Our goal in the treatment of equinovarus deformities is to achieve a painless, plantigrade, and functional foot.
In the past, neglected cases of this injury were treated by arthrodesis to achieve a painless and functional foot [10, 11].
The aim of treatment in fractures of the distal femur proximal to total knee arthroplasty is to achieve a painless and stable knee without significant residual malalignment.
So my next goal is to achieve a painless existence.
Once I achieve [a painless existence], I think that everyone else can get it too.
The Lapidus procedure provides the possibility to correct the first metatarsal bone varus position and its instability, as well as providing the possibility to achieve a painless foot for walking.
For this elderly population the goal of treatment of proximal humeral fractures is to maintain independence of daily living by achieving a painless shoulder with an adequate function.
"There is a difference between efficiency savings, which may be difficult to achieve but are painless in terms of the impact on the front line, and output cuts".
"We should be very clear there is a difference between efficiency savings which may be difficult to achieve but are painless in terms of the impact on the frontline and output cuts which are of a very different order".
That may, in fact, be relatively painless to achieve, given that the official figure of 1.7m probably overstates the armed forces' true strength by 10-15%.But even 1.2m will be far more than Russia can afford, if it also wants the "well-equipped" army that Mr Yeltsin has been promising.
