News articles tagged with 'orthopaedic'
Inexpensive rinsing effective at reducing post-op infection following joint replacement surgery
— 18 Feb 2011 18:38 | HealthA rinsing technique with betadine that costs just a little over one dollar per patient may significantly reduce the infection rate following total knee and hip joint replacement surgery…
Biomarker could make diagnosing knee injury easier, less costly, Stanford othopaedists say
— 17 Feb 2011 19:09 | HealthA recently discovered biomarker could help doctors diagnose a common type of knee injury, according to a new study…
Hip, thigh implants can raise bone fracture risk in children
— 17 Feb 2011 17:36 | HealthChildren with hip and thigh implants designed to help heal a broken bone or correct other bone conditions are at risk for subsequent fractures of the very bones that the implants were…
Ultrasound fusion imaging provides comparable accuracy for bone, soft tissue tumours
— 17 Feb 2011 17:27 | HealthBiopsies using ultrasound fusion imaging for detecting bone and soft tissue cancers are safe, effective and just as accurate as conventional biopsy methods, according to a Henry Ford…
Customised knee replacement depends on surgeon's skill, not implant design
— 17 Feb 2011 17:24 | HealthWhile the choices of knee implants are plentiful, the success of total knee replacement surgery still is dependent on the surgeon's skill, Henry Ford Hospital researchers say…
Study identifies factors that increase risk of falls among orthopaedic inpatients
— 8 Nov 2010 17:27 | HealthPatients who undergo total hip replacements are more at risk for having a serious fall while recovering in the hospital than patients undergoing other orthopaedic procedures, according…
Researchers develop more reliable, less expensive synthetic graft material
— 23 Oct 2010 18:14 | HealthWith a failure rate as high as 50 percent, bone tissue grafts pose a significant obstacle to orthopaedic surgeons attempting to repair complex fractures or large areas of bone loss,…
Vitamin D deficiency rampant in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery, damaging patient recovery
— 7 Oct 2010 16:18 | HealthAlmost 50 percent of patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery have vitamin D deficiency that should be corrected before surgery to improve patient outcomes, based on a study by researchers…
Microfluidic devices advance 3-D tissue engineering at Stevens
— 7 Oct 2010 15:51 | TechnologyA research team, co-headed by Dr Woo Lee and Dr Hongjun Wang of Stevens Institute of Technology, has published a paper describing a new method that generates three-dimensional (3D)…
Hip dysplasia susceptibility in dogs may be underreported, according to Penn Vet comparative study
— 3 Sep 2010 12:49 | HealthA study comparing a University of Pennsylvania method for evaluating a dog's susceptibility to hip dysplasia to the traditional American method has shown that 80 percent of dogs judged…