Pelvis

Total knee replacement is also known as total knee arthroplasty (Scott, 2015). The reasons for having this arthroplasty (reconstruction of a joint) done include severe knee pain, and stiffness that limits the patient’s ability to walk (Phillips, 2013; Scott, 2015). This procedure relieves pain and helps the patient regain function of the knee by replacing three knee joints, the medial and lateral femorotibial joints, and the patellofemoral joint (Scott, 2015). When the patient is supine, the…

Limbs and girdles are rings of bones that attach each limb pair to the axial, or central, part of the skeleton. The hands are attached at the wrist joints and the feet are attached at the ankle joints. The hand contains 27 bones divided into carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges. The foot contains 26 bones divided into tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges. Who knew a hand and a foot individually have so many bones? Unlike scaffolding, which is the regrowth of bones, bones change all the time. They…

Total Hip Replacement Hip arthroplasty is using a prosthesis to replace hip joint is one of the most common surgical procedures today (Walker, 2007). A good surgical team will increase the success rate of the total hip replacement. However, proper nursing interventions during pre-operative and post-operative phase of the surgery is very important for the patient. Nurses spend more time with patients compared to the other health care personnel. Therefore, a good nursing care will better…

Lipomas are a safe mass shaped tumors of fat that can develop on the head, armpits arms and neck. They normally show up in individuals between the ages of 40-60 and despite the fact that they are innocuous they can be exceptionally uncomfortable. Cutting edge science still will be as yet attempting to find the purpose for the arrangement, in this manner for the time being lipomas are typically connected with hereditary qualities, elevated cholesterol levels, and stoutness. Numerous…

Melisa Redmond of Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company referred this file for medical case management. Instructions were given to meet with Whitney Kononchuk and assist with coordination of appropriate and related medical care, and identify needs to facilitate recovery. INTERVIEW SETTING On 9/20/16 I met Ms. Kononchuk and her mother at Royal Oak Beaumont hospital. Ms. Kononchuk was in a hospital bed. Ms. Konochuk was alert and oriented. I provided her mother my consent to read and she…

Bones that were taken from the body at the crime scene went under much analysis in order to determine the gender, race, height, and age of the missing person that was retrieved. The first part of data was retrieved in order to determine the gender of the missing person. The pelvic bone was analyzed first. The first measurement made was for the degree of the Sub-Pubic angle and gave forth the measurement of 84 degrees. This test, however, was redone and the final determination of the angle is…

Endometrial Cancer and what all women should know Leah Hanuska Mohave Community College Mea 205 Melody Redman April 14, 2017 Abstract This paper will explain what every woman, teenager, and parents who have female daughters needs to know about endometrial cancer, It is important for women to educate themselves about this common disease, but it is also important for parents. If you have abnormal vaginal bleeding that is not related to menses, if there is a clear vaginal discharge, If you have…

The pelvis is a bone that is found in both males and female skeletons. Although this bone is found in both sexes, the do differentiate from one another. The pelvis in a female has a structure built to help the female carry the baby during the pregnancy and during labor, so the pelvis is wider than that of the males. In the male skeleton, the pelvis is taller and narrower. The pelvis in males does have more of a structure to it. It is built to help males carry a heavier weight; therefore, the…

Trochanteric Hip Bursitis Treatment Trochanteric bursitis is inflammation of the bursa at the outside point of the hip. A bursa is a fluid filled sack near a joint. This sack functions as gliding surface to reduce friction between body tissues. The plural of bursa is bursae. The major bursae are usually located near large joints such as elbows, shoulders, knees and hips. The hip has two major bursae; ischial bursa and trochanteric bursa. Trochanteric bursa is found on the side of the hip,…

Osteolysis, also known as “disappearing bone disease,” is a condition where parts of your skeleton begin to disappear and is usually a side effect of another underlying cause taking place in your body. Osteolysis tends to be idiopathic which means it came about spontaneously and the cause is undiscovered. The first case of Osteolysis was reported in 1838 in which an 18 year old man’s humerus disappeared completely. It disappeared over a course of 11 years, in which he suffered two fractures to…