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TKA Revision Prevalent in Younger Patients – is Smoking a Factor?
Younger TKA patients had early reoperation and component revision surgery nearly twice as often as older patients. Higher tobacco use among younger patients may have led to higher infection rates, researchers suggest.
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Improving Chronic Pain and Limited Mobility with Water-Based Therapy
Advanced therapy pools and accessories power up programs that improve quality-of-life measures.
Clinical Trial to Assess Weight-Loss Program to Help Patients Become Eligible for Joint Replacement
Digital health startup Nutrimedy Inc is partnering with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in a clinical trial to assess a mobile weight-loss app aimed at helping patients become eligible for total joint arthroscopy (TJA).
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Experts Issue Guidelines on Resuming Elective Surgery Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
A expert panel has issued recommendations to guide safe resumption of elective orthopedic surgery, such as joint replacement surgery or knee arthroscopy.
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How Hip Replacement Could Help Improve Lower Back Pain
Symptomatic lower back pain resolved in 82% of patients after total hip arthroplasty (THA), according to a new study by researchers at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).
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In RA Patients, This Determines Worse Joint Replacement Outcomes
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), higher disease activity — not post-operative flares — increases the risk of pain and poor function one year after a total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City.
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Avoid Hip Arthroscopy in Patients with Hip Arthritis, HSS Researchers Suggest
The percentage of patients with hip arthritis who had a hip replacement within two years of hip arthroscopy was unacceptably high at 68%, according to a new study of more than 2,600 patients by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Prior hip arthroscopy was also associated with significantly worse outcomes after hip replacement.
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DJO Offers Free Trial of OaraScore Risk Assessment Tool
DJO Global Inc announces that OaraScore, its patient risk assessment algorithm, now will be available with a 6-month free trial for all new users.
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This is a Strong Predictor of Post-Joint Surgery Opioid Use
Obesity and preoperative analgesic use were the strongest predictors of the ongoing use of analgesics 1 year after joint replacement surgery, according to Finnish researchers, in Arthritis Research & Therapy.
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Higher Weight, Sooner Knee Replacement Because of This
Obese patients undergo knee replacements around 8 years earlier than those who are a regular weight, researchers suggest, in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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Articular Cartilage Repair Failures
When damaged, articular cartilage can be repaired – but these treatments can also fail. In an opinion piece in The Times of India, the author looks at some ways these repairs have gone wrong.
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Chat with Clara While Going Through a Knee Replacement
MyComfortMD releases Clara, a text-based digital coach chatbot for patients scheduled to go through a total knee replacement surgery.
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Has Bundled Payments Led to ‘Cherry-Picking’ of Healthier Patients for Joint Replacements?
A pilot program introducing bundled payments for hip and knee replacement (HKR) in Medicare patients hasn’t led hospitals to “cherry-pick” healthier patients at lower risk of complications, research suggests.
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Kessler Foundation Receives Grant to Study Meniscal Tears Treatment
Kessler Foundation recently received a $590,000 award from The Geneva Foundation for a 3-year study of the use of an experimental minimally invasive treatment for meniscal tears
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The NUsurface Artificial Meniscus is Now Available in Israel for the First Time
Two patients in Israel have undergone knee surgery to receive the NUsurface Meniscus Implant – reportedly the first “artificial meniscus” to be marketed in the Middle East, Active Implants LLC reports.
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BioPrax Biofilm Disruption Device Receives FDA Breakthrough Nod
BioPrax, a minimally invasive device designed to help eliminate biofilm infections on prosthetic knee implants, has been granted Breakthrough Device designation by the FDA, its manufacturer announces.
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NUsurface Meniscus Implant Receives Breakthrough Device Designation
The NUsurface Meniscus Implant has been granted a Breakthrough Device Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration, Active Implants LLC, announces.
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