Computers and the orthopaedic office.
The advance of today's medicine could be linked very closely to the history of computers through the last twenty years. In the beginning the first attempt to build a computer was trying to help us with mathematical calculations. This has changed recently and computers are now linked to x-ray machines, CT scanners, and MRIs. Being able to share information is one of the goals of the future. Today's computer technology has helped a great deal to allow orthopaedic surgeons from around the world to consult on a difficult case or to become a part of a large database. Obtaining the results from a method of treatment using a multicentric information study can be done on a regular basis. In the future, computers will help us to retrieve information from patients' clinical history directly from a hospital database or by portable memory cards that will carry every radiograph or video from previous surgeries.
Berumen
Edmundo
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Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital Clinica del Parque, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Barllow
Fidel Dobarganes
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Fong
Fransisco Javier
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Lopez
Jorge Arturo
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