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- Any arthritic or autoimmune illness is central to the case.
- A chronic musculoskeletal illness which may be a long-term sequela of trauma or surgery.
- Side effects of anti-rheumatic drugs.
- Side effects of corticosteroids.
- Side effects of N.S.A.I.D. drugs.
- Avascular necrosis of bone is central to the case.
- Infectious complications of arthroscopy.
- Diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis.
- Infection complicating joint replacement acutely.
- Pulmonary embolism or phlebitis complicating joint replacement.
- Cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction complicating orthopedic surgery.
- Complications of joint and soft tissue corticosteroid injections.
- Complications of epidural corticosteroid injections.
- Management and diagnosis of cervical and lumbar disc disease and neurologic sequelae of the same.
- Late infections of prosthetic joints.
- Prevention of infection of prosthetic joints.
- Interpretation of x-ray films of arthritides and avascular necrosis.
- Differentiation between gout and osteomyelitis.
- Clinical diagnosis of osteomyelitis and causation of same.
- Disability issues in all musculoskeletal diseases with the exception of acute fractures.
- Causation issues in all musculoskeletal diseases except acute fractures.
- Diagnosis and management of spinal stenosis.
- Diagnosis, treatment and causation of osteoporosis.
- Autoimmune sequelae of injected or implanted silicone.
- Temporal arteritis and loss of vision.
- Vasculitis or arteritis is involved.
- Anticardiolipin syndrome, lupus anticoagulant, antiphospholipid syndrome.
- Ankylosing spondylitis.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Scleroderma.
