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Patient information from Edward Paul Southern, MD
- A letter to my patients: Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003
This letter was written while I was deployed to Iraq in February of 2003 with a Forward Surgical Team. I returned to the Twin Cities in August of 2003. - Cervical Spine Surgery Patient Postoperative Instruction Sheet
Instruction Sheet for Patients After Cervical Spine Surgery - Deformity and Lumbar Fusion Spine Surgery Patient Instruction Sheet
Instructions for Patients After Deformity or Lumbar Fusion Surgeries - Degenerative Spine Surgery Patient Instruction Sheet
Instructions for Patients After Degenerative Lumbar Spine Surgery - For Parents of Infants Diagnosed with Possible Hip Dysplasia
An information sheet for the family of infant patients diagnosed with hip dysplasia. - My Journal of the SRS Traveling Fellowship 2001
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Orthopaedic information you can trust from Your Orthopaedic Connection, a service provided by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
Recommended Web sites
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, founded in 1933, is the preeminent provider of musculoskeletal education to orthopaedic surgeons and others in the world. Its continuing medical education activities include a world-renowned Annual Meeting, multiple CME courses held around the country and at the Orthopaedic Learning Center, and various medical and scientific publications and electronic media materials. - American Spinal Injury Association
ASIA is a multidisciplinary organization whose membership is composed of physicians and allied health professionals specifically involved in spinal cord injury management. Current membership numbers 452 of which 85% are physicians. The remaining 15% are nurses, therapists, psychologists and other allied health professionals. - Children's Hospitals and Clinics
The Minneapolis and St. Paul Children's Hospitals website - Gillette Children's Specialty Hospital
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is an independent, not-for-profit hospital located in St. Paul, with clinics in Minnetonka, New Brighton and northern Minnesota. Gillette is internationally renowned for a level of pediatric expertise that distinguishes us from many health care organizations. - Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) has as its mission the development and implementation of the highest quality education of pediatric orthopaedists thereby assuring the best possible care of musculoskeletal pediatric patients. POSNA will endeavor to become the focal point and authoritative source on such care through appropriate alliances with other related organizations and through research that will lead to evidence based patient care. - The North American Spine Society
The North American Spine Society is a multidisciplinary medical organization that advances quality spine care through education, research and advocacy. - The North American Spine Society Patient Website
This website is sponsored by the North American Spine Society and provides information on preventing spine injury, as well as education about common spine conditions. - The Scoliosis Research Society
The Scoliosis Research Society is a professional organization, made up of physicians and allied health personnel. Our primary focus is on providing continuing medical education for health care professionals and on funding/supporting research in spinal deformities. Founded in 1966, the SRS has gained recognition as one of the world's premier spine societies. Strict membership criteria ensure that the individual Fellows support that commitment. Current membership includes 751 of the world's leading spine surgeons as well as some researchers, physician assistants and orthotists who are involved in research and treatment of spinal deformities. - The Shriners Hospitals
Shriners Hospitals for Children is a network of pediatric specialty hospitals, founded by the Shrine, where children under the age of 18 receive excellent medical care absolutely free of charge. There are 18 orthopaedic Shriners Hospitals, three Shriners Hospitals dedicated to treating children with severe burns, and one Shriners Hospital that provides orthopaedic, burn and spinal cord injury care. Shriners Hospitals are located throughout North America — 20 in the United States and one each in Mexico and Canada. - Your Orthopaedic Connection
Your Orthopaedic Connection is a website sponsored sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for accurate, timely and appropriate education of patients about orthopaedic issues and problems.
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