Orthopedics
May 16, 2024
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (rTKA) is associated with fewer complications but higher average total cost than conventional TKA (cTKA), accordin...
May 16, 2024
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD), those with severe bilateral hip osteoarthritis (OA) have worse outcomes, according to a study published onl...
May 13, 2024
As an innovative internal fixation system, FNS (femoral neck system) is increasingly being utilized by surgeons for the treatment of femoral neck fractures. At present, there have been numerous finite...
May 03, 2024
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For upper-extremity function after thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthroplasty, video-only therapy (VOT) is noninferior to in-person therapy (IPT), according to...
May 03, 2024
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The overall visit proportion for emergency department visits involving pedestrian injury is 45.62 per 100,000 emergency department visits, according to resea...
May 02, 2024
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-bearing activity appears tied to incident knee osteoarthritis (OA) in people who have low levels of lower-limb muscle mass, according to a study...
Apr 30, 2024
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Fracture risk is nearly doubled in individuals with acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis, according to a study recently published in Arthriti...
Apr 25, 2024
Self-administered acupressure (SAA) is an efficacious and cost-effective approach to relieve knee pain in middle-aged and older adults with probable knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study publ...
Apr 24, 2024
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Younger women are less likely to develop musculotendinous injury (MTI) relative to total injuries when compared with men, according to a study published on...
Apr 24, 2024
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The addition of arthroscopic surgery to nonoperative management of knee arthritis does not delay or hasten total knee arthroplasty (TKA) during 10 years of...
Apr 24, 2024
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For longer-term nursing home residents, initiation of antihypertensive medication is associated with an increased risk for fractures and falls, according t...
Apr 24, 2024
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly one-quarter of patients show persistent early knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms six to 12 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (AC...
Apr 22, 2024
Despite the established success of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with end-stage osteoarthritis, there is a notable scarcity of research on its long-term outcomes in individuals suffering from end-stag...
Apr 16, 2024
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic low back pain, physician empathy is inversely associated with pain intensity, back-related disability, and health-related quality ...
Apr 11, 2024
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Use of advanced machine learning tools can help predict postinjury complications among patients with lower-extremity fractures, according to a study publ...
Apr 09, 2024
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The average pain trajectories after shoulder surgery vary with different analgesic interventions, according to research presented at the 49th Annual Regional...
Apr 09, 2024
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, a femoral nerve block (FNB) is associated with a lower incidence of excessive opioid...
Apr 09, 2024
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Progressive resistance training (PRT) is not superior to neuromuscular exercise (NEMEX) for improving functional performance in patients with hip osteoarthri...
Apr 02, 2024
MONDAY, April 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Following Cures Act implementation, the time for patients to access imaging results decreased, while the proportion of patients who accessed their reports be...
Mar 28, 2024
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Male and female p.C282Y homozygotes, including those undiagnosed with hemochromatosis, have increased morbidity risks, according to a study published in ...