Orthopedics
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...
Oct 01, 2020
Since 2008 we have been using many free vascularized medial femoral condyle grafts for reconstruction of difficult scaphoid non-unions. This article aims to report our results and experiences.Until th...
Oct 01, 2020
Treatment of scaphoid non-unions is still challenging for responsible hand surgeons, especially in cases of avascular proximal pole non-unions or failed prior surgeries. Several surgical procedures tr...
Sep 30, 2020
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Non-COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased considerably with the onset of COVID-19, with declines generally similar across patient demographic subgroups f...
Sep 30, 2020
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Early stages of the U.K. COVID-19 lockdown had negative consequences for people with musculoskeletal conditions, according to a letter to the editor publish...
Sep 28, 2020
Use of the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam in patients with pelvic fractures has been reported as unreliable. We hypothesized that FAST is a reliable method for detecting cli...
Sep 28, 2020
Bacterial cellulose (BC), prepared from two recently developed thermotolerant bacterial strains (Komagataeibacter xylinus C30 and Komagataeibacter oboediens R37-9), were used as a raw material to synt...
Sep 28, 2020
Obese body habitus is a challenging issue to address in lumbar spine surgery. There is a lack of consensus on the long-term influence of BMI on patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction. This study a...
Sep 28, 2020
New 3D digital technologies can be applied to implant-supported ear prostheses to restore anatomical structures damaged by cancer, dysplasia, or trauma. However, several factors influence the accuracy...
Sep 28, 2020
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are potent osteoinductive agents for bone tissue engineering. In order to define optimal properties of a novel autologous bone graft substitute (ABGS) containing rhB...