The latest news from Dr Roy Endenburg, Cape Town. en-ZA http://www.royendenburg.com/news Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0200 Despite all the modern technology available, the age old condition of Osteoporosis remains a major clinical problem with an estimated 50% of white women, and 15% of white men, having a risk of fracture due to Osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is silent because there are no symptoms at all until you experience a fracture.<br /> &nbsp;<br /> Osteoporosis is defined as the demineralization of the bone below 2.5 standard deviations from the norm. The only reliable way to diagnose this is to have a bone density scan. The above...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?a=L0cmUwWEqck:Lvfd_hBQe_U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?a=L0cmUwWEqck:Lvfd_hBQe_U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?i=L0cmUwWEqck:Lvfd_hBQe_U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?a=L0cmUwWEqck:Lvfd_hBQe_U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OrthopaedicSurgeon/~4/L0cmUwWEqck" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OrthopaedicSurgeon/~3/L0cmUwWEqck/blog-2 http://www.royendenburg.com/blog-2#comments For Patients http://www.royendenburg.com/blog-2 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0200 Patients about to undergo hip replacement surgery have many questions, and among the most common are those relating to pain management.<br /> Post-operative hip replacement patients want to know whether they will be able to sleep properly on pain medication, how much discomfort they will have with the normal activities of daily life, and how many narcotics or other medications they will have to take. We suggest that you prepare yourself for hip surgery by learning about what the demands on your body after you&#039;ve had...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?a=iOXmx_lvENQ:lYyrJ70DlrE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?a=iOXmx_lvENQ:lYyrJ70DlrE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?i=iOXmx_lvENQ:lYyrJ70DlrE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?a=iOXmx_lvENQ:lYyrJ70DlrE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/OrthopaedicSurgeon?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OrthopaedicSurgeon/~4/iOXmx_lvENQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OrthopaedicSurgeon/~3/iOXmx_lvENQ/blog-1 http://www.royendenburg.com/blog-1#comments For Patients http://www.royendenburg.com/blog-1