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Recon
The price we pay for sitting too much
New research is helping medical experts devise formulas for how long a typical office worker should spend sitting and standing. Studies have…
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Recon
Obese patients experienced increased complication rate with direct anterior THA
By Casey Tingle Compared with patients who were at a normal or pre-obese weight, patients who were obese experienced a…
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Extremities
Smokers Face Higher Risk for Revision after Knee Replacement
By Pam Harrison The most important factor associated with an increased risk of revision following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is…
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Spine
EOS imaging Announces the Acquisition of Exclusive Rights to Scoliosis Progression Prognosis Software Technology
Paris, September 28, 2015 – EOS imaging (Euronext, FR0011191766 – EOSI), the pioneer in 2D/3D orthopedic medical imaging, today announced that…
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Spine
Man With A ‘Complete Spinal Cord Injury’ Learns To Walk Again Using Just His Brain Waves
By Ed Cara It’s a technology that sounds lifted from the latest Marvel movie — a “Brain-Computer Interface Functional Electrical Stimulation…
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Spine
Is PEEK cost-effective for spinal surgery? 5 things to know
By Laura Dyrda A new study in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examines the cost-effectiveness of PEEK implants for spine surgery. The…
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Extremities
TKA may effectively treat post-traumatic OA after tibial plateau fracture
By Casey Tingle Total knee arthroplasty can be an effective treatment for patients with post-traumatic osteoarthritis following tibial plateau fractures,…
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Extremities
TXA plus diluted-epinephrine decreased blood loss in TKA
By Casey Tingle Local application of tranexamic acid plus diluted-epinephrine decreased postoperative blood loss and reduced the possibility of homologous…
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Spine
Discovering the Reparative and Destructive Qualities of Macrophages in Spinal Cord Injuries
By Rachel Lutz Macrophages – the cells that warn of attacks from viruses, bacteria, or fungi ‑ work double duty…
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Spine
Neuromodulation stem cells studied as new treatments for patients with spinal cord injuries
An acute spinal cord injury is a sudden injury that results in a bruise, partial injury or complete injury of…
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Biologics
Researchers investigate new biomaterial for orthopedics
By Sharon Wu Stefanie A. Sydlik, a Carnegie Mellon alumnus, spoke last Tuesday as part of a seminar series hosted…
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Financial
When Patients Have to Pay the Difference, They Choose Less Expensive ASCs for Care
By Jim Burger The more financial responsibility patients share with their insurers, and the more they understand the disparity in…
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