Orthopedics
Aug 05, 2021
Single-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty (ssBTKA) can be used for patients presenting with bilateral arthritis and may result in fewer systemic and wound complications compared with two, indepen...
Aug 02, 2021
New surgical techniques have been developed to minimize perioperative damage to paravertebral stabilizing musculotendinous system. Among them, midline lumbar fusion (MIDLF) shows to be a viable option...
Aug 02, 2021
This retrospective cohort study investigates risks of hospitalised fall or hip fractures in working age adults receiving mental health care in South London.Patients aged 18 to 64, who received a first...
Aug 02, 2021
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a deformation of the spine and it is routinely diagnosed using posteroanterior and lateral radiographs. The Risser sign used in skeletal maturity assessment is...
Aug 02, 2021
In the inflammatory peri-implant microenvironment, excessive polarization of macrophages to the proinflammatory M1 phenotype can trigger the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, which promote bone res...
Aug 02, 2021
To evaluate the incidence of knee bone marrow edema-like signal and its changes before and after running a half marathon running in asymptomatic amateur marathon runners to explore the impact of the h...
Jul 31, 2021
Despite a need for more robust evidence, many patients with chronic pain are being treated with medical cannabis and cannabinoids. In the Journal of Cannabis Research, the Global Task Force on Dosing ...
Jul 30, 2021
FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Many of the drugs in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accelerated approval pathway have not been confirmed as clinically effective, despite the requireme...
Jul 30, 2021
FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There is a significant association between cognitive decline and both bone loss and fracture risk, independent of aging, in community-dwelling, older women, a...
Jul 30, 2021
FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The mean amount of medical debt is greater among individuals who live in the South and in ZIP codes in the lowest income deciles, according to a study publish...
Jul 30, 2021
The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered around empowering physicians to discuss vaccination with patients. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transcript h...
Jul 29, 2021
THURSDAY, July 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- In 2019, 58.9 percent of adults reported any pain in the previous three months, with 39.0, 36.5, and 30.7 percent experiencing back, lower-limb, and upper-l...
Jul 29, 2021
Time to surgical intervention is an oft-investigated potentially modifiable risk factor for complications after mandible fracture. To identify novel risk factors for malunion/nonunion after mandible...
Jul 29, 2021
A 26-year-old male presented to a Level 1 trauma center following a motorcycle crash. Workup of his injuries demonstrated a grade 5 liver laceration with active extravasation, grade 5 kidney laceratio...
Jul 29, 2021
Tibial intercondylar eminence fractures are a rare pathology causing anterior laxity of the knee, which requires anatomical reduction and a stable osteosynthesis. The aim of this study was to present ...
Jul 29, 2021
Children with obesity are known to have reduced bone density and are at a higher risk for fractures. This may be caused by decreased physical activity or a metabolic phenomenon. In this study, we eval...
Jul 26, 2021
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, abelacimab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to factor XI and locks it in the zymogen conformation, is effect...
Jul 26, 2021
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adolescents and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer diagnosed at age 15 to 39 years, there has been improvement in five-year relative survival for mult...
Jul 26, 2021
MONDAY, July 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- All health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19, dozens of major U.S. medical groups said in a joint statement released Monday."D...
Jul 26, 2021
Surgical treatment for dislocated trochlear shear injuries is recommended due to its articular nature. However, the surgical exposure is often limited and large cartilaginous fragments with lack of su...