Procedures News

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Wrist MRI Lets Many Avoid Arthroscopy
3-T MRI of the wrist effectively detects wrist ligament tears and may help patients avoid unnecessary surgery...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Early RA Shows as MRI Hand Tenosynovitis
MRI readily detects early arthritis as flexor tenosynovitis...

Friday, December 12, 2008 Cartilage Repair Moving from Bench to Bedside
Mosiacplasty may soon be the method of choice for orthopaedic surgeons treating small focal defects in cartilage, but stem cell-based cartilage repair is also moving stealthily down the pike...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 US-Guided Synvisc, Steroids Ease Inoperable Shoulders
Ultrasound-guided hyaluronic acid and steroid offer an alternative for inoperable shoulder impingement syndrome and arthrosynovitis...

Monday, December 08, 2008 Say Goodbye to Plantar Fasciitis After 15-Minute Treatment
Combining an ultrasound-guided dry needling technique with steroid injection is 95% effective at relieving plantar fasciitis within 3 weeks...

Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Data from KANON Patients Blow Hole in ACL Repair
Surgical reconstruction was not better than training alone for restoring muscle strength and function after ACL injury…

Monday, November 24, 2008 Scleroderma Stem Cell Transplants Advance, Phase III Studies Recruiting Patients
Pilot data on systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients treated with autologous stem cell transplants suggest durable improvements in skin thickening and lung function. Phase III randomized trials are still open to enrollment...

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 For Women, Red Flags About a Hip Device
Hip resurfacing is a popular alternative to traditional hip replacement surgery, but data is beginning to indicate that the technique has a significant failure rate in women…

Thursday, November 06, 2008 Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasties after Renal Transplantation
Total knee arthroplasty has shown to be a safe and effective treatment of knee osteonecrosis and severe osteoarthritis in kidney transplant patients…

Friday, October 31, 2008 Overnight Femoral Nerve Block As Good As 4-Day Block for Knee Replacement Pain
An overnight femoral nerve block improves function as well as a 4-day continuous femoral nerve block following total knee arthroplasty, although the continuous femoral nerve block may offer other advantages…