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In this week's COA Dispatch/Dans la Dépêche de l'ACO cette semaine
• Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation Community Innovation Award Recipients
• Lauréats du Prix d'innovation communautaire de la Fondation Canadienne d'Orthopédie
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Last Chance to Register for CAS 2017
• Dernière chance pour vous inscrire à la Réunion annuelle 2017 de la CAS
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In 2017, the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation (COF) instituted a new research awards competition for community researchers. The COF is pleased to announce the first two awards of $15,000 each were granted to:
Dr. Olivia Cheng (Collingwood, ON) for her research proposal entitled: "Telemedicine is effective in the reduction of patient care costs for hip fracture patients"
Dr. Kevin Koo (Markham, ON) for his research proposal entitled: "Impact of an orthogeriatric collaborative care model for older adults with hip fracture in a community hospital setting"
Congratulations award recipients! To learn more about the COF's research awards, please visit www.whenithurtstomove.org.
En 2017, la Fondation Canadienne d'Orthopédie instaurait un nouveau prix à l'intention des chercheurs en milieu communautaire. Elle est maintenant heureuse d'annoncer les premiers lauréats de cette bourse de 15 000 $ :
La Dre Olivia Cheng (Collingwood, Ontario), pour son projet de recherche intitulé Telemedicine is effective in the reduction of patient care costs for hip fracture patients
Le Dr Kevin Koo (Markham, Ontario), pour son projet de recherche intitulé Impact of an orthogeriatric collaborative care model for older adults with hip fracture in a community hospital setting
Félicitations aux lauréats! Pour en savoir plus sur les prix et bourses de recherche de la Fondation, rendez-vous à http://whenithurtstomove.org/fr.
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Registration for the 6th Canadian Arthroplasty Society (CAS) Annual Meeting closes this Friday, November 17. The CAS meeting will be held in Vancouver, B.C., from November 23-24. View the preliminary program and register for this event by visiting: http://coa-aco.org/arthroplasty-cas/arthroplasty-cas-meetings/
Vous avez jusqu'au vendredi 17 novembre pour vous inscrire à la sixième réunion annuelle de la Société canadienne d'arthroplastie (CAS), qui aura lieu à Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique, les 23 et 24 novembre. Pour consulter le programme provisoire et vous inscrire, rendez-vous à http://coa-aco.org/arthroplasty-cas/arthroplasty-cas-meetings (en anglais seulement).
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CTV News
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ivan Wong performs most of his surgeries arthroscopically. While this technique is minimally invasive, the surgeon can only see tiny pieces and it requires a lot of planning.
Now, 3-D printing is helping with the process on especially difficult cases.
"So now being able to print something, we're really able to see what we're going to do in surgery when we do arthroscopic surgery or keyhole incisions," says Dr. Wong.
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Le Devoir
Les dépenses en santé au Canada devraient atteindre 6604 $ par habitant en 2017, pour un total de 242 milliards de dollars.
Ce montant représente 11,5 pour cent du produit intérieur brut du Canada et constitue une hausse d'environ 3,9 pour cent par rapport à l'an dernier.
Ce taux de croissance est en légère hausse par rapport à la moyenne annuelle de 3,2 pour cent enregistrée depuis 2010.
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Metro News
Toronto pediatrician Dr. Daniel Flanders recently tweeted a photo of a toddler with an enlarged wrist poking out of a Thomas the Tank Engine sweatshirt, with this medical riddle:
"Case from last year: one year old, extremely picky eater, wrist looks like this. Diagnosis?"
The answer: Rickets, a childhood bone disease that mostly strikes babies under the age of two. It belongs in ye olde medical books, alongside smallpox and scurvy.
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Delta Optimist
A recently acquired piece of equipment is having huge impacts on the orthopedic surgery department at Delta Hospital.
Thanks to the ongoing support of the Delta Hospital Auxiliary Society, the hospital has added a mini C-Arm to its arsenal of enhanced medical equipment. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Matt Lewington said the department has gone from being virtually non-existent at the hospital to incredibly busy within the space of a year.
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