Orthopedics
Oct 08, 2020
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with acute back pain with sciatica, those receiving early physical therapy (EPT) have improvements in the Oswestry Disability Index (OSW) score...
Oct 08, 2020
The gut microbiota is an important contributor to both health and disease. While previous studies have reported on the beneficial influences of the gut microbiota and probiotic supplementation on bone...
Oct 08, 2020
Clinical chemistry and hematological tests are widely used to monitor the clinical course of several diseases. However, these parameters are sparse in large-animal models of multiple trauma (MT). Thus...
Oct 08, 2020
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) have been reported to exert important roles in the inflammatory response. There are many inflammatory diseases in dentistry which support the administr...
Oct 08, 2020
For patients with bone marrow failure syndromes (BMFS) who may tolerate gradual donor engraftment and achieve adequate disease control with stable mixed chimerism, RIC regimens may be preferable to my...
Oct 08, 2020
Fulvestrant 500 mg is standard of care for endocrine therapy-naive or pretreated women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) metastatic breast cancer (MBC). This study was conducted to explore the pot...
Oct 08, 2020
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a cornerstone of treatment for advanced prostate cancer (PCa); however, it accelerates the loss of bone mineral density (BMD), which increases fracture risk. Guid...
Oct 07, 2020
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- From 2006 to 2017, the frequency of preoperative stress testing declined annually among patients undergoing elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty, acc...
Oct 07, 2020
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Hydroxychloroquine administered for eight weeks as preexposure prophylaxis has no clinical benefit in hospital-based health care workers (HCWs) exposed to pat...
Oct 07, 2020
TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a decrease in pediatric fracture volume, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of ...
Oct 05, 2020
Professional athletes are at increased risk of injury with high activity levels and additional pressure to return to sports quickly after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. The purpose of this s...
Oct 05, 2020
Fracture of femoral component in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has become a rare complication with improvements in metal alloy manufacturing technology.We report two cases of fracture of femoral compo...
Oct 05, 2020
The purpose of this study was to identify and report on the rate at which leaders in orthopaedic surgery are encountering GTM, their treatment methods and to identify whether these clinicians' demogra...
Oct 05, 2020
The purposes of this study were to evaluate whether the planning method using the contralateral limb status is reasonable and to determine the disparity between the preoperative planning and actual po...
Oct 05, 2020
This study sought to assess early clinical outcomes for knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients undergoing bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) treatment using a novel closed-end, fenestrated trocar (FT)...
Oct 01, 2020
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Orthopedics for September 2020. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well a...
Oct 01, 2020
The perceived relative safety of thoracic thrust joint manipulation (TTJM) has contributed to a growth in evidence supporting use in practice. Yet adverse events (AE) have been documented following TT...
Oct 01, 2020
With a network structure formed by cross-linking process, epoxy resins possess excellent mechanical properties. Among them, SU-8 photoresist (bisphenol-A epoxy resin) is widely used as coatings in mic...
Oct 01, 2020
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone in adults as well as in children. Previous studies have reported a wide range of fracture incidences. Scaphoid fractures and non-unions in child...
Oct 01, 2020
Focused, high energy shock wave therapy (ESWT) stimulates bone healing by neo-angiogenesis and activating osteocytes. This study investigates if applying an ESWT intraoperatively improves and accelera...