Procedures News

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 First RCTs Cast Doubt on Vertebroplasty Gains
The first 2 randomized, placebo-controlled trials of vertebroplasty for osteoporotic fractures show no significant benefits for the procedure...

Thursday, August 20, 2009 Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee
Companies are developing off-the-shelf plugs that are engineered to mimic the composition of human bone and cartilage to use instead of transplanted cartilage when repairing injured knees...

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 So You Think You Can Dance After Hip Replacement? You Can!
Orthopaedic surgeons are realizing that patients are never too young or too old to undergo total hip arthroplasty...

Thursday, July 16, 2009 Tubular Diskectomy Patients Don't Recover Faster
Recovery from minimally invasive tubular diskectomy for sciatica is no quicker than from conventional microdiskectomy...

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 Seniors Reap Durable Gains from Knee Replacement
Four-year follow-up data show that patients 65 and older derive important, lasting benefits from total knee arthroplasty...

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Assessment of Bone Growth Stimulator Is Mixed
Bone-morphogenic protein (BMP) is being increasingly used in the US to stimulate the creation of new bone during spinal fusion surgery, despite higher costs and complication rates...

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Improved Hip Implants Can Last 20 Years
Cement-less components for total hip replacements can last twice as long as previous versions, allowing younger patients to qualify as candidates for hip replacements...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Persistent Sore Ankle Might Be Damaged Tendon
Physicians should consider peroneal tendon injury in patients with refractory lateral ankle pain...

Thursday, April 30, 2009 Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement? Sometimes.
Minimally invasive knee arthroplasty may be appropriate for select patients when performed by an experienced surgeon...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 After 80, Weightlifting Does Not Grow Muscles
Three months of weight lifting did not increase muscle mass in octogenarian women, although they were able to lift more weight...