News tagged with knee replacement
US has no good system to track medical implants
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge ...
New no-needle approach to prevent blood clots
Aug 11, 2009 |
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The dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health and a team of scientists worldwide have found a better way to prevent deadly blood clots after joint replacement surgery - a major problem that ...
Bone from Blood: Circulating Cells Form Bone Outside the Normal Skeleton, Study Finds
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The accepted dogma has been that bone-forming cells, derived from the body's connective tissue, are the only cells able to form the skeleton. However, new research shows that specialized cells ...
Study assesses new surgical procedure for regenerating cartilage in damaged knee joints
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Rush University Medical Center is testing a new procedure for regenerating damaged articular cartilage in the knee joint to relieve the pain of osteoarthritis. Rush is the only center in Illinois participating in the CAIS ...
Health-care providers and patients differ on views of knee replacement
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common treatment for osteoarthritis, a disease affecting more than 20 million Americans. However, the surgery poses risks and both patients and physicians must carefully assess its potential ...
Wait time guarantees not likely to reduce waits for joint replacement surgery
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Significant increases in surgical capacity or diverting patients to other jurisdictions are the best ways to deal with excessive wait times for hip and knee replacement surgery – a leading symbol of underfunding in Canada's ...
HRT increases likelihood of hip and knee replacement
Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Having more children and using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases the likelihood that women will have joint replacement surgery, a large Oxford University-led study has shown.
How often do hip and knee replacements need revision?
Sep 02, 2008 |
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A comprehensive study using nationwide data on hip and knee replacements in England has found that one in seventy-five patients require a revision of their joint replacement after three years. Although this compares favourably ...
No justification for denying obese patients knee replacements
Jul 24, 2008 |
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There is no justification for denying obese patients knee replacement surgery: They benefit almost as much as anyone else from the procedure, concludes a small study published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Di ...
