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Orthopedics

Consensus Practice Guidelines Developed for Neck Pain

Dec 10, 2021

FRIDAY, Dec. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and the American Academy of Pain Medicine charged a multinational, multispecialty panel of exper...

Genetic Diagnosis of Rare Diseases Up With Genome Sequencing

Dec 05, 2021

FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Use of genomic sequencing yields an increase in genomic diagnoses across a spectrum of rare diseases, according to a study published in the Nov. 11 issue of th...

PRP Injections Do Not Ease Pain in Knee Osteoarthritis

Dec 05, 2021

FRIDAY, Dec. 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic mild-to-moderate radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA), intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) do not significa...

Women Underrepresented in U.S. Health System Leadership

Dec 03, 2021

THURSDAY, Dec. 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Women are underrepresented in senior leadership throughout the U.S. health system, according to a research letter published online Nov. 29 in JAMA Network Op...

Intermetatarsal Bursitis ID'd in Clinically Suspect Arthralgia

Dec 01, 2021

MONDAY, Nov. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- About one-quarter of patients with clinically suspect arthralgia (CSA) have intermetatarsal bursitis (IMB), which is often accompanied by subclinical synoviti...

Hospitals Lag in Sexual Harassment Policies

Dec 01, 2021

TUESDAY, Nov. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Few institutions have clear policies that specifically address sexual harassment from patients toward physicians and staff, according to a research letter pu...

Telehealth Programs Benefit Obese Adults With Knee OA

Dec 01, 2021

TUESDAY, Nov. 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Two telehealth interventions involving education and exercise, with and without dietary intervention, improve pain and function for people with knee osteoart...

Telehealth Intervention Works Out for Knee OA

Dec 01, 2021

Patients saw improvements in knee pain, function with exercise/diet duo An exercise and diet program administered via telehealth improved pain and function in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who...

Platelet-Rich Plasma a Bust in Placebo-Controlled Trial for Knee OA

Nov 29, 2021

Little improvement in pain, tibial cartilage volume loss with regenerative therapy The increasingly popular, but not entirely proven, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA)...

Anti-fatigue mats can reduce low back discomfort in transient pain developers.

Nov 29, 2021

Complaints of musculoskeletal pain are common among employees who stand for prolonged periods. This study sought to determine if an anti-fatigue mat (AFM) could uniquely affect low back pain (LBP), lo...

Ovarian metastasis risk factors in endometrial carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nov 29, 2021

To investigate the incidence of ovarian metastasis in endometrial carcinoma (EC) and analyze its risk factors and provide a theoretical basis for whether retention of the ovary in patients with EC.A s...

Use of Technology Assistance Rising for Total Knee Arthroplasties

Nov 22, 2021

MONDAY, Nov. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Use of technology-assisted elective total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) increased from 2010 to 2018 and is associated with reduced odds of short-term complicatio...

Discerning a smile - The intricacies of analysis of post-neck dissection asymmetry.

Nov 22, 2021

Iatrogenic facial nerve palsy is distressing to the patient and clinician. The deformity is aesthetically displeasing, and can be functionality problematic for oral competence, dental lip trauma and s...

Mechanical failure of posterior teeth due to caries and occlusal wear- A modelling study.

Nov 22, 2021

The purpose of the present work is to explore the effect of occlusal wear and different types and degrees of caries on the mechanical performance and structural integrity of posterior teeth.Three-dime...

Neuronavigation applied to Piezosurgery: towards Robotic image-aided craniotomies? A technical note.

Nov 22, 2021

Although simple in its concept, craniotomy can still cause serious consequences to the patient. A recent alternative to standard techniques (i.e. perforator and craniotome) is represented by Piezosurg...

Selenium enhances the expression of miR-9, miR-124 and miR-29a during neural differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.

Nov 22, 2021

Selenium (Se) is a trace element that plays important role in antioxidant defense in the brain. Sodium selenite (NaSeO) is an inorganic salt of Se which has an antioxidant function. In the present stu...

AHA: Oral Milvexian Promising for Prevention of VTE

Nov 19, 2021

FRIDAY, Nov. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing knee arthroplasty, factor XIa inhibition with oral milvexian reduced the risk for postoperative venous thromboembolism without an incr...

FDA Approves Virtual Reality System to Ease Back Pain

Nov 18, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A three-dimensional (3-D) virtual reality system to treat back pain was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday. The EaseVRx system is...

Strong Opioids No Better for Pain After Surgery for Fracture

Nov 18, 2021

THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Among patients with surgically managed orthopedic fractures, treatment of pain with strong opioid medication is not superior to milder medication, according...

ACR: Total Hip Arthroplasty Up for Those Under Age 21

Nov 17, 2021

MONDAY, Nov. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- From 2000 to 2016, there was an increase in total hip arthroplasty (THA) among patients younger than 21 years of age in the United States, according to a stud...

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