Procedures News

Thursday, January 31, 2008 Alendronate Decreases TRACP 5b Activity in Osteoarthritic Bone
Bisphosphonates may reduce TRACP 5b activity in the intertrochanteric area of the femoral head, suggesting that they are most effective in areas of well-supplied bone...

Friday, January 18, 2008 Third Study Finds No Gain to Bracing Knee After ACL Reconstruction
Functional knee braces are widely used for patients returning to sports or other activity following ACL reconstruction, but a randomized, controlled trial found that the costly braces are no better than neoprene sleeves—and probably no better than not bracing at all...

Friday, January 11, 2008 Earlier Knee Replacement Urged for Women With OA
Women wait until much later in the osteoarthritis disease process to have total knee arthroplasty, and this delay may be jeopardizing functional recovery...

Friday, January 11, 2008 Outcomes of Osteochondral Lesions of the Knee Repaired With a Bioabsorbable Device 
Researchers evaluated the functional and radiographic outcomes of osteochondral lesions of arthroscopically-repaired knees...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Pain Relief for Some, With an Odd Tradeoff
A new device implanted near the spine offers relief for some chronic pain sufferers...

Thursday, December 20, 2007 OARSI Researchers Further Refine Matrix-Associated Cartilage Repair Techniques
Matrix-associated autologous chondrocyte implantation continues to improve as a way of repairing arthritis knees, and MRI can be used to check the quality of the repaired tissue...

Wednesday, December 12, 2007  New Hips Keep on Keeping On
The benefits of total hip arthroplasty on physical function are substantial and long-lasting especially in osteoarthritis (OA) patients with more pronounced X-ray damage...

Monday, December 10, 2007 Doctors Rally to Save DXA from Medicare Cuts
If proposed Medicare cuts that would drastically reduce access to dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) are approved, many physicians will be unable able to offer DXA services in their offices and undetected osteoporotic fracture rates are likely to climb, healthcare researchers predict...

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Update on Joint Replacement
Total joint replacement has reduced pain and disability in elderly patients with arthritis. The procedure is cost-effective even for high-risk patients, but it is associated with higher risk for cardiac complications if both joints are replaced during the same procedure, and it might be chosen by more African-American patients if finances were less of an issue...

Monday, November 19, 2007 Early Surgery Trumps Steroids for Long-Term Outcomes in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 
Decompression surgery is three times more effective than local corticosteroid injections for primary carpal syndrome...