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Diamondback repair optimizes pressurized contact area in rotator cuff tear treatment
Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio discovered the diamondback double row (DBK) repair significantly…
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Osteoporosis specialists call for testing bone density in at-risk women more often
Although a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests women with normal results ondual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans at age 67…
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Avoiding Complications of Meniscectomy and Meniscal Repair
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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…
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Decreased height in older women linked to increased fracture risk, mortality rate
Older women who have lost more than two inches of height during the past 15 years of their life may…
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FDA approval of BioMimetic’s Augment Bone Graft dependent on more information
In a post-panel response letter, the FDA told BioMimetic Therapeutics Inc. that it would need to submit more information about…
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Mini plates and screws technically feasible for fixation of unstable proximal interphalangeal joint dorsal fracture dislocations
Miniature plates and screws can be used to provide fixation for unstable proximal interphalangeal joint dorsal fracture dislocations — but…
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Senate passes bill delaying Medicare physician payment cut for 2 months
The U.S. Senate passed an amended version of a bill Saturday that postpones a 27.4% Medicarephysician payment decrease scheduled to occur…
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Cemented polished stems preserve femur in young patients receiving THA
The use of cemented polished stems may help preserve the femur in young patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, according to Australian researchers. Bogdan…
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Less blood needed after hip fracture surgery
Patients may need less blood than previously believed following operative hip fracture repair, according to a study published in the New England Journal…
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Extremities
Lengthening and plating decreases time for external fixation, carries high varus deformity risk
While increasing the frame length and inserting a locked plate in an external circular fixator during distraction and consolidation bone…
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New minimally invasive technique may be useful to decompress lumbar nerve roots
Using the Gill criteria, three patients showed excellent results and four had good outcomes. By Gina Brockenbrough ORTHOPEDICS TODAY 2010;…
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