary
- On-Line Medical Dictionary
- Orthopaedic Web Links (OWL)
Finding a Surgeon
- Which Medical Specialist is for You?
- AAOS Find an Orthopaedist
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (Doctor Locator)
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
- HealthGrades
- International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
- DocFinder
- Solucient Top 100 Orthopaedic Hospitals
- HOW TO SELECT A JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGEON
- Getting the Most Out of a Visit with Your Doctor
- Doctorpage: Find a Physician
- A Career in Orthopaedics
Patient-based Resource and Support Sites
- ActiveJoints.com
- Hip Universe
- Knee1.com Ask an Expert
- Med Help International
- Center for Orthopedics & Sports Medicine: Arthroscopy.com
- Polio: Health Care Professional and Support Group Locators
- Post-Polio Syndrome Central
- Hip Resurfacing: Patients and Friends
- THUNDERBALL HIP (patient page)
- Totally Hip Support Group
- Wheelchair Junkie
- Yahoo Health! Ask Dr. Andrew Weil a Question
- Yahoo! Knee Surgery group
- Metal to Metal Hip resurfacing (patient BBS)
- SEXUAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES following THR (patient site)
The Hip
- Center Watch: Clinical Trials Hip Replacement
- Center Watch: Clinical Trials Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Hip Fact Sheets
- Johns Hopkins: THR Manual (generic)
- MedLine Plus: Hip Joint Replacement
- Mini-Hip Replacement
- Minimal Incision Hip Replacement-Mayo Clinic
- SURFACE HIP REPLACEMENT
- Wheeless' Textbook: Total Hip Arthroplasty
- TOTALLY HIP CELEBRITIES
- Yoga after Hip Replacement
- Hip Implants
The Knee
- AAOS Knee Fact Sheets
- Animated Knee Anatomy
- Are We Doing the New Minimally Invasive Surgery?
- Minimal Incision TKA
- Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery
- Center Watch: Clinical Trials Knee Replacement
- Center Watch: Clinical Trials Musculoskeletal Diseases
- LONG TERM CARE OF YOUR KNEE REPLACEMENT
- Repicci II Unicondylar Program
- Wheeless' Textbook: Knee Joint Menu
- A Patient's Guide to Artificial Knee Replacement
- Criteria for knee surgery
- A Patient's Guide to Knee Anatomy
- Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: A Review and Guidelines for Treatment
- Virtual Hospital Total Knee Replacement: A Patient Guide
- Cartilage Chondral and Osteochondral Injuries of the Knee
- Knee Problems: Articular Cartilage Damage
- Putting It All Together
- New Techniques to Restore Articular Cartilage
- Carticel (commercial site)
- Verigen (commercial site)
- Pharmacologic Treatment of Knee Pain Hyalgan: Intraarticular sodium hyaluronate
- STAAR VISC™ Sodium Hyaluronate Viscoelastic
- About Arthritis (Synvisc & Hyalgan & Orthovisc)
- Viscosupplementation Treatment for Arthritis
- Synvisc: An Injectable Viscosupplementation Treatment Used to Relieve Osteoarthritic Pain of the Knee
- MEDLINEplus: Hyaluronate Sodium (Systemic)
- Orthopaedic Information AAOS Patient Safety
- Bonetumor.org
- CPM - CONTINUOUS PASSIVE MOTION
- Family Practice Notebook: Orthopaedics
- HISTORY OF TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT
- Medline PLUS: Osteoarthritis
- Muscles Tutorial
- MedlinePLUS Drug Information
- Product Review: GLUCOSAMINE and CHONDROITIN
- Perioperative Blood Conservation Program (Physicians and Nurses for Blood Conservation)
- Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) Bone Cement; Guidance for Industry and FDA (July 2002)
- Radiology Info
- Second or Additional Medical Opinions in Orthopaedic Surgery
- Transfusion Practices for Elective Orthopedic Surgery
- UHMWPE Lexicon (ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene)
- WebMD (commercially sponsored)
- Questions and Answers about Hip Replacement
- MerckMedicus: Orthopaedics
- OrthoGate Patient Resources
- Anesthesia for Hip and Knee Surgery (2001)
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (2001)
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (Hospital for Special Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery)
- TRANSFUSION ALERT (NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE) use of Autologous Blood
- Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty Without Blood Transfusion: The Jehovah's Witness Perspective
The Spine
Orthopaedic-Related Associations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
- American Academy of Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine
- American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT)
- American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS)
- American College of Rheumatology
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
- American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
- Association of Academic Physiatrists
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
- American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
- Center for Musculoskeletal Sepsis and Orthopaedic Research
- International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
- International Bone and Mineral Society
- The International Society for Technology and Arthroplasty
- Hip Society
- Knee Society
- Medical Device Manufacturers' Association
- National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- OsteoArthritis Research Society International
- Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
- Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
- Orthopaedic Associations and Societies (International)
Other Organizations
- AARP
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Clinical Information
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Arthritis Foundation
- Covering the Uninsured
- Contacting the Congress
- FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
- Medicare web site for Patients
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- National Institute on Aging
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Public Citizen (advocacy)
Other Resources
- AAOS Position Statements
- FDA News
- MEDICAL HELP IN SPANISH
- American Pain Society
- Praxis.MD (osteomyelitis)
- Everything You Want to Know about Sex after Total Hip Replacement Arthritis Foundation: Sex and Arthritis
- Arthritis Foundation: Managing Your Activities
- Univ. Washington: Sex and Arthritis
- Lahey Clinic: Patient's Guide To Hip Replacement (Generic)
- NYU FACT SHEET: AFTER TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (generic)
- UVHS: Sexual function after a total hip replacement
- JRI: Activities of Daily Living Following Total Hip Joint Replacement (generic)
- Virtual Hospital: Total Hip Replacement: A Guide for Patients (generic)
- AAOS: Activities after a Hip Replacement (generic)