Procedures News

Thursday, April 10, 2008 The Days of Using Potent Anticoagulants to Prevent Pulmonary Embolism After Joint Arthroplasty May Be Numbered
Experts say that the routine use of potent anticoagulants to stave off pulmonary embolism after joint arthroplasty should be stopped because these blood thinners may actually increase mortality…

Friday, March 14, 2008 Gender Bias Seen in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Doctors are more likely to recommend total knee arthroplasty to male patients than to female patients...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Radial Shock Wave Therapy Relieves Heel Pain, but Cartilage Safety From Procedure is Questioned at AAOS
Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) looks promising for relieving chronic heel pain, but animal studies have raised questions about the cartilage safety from the procedure...

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Gender Bias at Play in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Men are more likely than women to be recommended for total knee replacement surgery…

Thursday, February 21, 2008 Women More Likely to Postpone New Knees
Women are waiting longer to undergo knee replacement surgery than men, and the delay may cause greater disability...

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Sensitivity to Implant Materials in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasties
Total knee arthroplasty patients may experience increased sensitization, which can negatively impact the outcome of the implant...

Thursday, February 14, 2008 Nearly All Back Pain Improves By 5 Years
A follow-up study of low back pain finds that >90% of patients report significant improvement within 5 years...

Thursday, February 07, 2008 Arthroscopic Debridement for Knee Osteoarthritis
Arthroscopic debridement does not appear to offer any benefit for osteoarthritis aggravated by mechanical or inflammatory causes...

Tuesday, February 05, 2008 MGH Center is a Pioneer in Knee Repair
Physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital sports medicine center are experimenting with new techniques for joint reconstruction in athletes...

Thursday, January 31, 2008 Financial Ties Are Cited as Issue in Spine Study
Many of the spine surgeons who hailed the Prodisc® as a medical breakthrough had a financial interest in the new product…