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Spine

Josh SandbergSeptember 11, 2020
1,437

Emergency Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: High Recurrence Rate Found

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In some situations, say the authors of a new retrospective cohort study, emergency surgery for…
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COVID-19

Josh SandbergSeptember 9, 2020
479

NIH: Halted vaccine study shows ‘no compromises’ on safety

September 9, 2020 / Associated Press AstraZeneca’s suspension of final testing of its potential COVID-19 vaccine while it investigates a…
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Spine

Josh SandbergSeptember 9, 2020
685

Decrease Homologous Blood Transfusions in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery?

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Recent work from the Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College,…
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Recon

Josh SandbergSeptember 3, 2020
499

Exactech Shoulder System Among Lowest Published Fracture Rates in Largest Study of Its Kind

September 3, 2020 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation and computer-assisted technologies for joint replacement…
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Spine

Josh SandbergSeptember 2, 2020
932

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Surgical Decompression Helps With Gait?

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Two researchers from the Texas Back Institute (TBI) in Plano, Texas undertook a study looking…
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Spine

Josh SandbergSeptember 1, 2020
559

First-Ever Study on Hepatitis C as Predictor of Issues Following Lumbar Fusion

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. While many outcomes have been explored as far as lumbar fusion, until now, there has…
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COVID-19

Josh SandbergAugust 31, 2020
551

“Significant” Increases in Morbidity, Mortality in Hip Fracture Patients with COVID-19

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A recent article from Tufts Medical Center has explored the evolving interplay between orthopedic trauma…
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Spine

Josh SandbergAugust 28, 2020
766

Surprise! Postop Segmental Lordosis After LLIF Explained by Two Factors

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. For the degenerating spine, lateral retroperitoneal lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) using percutaneous pedicle screw fixation…
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Extremities

Josh SandbergAugust 26, 2020
1,790

“Cut Errors in Half with Virtual Reality”

By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. How much does virtual reality help in orthopedic procedures—especially amongst inexperienced surgeons? Until now, we…
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Recon

Josh SandbergAugust 25, 2020
1,075

Is 50% of the Literature Wrong?

by Elizabeth Hoffheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. As full-time editor-in-chief of Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery; Arthroscopy Techniques; and…
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Spine

Josh SandbergAugust 20, 2020
1,808

Significant Number of Spine Patients Develop Depression and/or Anxiety

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. What do we know about spine fusion patients’ mental well-being after they leave the OR?…
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Extremities

Josh SandbergAugust 19, 2020
1,319

Cofield Award Recognizes Vail Team for Research on 10-year Outcomes of Bridging Double Row Rotator Cuff Repair

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.Ed., M.P.H. Dr. Adam M. Johannsen from the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado was recently…
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Spine

Josh SandbergAugust 18, 2020
1,717

First Study in 15 Years to Assess Back Pain in Children, Adolescents

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.Ed., M.P.H. When we think of back discomfort, our minds tend to turn toward adult aches and…
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Recon

Josh SandbergAugust 12, 2020
853

HSS Study: Good Outcomes After Arthroscopic Shoulder Superior Capsular Reconstruction

by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A group of researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York has explored…
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Biologics

Josh SandbergAugust 10, 2020
713

New Approach to Treating Osteoarthritis Advances

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Injections of a natural “energy” molecule prompted regrowth of almost half of the cartilage lost…
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