Publications by authors named "Marilan Luong"
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- The study evaluates the effectiveness and radiation exposure of a microdose imaging protocol for assessing skeletal maturity in scoliosis patients, hypothesizing it would be as reliable as standard low-dose methods.
- Six experienced pediatric orthopedic surgeons assessed a set of hand images from both protocols, and the results showed strong interobserver reliability for both imaging options.
- The findings demonstrated that while both protocols have excellent reliability, the microdose protocol significantly reduces radiation exposure by 82.6% compared to the standard protocol.
Purpose: Despite near equal representation of women in medical schools since 2008, the percentage of women in surgical subspecialties has remained low. Hand surgery accounts for one of the highest percentages of women, at 19%. Ascension to leadership positions has not yet been fully studied among this group.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Orthopaedic surgery lags behind other specialties in the recruitment of women. Concerns about fertility, pregnancy, and childbearing may be a deterrent to women when considering orthopaedic surgery as a specialty.
Methods: An anonymous 168-item survey was distributed to the members of Ruth Jackson Orthopedic Society and the Women in Orthopaedics, an online group exclusive to female orthopaedic surgeons.
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- The study examines maternity leave characteristics among female orthopaedic surgeons, gathering data through a survey distributed to members of specific professional organizations.* -
- Results show that female surgeons typically take longer maternity leave than what is officially offered, with the average leave for first-time mothers at 8.2 weeks compared to 4.6 weeks offered.* -
- The financial implications are significant, with costs for taking maternity leave varying greatly between training and practicing phases; additional leave taken incurs higher costs for the surgeon.*
Despite the growing number of women entering medical school, female representation among orthopedic surgery is the lowest compared with all areas of medicine. In 2014, 47.7% of students entering medical school were women, but only 13.
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