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Some musculoskeletal diseases and conditions are seen almost exclusively in tropical environments. This is due to the tropical climate but also to associated conditions such as poverty, malnutrition, or overcrowding [1, 2]. Although “tropical medicine” is often considered synonymous with “tropical infection,” a broader scope includes all ill effects on health from exposure to a tropical environment. The majority of western surgeons will have had little exposure to most of these conditions during their training.
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Gosselin, R.A., Bickler, S.W., Ahmed Al-Iedan, A.A. (2020). Tropical Diseases and Orthopedics. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13290-3_11
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