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Mid-flexion laxity is greater after posterior-stabilised total knee replacement than with cruciate-retaining procedures
Correspondence should be sent to Dr K. Hino; e-mail: hino@msc.biglobe.ne.jp Abstract There are several methods for evaluating stability of the joint during total knee replacement (TKR). Activities of daily living demand mechanical loading to the knee joint, not only in …
DJO launches Vitamin E Polyethylene in the new Movation Total Knee System
DJO Global, Inc. is putting a series of new DJO Surgical products on the red carpet at this year’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in Chicago
Orthopedic survey: U.S. knee/hip market has hit bottom
Biomet releases surgical guide system for partial knee replacement
Biomet Orthopedics announced the launch of the Signature Personalized Patient Care System for use with the Oxford Partial Knee System. The system enables surgeons to preoperatively plan a
Revision Estimates Haunt TKRs
Bilione W. Young • Tue, Feb 21st, 2012
Surgeon: UKA results in high patient satisfaction, low perioperative morbidity
In carefully selected patients, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty is associated with high patent satisfaction, a lower risk of perioperative morbidity and long-term survivorship rivaling that found withtotal knee arthroplasty, according
Introducing A New Knee Replacement Model Increases The Likelihood Of Early Revision Surgery
Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go with them, before new total knee replacement procedures
3D Imaging: A Major Development for Hip or Knee Arthroplasty
PARIS, Oct. 25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A study, presented during a trauma and degenerative osteo-articular pathologies session at the Journees Francaises de Radiologie (JFR) in Paris, France,
NJR of England & Wales Confirms Success of DePuy Joint Replacement Products
WARSAW, IN – SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 - DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (DePuy), a global leader in devices for joint replacement, is pleased that results released in the 2011 Annual
Histogenics Reports Positive Phase 2 Data for NeoCart Autologous Cartilage Tissue Implant for the Treatment of Knee Cartilage Injury
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Histogenics Corporation, a privately held regenerative medicine company, today announced the presentation of positive Phase 2 data for the NeoCart Autologous Cartilage Tissue Implant (ACTI).
Carbylan BioSurgery Announces Positive Clinical Trial Results for Hydros-TA in Patients With Pain From Knee Osteoarthritis
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Jul 26, 2011) - Carbylan BioSurgery, Inc. today announced positive results in its double-blinded, multi-center COR1.0 clinical trial which evaluated the safety and effectiveness of
Inventors say implant could ‘revolutionise’ knee surgery
A new medical screw implant could ‘revolutionise’ major knee surgery, according to its inventors at Aberdeen University. The fixation mechanism, developed in partnership with the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in
ConforMIS Announces Completion of the First iTotal® CR Knee Resurfacing System Surgeries
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ConforMIS today announced that the first surgeries using the iTotal® CR knee resurfacing system were successfully completed in Boston, Massachusetts, Indio, California,
Orthovita Announces Presentation of Clinical Results Evaluating Vitagel™ Surgical Hemostat in Reducing Blood Loss During Primary Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
MALVERN, Pennsylvania, Monday, April 11, 2011 – Orthovita, Inc. (NASDAQ: VITA), an orthobiologics and biosurgery company, is pleased to announce that Michael Bloomfield, M.D., of Cleveland Clinic, presented