Author: Nişantaşı Orthopedics

Time management is a very important element for clinics and healthcare institutions. The health sector has also been directly affected by the innovations brought by the digital world. At this point, the practice patient registration program was developed for the use of medical secretaries and doctors. Online Hippocrates, the CRM system approved by the Ministry of Health, allows you to manage your operations within the clinic...

Hayatın ilk yılı hariç çocuk (1-14 yaş arası) ölümlerinin en önemli sebepleri kazalardır. İskelet sistemi travmaları, çocuk kemik sağlığına uygun olmayan hareketler çocukluk çağı travmalarının %10-15'ini oluşturur. Çocuk kemiklerinin anatomik ve fizyolojik farklılıkları Çocuk Kırıkları adı altında ayrı bir başlıkta incelenmesi gerektirir. Nişantaşı Ortopedi olarak...

A healthy spine has a straight structure. Curvature of the spine to the right, left or sometimes both sides is called scoliosis. Depending on the causes, scoliosis; Scoliosis is divided into three groups: congenital, neuromuscular as a result of muscle and nerve diseases, or idiopathic, that is, scoliosis of unknown cause. Posture disorders as scoliosis progresses...

Dupuytren's Disease is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by the joints of some fingers (e.g., proximal interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints) being permanently fixed in a flexible position (joint contractures). A hardened nodule caused by abnormal thickening and shortening of the fibrous tissue bands under the skin of the palm (palmar fascia)...

Charcot Foot is a condition that causes weakening of the bones in the foot, which can occur in people with significant nerve damage (neuropathy). The bones become weak enough to break, and as you continue walking, the foot eventually changes shape. As the disorder progresses, the joints collapse and the foot takes on an abnormal shape. Charcot foot causes serious deformity, disability and...

Cubital tunnel syndrome occurs when the ulnar nerve, which runs through the cubital tunnel (tunnel of muscle, ligament, and bone) on the inside of the elbow, becomes injured and becomes inflamed, swollen, and irritated. Cubital tunnel syndrome causes pain that is very similar to the pain you feel when you hit the "funny bone" in your elbow. The "funny bone" at the elbow is actually the ulnar nerve,...

An aneurysmal bone cyst is a benign, blood-filled lesion in the bone that tends to expand or grow. While it is called a cyst, it is a true benign bone tumor surrounded by a thin bone wall. Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC) can occur in any bone, but are most common in the knee, pelvis,...

The word "kyphosis" describes curvature of the spine. The thoracic spine is supposed to be curved, but if the curve in a person's thoracic spine is more than 40 to 45 degrees, it is considered abnormal or a spinal deformity. Adult kyphosis can cause problems ranging from minor changes in your back to severe deformity, nerve problems, and chronic pain.

Hallux Valgus (thumb protrusion) is a Latin medical term describing the deformity of our big toe. “Hallux” means big toe. “Valgus” is an anatomical term that helps to explain that the deformity is in the direction away from our body. Our big toe, which normally should be straight and parallel to the foot axis, is the second toe in Hallux Valgus.

There are many factors that cause foot deformity. However, the most common reasons are listed as follows. – Hallux valgus: Deformity of the thumb. (Protrusion of the thumb) – Hammer finger: Curling that may occur in the second and third fingers. – Congenital introversion in the 5th finger. – 5. Callus formation on the outer edge of the finger. –...