Orthopedics
May 27, 2021
Nearly half of the world's oil reserves are found in carbonate reservoirs, which have heterogeneous formation characteristics and are naturally fractured. Because of the permeability contrast between ...
May 27, 2021
Musculoskeletal conditions are the single largest contributor to years lived with disability worldwide. Most musculoskeletal conditions can be managed in primary care, but for a small proportion of th...
May 27, 2021
Pediatric skull fracture association with the cranial sutures (crossing, widening, or contacting 2 or more cranial sutures) is suggestive of abusive injury. We studied the efficacy of head computed to...
May 27, 2021
Postoperative thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) suppression therapy is recommended for patients with intermediate- and high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer to prevent the recurrence of thyroid canc...
May 26, 2021
WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Oral tranexamic acid (TXA) appears as effective as intravenous (IV) TXA in preventing blood loss in patients undergoing total knee and total hip replacement...
May 26, 2021
WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Premenopausal women who undergo bilateral oophorectomy have an increased risk for severe carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), according to a study published online...
May 26, 2021
WEDNESDAY, May 26, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Health care workers (HCWs) are more likely to test positive with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, and the risk for re...
May 26, 2021
TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- No cases of postdural puncture headache (PDPH) were reported in a cohort of patients receiving spinal injections with smaller or larger needles for spinal ane...
May 26, 2021
TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As part of a multimodal analgesic regimen in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, duloxetine cuts opioid use compared with placebo, according to a stu...
May 24, 2021
FRIDAY, May 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A convolutional neural network (CNN) has been developed for detecting scaphoid fractures on radiographs of the hand, wrist, and scaphoid, according to a report...
May 24, 2021
FRIDAY, May 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Six in 10 pediatric spinal fractures occur in children ages 15 to 17 years, most commonly in a motor vehicle accident (MVA), according to a study published onl...
May 24, 2021
Proximal humerus fractures are common injuries. Although certain fracture types may benefit from surgery including open reduction internal fixation (ORIF), the optimal method for fixation is unclear. ...
May 24, 2021
The GORE® Conformable TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis (CTAG) was engineered to enhance conformability in the thoracic aorta and has demonstrated greater deployment accuracy and wall apposition than the...
May 24, 2021
Neck and low back pains are the leading causes of years lived with disability, and using computers or mobile devices in excess could be risk factors for back pain. Our aim was to evaluate the associat...
May 24, 2021
Background Replicating a total shoulder arthroplasty in laboratory is a difficult task due to complex geometry of the structures and degrees of freedom of the joint. Implanted joint shoulders have bee...
May 20, 2021
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Confident, young athletes at the time of return to sport (RTS) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are more likely to sustain a second ACL...
May 20, 2021
Improving revascularization is one of the major measures in fracture treatment. Moderate local inflammation triggers angiogenesis, whereas systemic inflammation hampers angiogenesis. Previous studies ...
May 20, 2021
Composites, both natural and synthetic, achieve novel functionality by combining two or more constituent materials. For example, the earliest adhesive silk in spider webs - cribellate silk - is compos...
May 20, 2021
Muscle force-length dynamics are governed by intrinsic contractile properties, motor stimulation and mechanical load. Although intrinsic properties are well-characterised, physiologists lack in vitro ...
May 20, 2021
Fish fin rays (lepidotrichia) are typically composed of paired and segmented flexible structures (hemitrichia) that help support and change the shape of the fins to affect water flow. Yet, marine ray-...