Knee
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DJO launches Vitamin E Polyethylene in the new Movation Total Knee System
DJO Global, Inc. is putting a series of new DJO Surgical products on the red carpet at this year’s American…
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Orthopedic survey: U.S. knee/hip market has hit bottom
A survey of orthopedic docs by investment bank Leerink Swann yields mixed messages for the U.S. market for hip and…
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Biomet releases surgical guide system for partial knee replacement
Biomet Orthopedics announced the launch of the Signature Personalized Patient Care System for use with the Oxford Partial Knee System.…
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Revision Estimates Haunt TKRs
Bilione W. Young • Tue, Feb 21st, 2012 While it is great that over a million and a half Americans have regained…
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Avoiding Complications of Meniscectomy and Meniscal Repair
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Surgeon: UKA results in high patient satisfaction, low perioperative morbidity
In carefully selected patients, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is associated with high patent satisfaction, a lower risk of perioperative morbidity and long-term survivorship rivaling that…
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Introducing A New Knee Replacement Model Increases The Likelihood Of Early Revision Surgery
Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go…
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3D Imaging: A Major Development for Hip or Knee Arthroplasty
PARIS, Oct. 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A study, presented during a trauma and degenerative osteo-articular pathologies session at the…
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NJR of England & Wales Confirms Success of DePuy Joint Replacement Products
WARSAW, IN – SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 – DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (DePuy), a global leader in devices for joint replacement, is…
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Histogenics Reports Positive Phase 2 Data for NeoCart Autologous Cartilage Tissue Implant for the Treatment of Knee Cartilage Injury
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Histogenics Corporation, a privately held regenerative medicine company, today announced the presentation of positive Phase 2 data for…
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Carbylan BioSurgery Announces Positive Clinical Trial Results for Hydros-TA in Patients With Pain From Knee Osteoarthritis
PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 26, 2011) – Carbylan BioSurgery, Inc. today announced positive results in its double-blinded, multi-center COR1.0 clinical trial…
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Inventors say implant could ‘revolutionise’ knee surgery
A new medical screw implant could ‘revolutionise’ major knee surgery, according to its inventors at Aberdeen University. The fixation mechanism,…
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ConforMIS Announces Completion of the First iTotal® CR Knee Resurfacing System Surgeries
BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ConforMIS today announced that the first surgeries using the iTotal® CR knee resurfacing system were successfully completed in Boston,…
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Orthovita Announces Presentation of Clinical Results Evaluating Vitagel™ Surgical Hemostat in Reducing Blood Loss During Primary Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Monday, April 11, 2011 – Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITA), an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, is pleased to announce…
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CaroMont Health and BCBSNC Announce Innovative Health Delivery Initiative: Bundled Payment Program for Knee Replacement
GASTONIA, N.C., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CaroMont Health and North Carolina’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC), announced…
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