什么是骨质疏松症？

骨质疏松症（osteoporosis）是骨质疏松症是骨量减少、骨质量退化，骨微结构破坏，造成骨脆性增加，从而容易发生骨折的全身性骨病。

骨质疏松症被称为“隐形杀手”，因其早期很难发现症状。患者通常在骨折或多次骨折后才确诊患病，患者生活质量受到极大影响并导致不可逆的伤残。

骨质疏松症最常见的骨折部位为椎体、髋部和腕部。其中，髋部骨折是最严重的骨质疏松性骨折，有可能导致患者出院后生活不能自理、短期内再次发生骨折甚至死亡。

骨质疏松症可影响50岁以上的三分之一的女性和五分之一的男性。随着年龄的增长，这类风险只会不断地增加！

如何预防骨质疏松症？

骨外科高级顾问徐伟德医生在2021年11月30日接受早报采访时分享了骨质疏松症的风险和治疗。阅读下文了解更多信息。

关于徐伟德医生

徐伟德是新加坡接受过双研究员培训的骨外科高级顾问医生。他擅长治疗骨科创伤、老年骨质疏松性骨折以及足踝外科手术。

尽管骨质疏松症不易察觉，但预先知晓风险因素、及时预防和检查，将有效预测和控制骨折风险。

如果你想了解更多关于骨质疏松症的信息，请点击 》询问徐伟德医生。

Dr Andy Wee shared the latest trends in arthroscopic meniscus repair during the APAC Sports Medicine, All-Inside Meniscal Expert Forum on 9 Nov 2021.

The meniscus is a soft tissue structure within the knee joint that helps in shock absorption and load transmission. A damaged or torn meniscus, commonly a result of sports or traumatic injury, can give rise to knee pain, swelling and locking.

In the long run, it can also result in knee degeneration. Hence there is a growing impetus amongst orthopaedic surgeons to repair and preserve the meniscus as much as possible, whenever they treat patients with meniscus tears.

Dr Andy Wee was invited as part of the expert panel to share the current and latest treatment strategies in arthroscopic (keyhole) meniscus repair.

This meeting was held on 9 Nov, and it was attended via zoom by orthopaedic surgeons throughout the Asia Pacific region.

About Dr Andy Wee

Dr Andy Wee is skilled in arthroscopy of the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle, and has performed over two thousand arthroscopic procedures over the last 10 years. He has performed over a thousand ACL reconstruction and meniscus surgeries alone, and has treated many national athletes with sports related knee, shoulder and elbow injuries with arthroscopic surgery.

Interested to learn more about arthroscopic (keyhole) meniscus repair for your condition? Call us at +65 6247 7958 to make an appointment to see Dr Andy Wee today!

Dr Kevin Lee was interviewed on Channel 8’s health programme, Body SOS (小毛病大问题) season 10 on the recent increase in sports injuries as people take to exercising during the pandemic.

As knee injuries are common among people who play sports or do activities at competitive or recreational levels, some of the related questions and myths were discussed during the programme:

1. Is clicking in joints a symptom of sports injury?
2. Are females more prone to sports injuries involving the knee?
3. Are knee replacements the only solution for severe sports injuries of the knee?
4. What are the common treatments for sports injuries?

Watch the session below to learn more about the answers from Dr Lee. (Englsih subtitles available)
 

About Dr Kevin Lee

Dr Kevin Lee is an orthopaedic surgeon in Singapore specializing in treating sports injuries of the lower limb, Hip & Knee Surgeries, Arthroscopic Surgery, and Cartilage Repair.

Let Dr Lee answers your questions regarding your knee injuries today. Contact us at +65 6737 0558 or send us an enquiry here.

People with flat feet or pes planus have arches on the inside of their feet that are lowered or flattened out, causing the entire soles of their feet to touch the ground when standing.

Often you may come across people with flat feet who do not face any problems and need no treatment. However, some may get tired or aching feet after prolonged periods of standing or walking.

Can flat feet cause problems?

Having flat feet may strain your muscles, ligaments and joints, which may cause pain in your feet, legs, hips and back with activities like standing or walking.

How to know if you have flat feet?

Find out more as Dr Tay Guan Tzu discussed the commonly seen condition of the flat feet on Mediacorp Channel 8’s Body-SOS 小毛病大问题 mandarin programme.