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Sports Medicine
HSS Study: Delay in Rotator Cuff Repair Associated with “Significant” Increase Revision Surgery
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Although the field is swimming in rotator cuff data, we did, apparently, need a bit more.…
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Recon
Trying to Make a Dent in Post-THA Pain? Adding Corticosteroids to Periarticular Injections May Work, Study Suggests
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. “What is the ideal mix of ingredients when it comes to periarticular injections?” asked a…
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Hospitals
Methamphetamines Adding Fuel to the Orthopedic Fire
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. “Ice,” “blue,” “crystal,” or “meth”…whatever you call it, methamphetamines (MAs) can heap problems on top…
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Biologics
Bone Therapeutics’ allogeneic cell therapy product, ALLOB, shows 90% fusion rate at 24 months in Phase IIa study in lumbar spinal fusion
Gosselies, Belgium, 14 October 2020, 7am CEST – BONE THERAPEUTICS (Euronext Brussels and Paris: BOTHE), the cell therapy company addressing unmet…
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Hospitals
THA Disparities? It’s the Neighborhood!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Noting that disparities in total hip arthroplasty (THA) utilization have worsened in recent years, a…
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Extremities
Happy Upper Extremity Patients? Must be the Telemedicine
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. When a team of researchers from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania pondered the issue…
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Recon
CurvaFix Completes Treatment of First US Patient in RESTORE Clinical Study
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 8, 2020 – CurvaFix, Inc., a developer of medical devices to repair fractures in curved bones, announced…
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Recon
The LSU Integrated Musculoskeletal Biobank (LIMB): Going to Extremes for ALL Patients
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Louisiana State University (LSU) Health – New Orleans is…
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Spine
NuVasive MaXcess® Retractor Featured in Study Further Validating Prone, Single-Position XLIF® Published in The Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –NuVasive, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUVA), the leader in spine technology innovation, focused on transforming spine…
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Recon
Knee Fracture Patients: 3.7x Higher Risk of TKA!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Do we really know how much a knee fracture elevates the risk of total knee…
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Spine
Spineology Completes Enrollment in Post-Market Study of Novel, Expandable Lateral Implant
October 5, 2020 ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Spineology Inc., an innovator in anatomy-conserving spine surgery, is excited to announce full enrollment…
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Hospitals
Wear a Skirt=Physically Incapable of Performing Surgery?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. What happens when a team of investigators descends on a sports medicine clinic with pictures…
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Biologics
New Evidence That ACL Graft Maturation Progresses in a Predictable Pattern
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. An ongoing hot potato in the sports medicine world, the timing of return-to-play has gotten…
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Biologics
Royal Biologics Completes 100th Cryo Cord™ Case, Successfully Enrolls First Patient Into Diabetic Foot Ulcer Study
HACKENSACK, N.J., September 18, 2020 (Newswire.com) – Royal Biologics, an ortho-biologics company specializing in the research and advancement of novel ortho-biologics…
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Extremities
Proximal Humerus Nonunions: Healing Rate of Fractures = 97%!
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. When proximal humerus fractures don’t respond to nonoperative management, what happens to those patients who…
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