Recovery
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Recon
Zimmer Biomet Debuts WalkAI™ Artificial Intelligence Model to Predict Post-Operative Recovery Progress
WalkAI Adds Predictive Artificial Intelligence Capabilities to ZBEdge™ Connected Intelligence Suite, Offering Surgeons Data-Driven Guidance to Identify Patients with Lagging…
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Financial
Get a new body part and go home the same day: the rise of the ‘bedless hospital’
By CASEY ROSS BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — Get in, get a new knee, go home. As treatments get less invasive and…
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Spine
Portland study finds spinal surgery recovery takes much longer than expected
Sue Vorenberg, Contributing Reporter Spinal neurosurgeons may be giving their patients inaccurate information on how long it will take them…
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Extremities
Patients get a recovery suite, not a hospital bed, after this new joint replacement surgery
By Stephan Watson Early on a gray morning, as Paula Pitarresi slept under a blue sheet in an operating room…
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Spine
David Sosebee comes back stronger after spinal cord injury
By Sarah K. Spencer On March 15, the Georgia redshirt junior pitcher’s legs were giving out as he threw 2.2…
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Spine
‘Exciting discovery’ could aid frontline spinal injury treatment
Rapid treatment with a new anti-inflammatory could have a major impact on recovery from spinal cord injury, University of Queensland researchers have…
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Spine
Clues to how people bounce back from surgery
LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the big frustrations of surgery: There’s little way to know…
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Delaying Knee Replacement and Implications on Early Postoperative Outcomes: A Pilot Study
By Mark D. Rossi, PT, PhD, CSCS; Thomas Eberle, MSPT, DPT, DMT; Martin Roche, MD; Matthew Waggoner, PT, DPT, MTC;…
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Percutaneous disc decompression keeps patients pain-free up to two years later, shows study
A randomized, controlled study comparing standard conservative therapy to a minimally invasive treatment called percutaneous disc decompression for painful herniated…
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