The Life Virtues of Women in Kalithogai

Tamil is the world's oldest language. Tamil language has achieved high status and excellence, the reason behind it is the concept of virtue in grammar texts and other literary resources. Tamil peoples are welcomed all around the world because of these things that have been set up in the best way. Many writers still today learn the literary texts of Sangam literature which contains great moral ideas. In particular, Thirukkural, Naladiyar, etc. are considered as the best books. Ettuthogai, a classical Tamil poetic work, each anthology in this work has a story line. In particular, among the eight books of Ettuthogai, Kalithogai is the best book. The book is about the joys and sorrows between husband and wife. Each song in it points out the natural environment and human dignity. The ancient kings approached nature and experienced the romantic feelings of the common people and had sung beautiful songs. ‘Balaikali’ sung by Cheramannan Perungatungo and Mullaikali songs sung by Cholan Nalluruthiran proves it.  Perungadungo's songs are the parables about people's life, and about morality. Perungadungo makes it very clear that it is not possible to find happiness in life only with material things.  In this way, the virtues of the lovers of the Kalithogai has been highlighted.&nbsp

Does obesity, duration of symptoms and pre-operative knee movements amend discharge readiness and outcomes following total knee arthroplasty?

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) being the definite procedure in degenerative arthritis of the knee is associated with a high cost that includes the cost of implants and in-hospital length of stay (LOS). Incurring such high costs will put a burden on the patients economically, so the goal being the reduction of hospital stay yet improving the functional outcome with better patient satisfaction.Methods: The study design is a retrospective analysis of 1022 patients of primary elective TKA, performed in our institution. The targeted indicators were sex, body mass index (BMI), pre-operative knee range of movements (ROM), knee deformity and duration of symptoms were analyzed.Results: Analyzing these patients, we found the average LOS is 6.4 days, and obesity, pre-op ROM and deformity all play a role to delay the discharge readiness in the patients. Our study showed that LOS after TKA is multifactorial.Conclusions: In acute setting for readiness of discharge the preoperative knee movements, deformity and patients’ functional abilities can be used to segregate patients who may require close monitoring or intensive physiotherapy