Fractures The hand and wrist comprise numerous small bones that could be fractured due to high impact when hit by a hard surface or fall to the ground on an outstretched hand. Diseases like arthritis and osteoporosis weaken bones making them fragile and thin, leaning towards easy bone fractures. One or more bones in the...
Arthritis Arthritis is an inflammatory joint pain that worsens with time if left untreated. Devastating outcomes of the respective disease include deterioration of bone, weakening it to an extent that leads to degeneration. It hinders physical activities and in extreme conditions causes an inability to move. Arthritis most frequently stabs feet, knees, hips, hands, and...
Bunions Recognized as a bony bump, bunion formation occurs on the outer side of the big toe. It’s a foot deformity that comes about years of stress and compression over the big toe joint while foot injury and inflammatory diseases like that rheumatoid arthritis are other causes. Alignment disorders accompanied by pain, burning sensation on...
Bone deformities The abnormal shape, size, and positioning of bone is referred to as bone deformity which occurs due to many reasons like it may be by birth, due to unusual growth of bone in childhood, or healing in the wrong position after fracture surgery. Deformed bone is of four types i.e. angulation (bent bone),...
Arthroscopic surgeries Arthroscopy has minimized the protruding incisions made for surgery. It’s a modern face of classic surgeries performed to diagnose and treat the injured or diseased joint. An arthroscope is inserted through a small buttonhole-like incision made over the skin to get a live view of the joint inside over the computer screen placed...
The first A.O. basic skills course in Pakistan is being held at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) from October 11-12, 2003. In the past, these courses were only conducted in US and Europe to train young orthopaedic surgeons in the practical aspects of fracture management; this is the first time such a course is being...
LAHORE, April 20: A four-member medical commission has been formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to probe reasons for a number of injuries to the Pakistani cricketers during the home series against India. The commission is headed by Dr Abdul Wajid, Orthopaedic Surgeon of Agha Khan University. The other three are Professor Dr Naseer...
”Shoulder pain is a fairly common problem and affects the patient’s daily activities and work routine. The two groups that suffer most from this problem are middle-aged or elderly patients and sportsmen.” This was stated by Dr M.A. Wajid, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, at ‘Signs, Symptoms and Care’, a health awareness programme held at Aga Khan...
MKRMS Seminar LAHORE: Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq has said that the Punjab government is focusing on strengthening primary and secondary healthcare to minimise burden of patients on tertiary care hospitals in the province. He was addressing a seminar on “Joints’ Diseases and Latest Treatment” organised by Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman Memorial Society...
KARACHI, July 4: Ayesha Iftikhar Paracha, a physically-challenged student who claims to have been deprived of admission to the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) despite being on merit, on Friday appeared before a medical board constituted on the chancellor’s directives. Talking to Dawn, Ayesha Paracha, who has both her legs affected by polio, said...
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