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Paxeon Reconstruction Announces Successful 12-Month Clinical Follow Up and A Unique Value Solutions Program That Has Produced Over $1.3m in Savings
Paxeon Reconstruction, a manufacturer of best-in-class orthopedic products including derivative and emerging products, announces successful 12-month clinical data utilizing its…
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High rate of fracture reported with third-generation CoC hip articulations
Compared with other findings regarding ceramic materials in joint articulations, results published in The Journal of Arthroplasty showed a higher…
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Many young, active patients reported pain after THA, surface replacement arthroplasty
By Casey Tingle Regardless of whether patients underwent total hip arthroplasty or surface replacement arthroplasty, 40% of young and active…
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Use of a bipolar sealer device decreased transfusion rate, blood loss during THA
By Casey Tingle Use of a bipolar sealer device during primary, direct anterior approach total hip arthroplasty significantly decreased the…
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Surgical approach in THA did not influence postoperative anteversion change
By Casey Tingle Performing total hip arthroplasty through either the posterolateral or direct anterior approach did not affect postoperative anteversion…
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Postoperative radiation may not be needed to prevent HO in THA patients with ankylosing spondylitis
By Casey Tingle Investigators of this study found no statistically significant difference in the rates of heterotopic ossification at 12-month…
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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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Low complication rates, excellent clinical outcomes observed with anterior approach THA
By Monica Jaramillo Recently published findings demonstrated low rates of perioperative complications and excellent clinical outcomes were observed in patients…
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Age, spinal anesthesia and patient-controlled analgesia increase risk of urinary retention after THA
By Casey Tingle Men older than 70 years, patients receiving spinal anesthesia and those with postoperative patient-controlled analgesia had an…
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The effect of surgical approach on the histology of the femoral head following resurfacing of the hip
Analysis of retrieval specimens H. W. Amarasekera, MS, FRCS(Ed), Orthopaedic PhD Fellow1 , P. C. Campbell, PhD, Adj. Professor2 , N. Parsons,…
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Can the pre-operative Western Ontario and McMaster score predict patient satisfaction following total hip arthroplasty?
B. A. Rogers, MA, MSc, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer 1 ; B. Alolabi, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Orthopaedic…
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Can Hip Arthroscopy Be Performed With Conventional Knee-Length Instrumentation?
Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether hip arthroscopy can be performed using conventional knee-length arthroscopy instrumentation.…
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Jimmy Chow, M.D., Performs 1,000th SuperPATH ® Hip Replacement Procedure at St. Luke’s Medical Center
Surgeon one of two in Arizona offering micro-invasive surgical hip replacement PHOENIX – (Dec. 16, 2014) –Jimmy Chow, M.D., a…
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Study shows trends in total hip arthroplasty implant usage from 2001 to 2012
Lehil MS. J Arthroplasty. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2014.05.017. From 2001 to 2012, total hip arthroplasty implant usage trends favored cementless fixation, metal-on-polyethylene…
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Polyethylene wear rate determined extent of osteolysis
Pérez-Coto I. J Arthroplasty. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2014.05.020. The extent of osteolysis in patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty depended on polyethylene…
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