Equal access to orthopaedic research funding, databases and scientific publications

Abstract

Research and Publications go together like horse and carriage. Research fuels publications and vice versa. Academic surgeons became knowledgeable in grants processing, projects writing and some parallel expertise that is closer to finance projects than to art of surgery. Orthopaedic departments' chairmen commonly act as fund raisers and resource providers in order to keep the facilities running and the surgical teams active and happy. Modern hospitals require expensive facilities and the research laboratories connected to the clinical services are in continuous need of costly equipment or materials. Funding is essential for developing both. Orthopaedic surgery developed ceaselessly in the last decades with the basis for progress and aim of research and publication oriented towards improving patients care. Better materials and implants, impeccable techniques, sophisticated anatomical knowledge are essential as well as clinical and experimental studies on the outcomes of patients with different procedures.Funding is linked to grants in many cases and access to grants should be even. However, some institutions receive more funding than others, thanks to the quality of their projects and to variables that are linked to the notoriety and credibility of the Services requesting involved. In most countries, basic research is supported by institutions, sponsors and governments that select the individuals to receive funding. In most cases, the number of grants these research councils can allocate is limited, therefore, a minority of the researchers receive * Marius M. Scarlat

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