Supplementing provider counseling with an educational video prior to scheduled induction of labor.

Background: Induction of labor (IOL) is common with one in four labors being induced in the United States (US). IOL has been associated with lower birth satisfaction. Video education can address gaps in education and promote anticipatory guidance.

Surgical Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis with the ApiFix Minimal Invasive Dynamic Correction System-A Preliminary Report of a 24-Month Follow-Up.

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a three-dimensional growth disorder. Corrective surgical procedures are the recommended treatment option for a thoracic angle exceeding 50° and a lumbar major curve of 40°. Over the past few years, dynamic growth modulation implants have been developed as alternatives to permanent fusion.

Pituitary Adenoma Surgery Survey: Neurosurgical Centers and Pituitary Adenomas.

Objective: Pituitary adenoma surgery has evolved rapidly in recent decades. This study aims to determine current practice across a wide range of European neurosurgical centers.

Methods: A list of eligible departments performing pituitary adenoma surgery was created.

Endocrinological aspects of pituitary adenoma surgery in Europe.

Hormone-secreting adenomas are treated in many neurosurgical centers within Europe. The goal of the survey is to understand variance in practice management of pituitary tumors amongst neurosurgical centers. A list of departments performing pituitary surgery was created.

What is the current clinical practice in pituitary adenoma surgery in Europe? European Pituitary Adenoma Surgery Survey (EU-PASS) results-technical part.

Pituitary adenoma surgery has evolved rapidly in recent decades, changing clinical practice markedly and raising new challenges. There is no current consensus or guidelines for perioperative care that includes possible complication management. This study aims to determine current practice across European neurosurgical centres.

Evidence-Based Examination Techniques for the Shoulder Joint.

Objective: Digitalisation now almost covers all areas of medical student teaching. Teaching videos are a good way to help students learn practical skills. The existing evidence is a recognised aid for the classification of the respective technology.

Evidence-Based Examination Techniques for the Knee.

Objective: Digitalisation now almost covers all areas of medical student teaching. Teaching videos are a good way to help students learn practical skills. The existing evidence is a recognised aid for the classification of the respective technology.

Internship Experience in Orthopaedics and Traumatology and its Impact on Becoming a Specialist.

Introduction: The German practical year is the last clinical placement period during Medical School. However, it remains unclear how medical students evaluate the practical year in orthopaedics and traumatology (Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie; O & U) and whether it has an impact on becoming an O & U specialist.

Method: We analysed data of 146 medical students (46,7% female) who completed the placement in O & U.

Microvascular dysfunction and sympathetic hyperactivity in women with supra-normal left ventricular ejection fraction (snLVEF).

Background: Recently, a new disease phenotype characterized by supra-normal left ventricular ejection fraction (snLVEF) has been suggested, based on large datasets demonstrating an increased all-cause mortality in individuals with an LVEF > 65%. The underlying mechanisms of this association are currently unknown.

Methods: A total of 1367 patients (352 women, mean age 63.

Checklist Focused on Patients for Making of Teaching Videos in Orthopedic Surgery.

Introduction: The focus of medical-didactic research is the improvement of clinical-practical training. One way to support practical skills training in a time- and resource-saving way is to provide instructional videos. Often the freely available instructional videos do not meet didactic or content requirements.

Reproductive performance of pandemic influenza A virus infected sow herds before and after implementation of a vaccine against the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus.

Background: Reproductive failure in sow herds due to infection with influenza A viruses has been described in the literature, but only a few studies have focused on the pathogenesis and the clinical signs of the infection. Case reports indicate an association between infections with influenza A viruses and reduced reproductive performance, although it has been difficult to experimentally reproduce the clinical outcome of poor reproductive performance. The aim of the present longitudinal field study was to compare the reproductive performance parameters before and after the implementation of vaccination against the influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus in sow herds infected with pandemic influenza A virus.

[Quality and Satisfaction with the Surgical Medical Clerkship from a Student Perspective].

Preface: The surgical medical clerkship is of special importance, as the student is given the opportunity to get in touch with medical colleagues and patients for the first time, and the interest in a certain field of specialisation can be consolidated. The present study will clarify how students perceived their medical clerkship in the field of surgery.

Methods: A nationwide online survey carried out in 2012 was able to recruit 9079 participants, and contained questions about the completed curricular internships.

De novo and secondary anaplastic meningiomas: a study of clinical and histomolecular prognostic factors.

Background: Following recent studies underlining the differences between de novo and secondary anaplastic meningiomas and the prognostic value of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutation, we decided to conduct a multicenter retrospective study to address these questions and determine specific prognostic factors in each of these 2 anaplastic meningioma subgroups.

Methods: Among the 68 meningioma cases initially selected, only 57 were confirmed as anaplastic meningiomas after centralized pathological review. TERT promoter mutation analysis was performed in all cases.

[A Nationwide Survey of Undergraduate Training in Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery].

Background: Musculoskeletal conditions are the most frequent cause of long-term pain and disability. Scientifically funded, structured training would be highly desirable for all medical students and of great economic relevance for the health care system. The present article portrays the status quo of undergraduate training in orthopaedics and trauma surgery, with a comparison to the status quo of 2008.

[Who Stays Loyal to Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery? Results of a Nationwide Survey].

Introduction: The general shortage of medical doctors in Germany can also be felt in the area of trauma and orthopaedics. Medical elective placements, in Germany known as "Famulatur", are sensitive interfaces between the theoretical university studies and the practical medical workplace. In this research project, the aim was to study how medical students perceive these types of placements and if it alters their decision making when planning their further career.

What explains health in persons with visual impairment?

Background: Visual impairment is associated with important limitations in functioning. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) relies on a globally accepted framework for classifying problems in functioning and the influence of contextual factors. Its comprehensive perspective, including biological, individual and social aspects of health, enables the ICF to describe the whole health experience of persons with visual impairment.

[Logbook of learning targets for special educational skills in orthopaedic and trauma surgery for undergraduate medical training].

Introduction: The changes in medical licensing regulations introduced in Germany in 2012 require the development of specific catalogues, termed logbooks, that define the practical skills medical students should acquire in different specialties. In conjunction with another change in medical education, which allows medical students to freely select any German university hospital or academic teaching hospital for their one-year internship, these catalogues are a prerequisite for ensuring comparable training standards throughout Germany. The German licensing regulations provide no details regarding the contents or form of the logbooks but only mention a "training programme" in very general terms.

Disc volume reduction with percutaneous nucleoplasty in an animal model.

Study Design: We assessed volume following nucleoplasty disc decompression in lower lumbar spines from cadaveric pigs using 7.1Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Purpose: To investigate coblation-induced volume reductions as a possible mechanism underlying nucleoplasty.

[An educational skills programme for undergraduate training in orthopaedic and trauma surgery].

Introduction: Practical training on clinical cases and work with patients is one of the most important steps within the educational programme of undergraduates. Until now a general programme with specific learning targets for undergraduate training in orthopedic and trauma surgery is lacking.

Material And Method: In this article we present an educational skills programme developed by a national committee composed of specialists in the field of orthopaedic and trauma surgery.

Impact of maternal obesity and maternal overweight on the detection rate of fetal heart defects and the image quality of prenatal echocardiography.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the prenatal detection of four congenital heart defects (CHDs) and the image quality of five corresponding ultrasound planes among obese, overweight and normal-weight women.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of 54,846 pregnancies undergoing fetal echocardiography between 18 and 37 weeks of gestation in the years from 2000 to 2007. The women were categorized according to pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) as normal-weight (BMI < 25), overweight (BMI 25 - 29.

Identification of response bias on apparent pregnancy outcome after second trimester ultrasound.

Objectives: To investigate whether there is a response bias in outcome studies after prenatal ultrasound and to quantify this potential effect by information source.

Materials And Methods: All normal ultrasound scans between week 17 and week 24 and 6 days performed in the years 2004 and 2005 were investigated. A multinomial logistic regression model was applied to investigate the association between responders' outcome (questionnaire, phone interview and inquiry to birth clinic) and the following explanatory variables: maternal age, smoking status, body mass index, congenital anomaly status, low birthweight and preterm deliveries.

[Undergraduate training in orthopaedic and trauma surgery: analysis of contextual and structural implementation models for undergraduate training in the newly combined specialty].

Aim: The fusion of orthopaedic and trauma surgery into a combined specialty requires a new evaluation of postgraduate and undergraduate training. This study presents a structured analysis of the implementation possibilities for undergraduate training.

Method: After defining 3 implementation alternatives for both clinical training and last year electives, SWOT analyses were performed.