fractures
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Hospitals
Keep Older Hip Patients Off Opioids!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Elderly patients with hip fractures don’t need anything else to worry about, much less the…
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Spine
New Directional Cannula Provides More Flexibility and Control to Balloon Kyphoplasty Procedures
DUBLIN, May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced the U.S. launch of Kyphon Assist™…
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Extremities
McGinley Orthopedics Launches New Plate for Distal Radius Fractures: Lever Action Plate System™
CASPER, Wyo., Jan. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — McGinley Orthopedics, a developer of innovative HandHeld Robotic technology with a goal of changing the…
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OSN Premium
50% of Revisions are Unnecessary
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 12, 2019 “If you look at the number of hip and knee revisions we…
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Extremities
Smith+Nephew launches new EVOS™ WRIST Plating System; an evolutionary treatment option for both simple and complex wrist fractures
LONDON, Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN,NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology business, today announced the launch of its EVOS WRIST…
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Recon
CT Surgeon gives patients pain relief with an innovative procedure to treat stress fractures
(DANBURY, CT) – September 9, 2016 – When his knee quickly swelled to three times its normal size after falling…
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Biologics
Fractures That Fail to Heal May Be Predictable Based on Patient Risk Factors
September 08, 2016 DURHAM, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Recent research has shed light on the predictability of fractures that fail to heal, known…
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Recon
Intraoperative Hypothermia During Surgical Fixation of Hip Fractures
August 18, 2016 Hip fractures are common orthopedic injuries, and the incidence is projected to increase substantially in the near…
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Spine
Vertebroplasty helps reduce acute pain among patients with spinal fractures
WASHINGTON, August 19, 2016–Vertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure to reduce acute pain and disability in patients who have…
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Extremities
Acumed Launches New State-of-the-Art System for Ankle Fractures
Wed, 2016-05-25, The Acumed Ankle Plating System 3 and Small Fragment Base Set features a variety of fracture-specific plating options designed…
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Biologics
New Resorbable Bioceramic Materials for Bone Fractures Might Soon Enter the Market
BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RESTORATION, an European research project, has developed new resorbable bioceramic materials that can be used in three different…
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Recon
Proximal, not distal fractures, associated with premature mortality in older men, women
By Shirley Pulawski SAN FRANCISCO — Although research presented here at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting showed proximal…
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Extremities
Revolutionizing the Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures
By Anup Patel, MD, MBA and Rajendra Sawh-Martinez, MD Most academic plastic surgery training programs host visiting professors to foster…
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Spine
Elmhurst Hospital using new implant to treat spine fractures
By Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare A car accident, a slip on an icy sidewalk, a fall from a ladder – it only…
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Extremities
UW surgeon, 74, bound for Nepal to aid earthquake victims
By JoNel Aleccia A 74-year-old orthopedic surgeon and spine specialist from Seattle is among a crew of emergency-medical workers heading…
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