Orthopedics
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-...
May 20, 2021
We previously showed that different skeletal muscles in Daurian ground squirrels (Spermophilus dauricus) possess different antioxidant strategies during hibernation; however, the reason for these vari...
May 20, 2021
The tympanic middle ear is an adaptive sensory novelty that evolved multiple times in all of the major terrestrial tetrapod groups to overcome the impedance mismatch generated when aerial sound encoun...
May 19, 2021
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention principal deputy director is retiring after 33 years with the agency.Anne Schuchat, M.D., joined the CDC i...
May 19, 2021
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Tranexamic acid is not associated with an increased risk for complications in high-risk patients undergoing hip and knee arthroplasty, according to a study pu...
May 19, 2021
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Brand-name competition has a variable impact on net drug prices, and price spikes initiated by manufacturers are relatively common and costly, according to tw...
May 19, 2021
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most U.S. hospitals remain noncompliant with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule mandating that hospital chargemasters be publicly ava...
May 17, 2021
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- There are disparities in orthopedic telemedicine use based on race or ethnicity, language, and insurance type, according to a study published online May 10 in ...
May 17, 2021
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Less than half of physicians now work in private practice, according to a report released by the American Medical Association (AMA).As part of the AMA Policy R...
May 17, 2021
FRIDAY, May 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The time and financial costs associated with participating in the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)...
May 17, 2021
The aim of the present study was to evaluate long-term functional and radiographic outcome in the distal radioulnar joint (DRUJ) for Galeazzi fracture-dislocation after anatomic reduction and rigid fi...