One of the most interesting things I’ve come across while reading someDePuy ASR Hip Replacement recallmessage boards is that many hip replacement patients don’t seem to even know what hip implant they received. The upshot of that is that, at the least, they have no clue what’s been p...
Bone doctors hear it all the time. “But I was just walking, how did I break a bone?” The answer: You had a brittle bone that had no strength or resiliency left and it just snapped. This is what doctors call afragility fracture—when your bone breaks from a standing height or less...
Bone doctors hear it all the time. “But I was just walking, how did I break a bone?” The answer: You had a brittle bone that had no strength or resiliency left and it just snapped. This is what doctors call afragility fracture—when your bone breaks from a standing height or less...
clinical trials of thromboprophylaxis that required mandatory postoperative venography showed that among patients in the untreated or placebo arms, there was a 51% incidence of DVT after total hip replacement, a 71% incidence after total knee replacement, and a 48% incidence after hip fracture ...
Hip Osteoarthritis Symptoms The hip is a large joint that’s formed by the thigh bone and pelvic bone, which attach like a ball and socket. If cartilage between these bones wears away, the bones rub against one another, which can cause painful formations called bone spurs to develop. You ...
More than a million joint replacement surgeries are performed each year, mostly of the hip or knee, but the shoulders, elbows, and joints in the hands and feet can be replaced as well. As with all surgery, you will need to weigh the risks against the potential benefits of the procedure....
Surgery is a last resort for very severe RA. That includes when your joints are deformed and damaged, limiting your mobility. The three most common surgeries for RA are: Joint replacement, in which your surgeon replaces your damaged knee, hip, or other joints with man-made replacement parts...
A single-payer system also has the advantage of being redistributive. We can tax people based on how rich they are instead of charging everyone the same amount whether they can afford it or not. So, the rich subsidize the poor, and I think the redistribution is the best part of all. ...
JointPoint’s navigation system minimizes adoption challenges of the anterior approach surgical method for hip replacement by providing cup position, leg length and offset data for a surgeon using as few as 3 radiographic images. “One ...
The orthodox strategy for the treatment of dry eye syndrome is symptomatic therapy, such as tear replacement using artificial tears. Although artificial tears provide temporary symptomatic relief, they do not address the underlying pathophysiology of dry eye syndrome, and the outcome is not always ...