Procedures News

Friday, August 17, 2007 Mayo Researchers Shake, Blast Biofilms to ID Bacteria Infecting Joint Prostheses
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new test that identifies organisms infecting joint prostheses more accurately than sampling tissue around the joint at the time of resection...Trampuz A, et al. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:654-663.

Thursday, August 02, 2007 Stem Cell Transplants Offer Hope for Children With Severe, Refractory JIA
Intensive immunosuppression followed by T-cell-depleted autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation offers refractory JIA patients a chance for remission, but is it worth the risks?…Brinkman DMC, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56:2410-2421.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Prospective Study Validates ESR and CRP as Screening Tests for Infection Before Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

ESR and CRP can be used to differentiate infected from noninfected knees prior to revision total knee arthroplasty…

Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Corin's Hip Resurfacing System Gains US FDA Approval; Stryker to Market in the US in Third Quarter of 2007
Stryker Corp, one of the world's leading medical technology companies with a broad range of products in orthopaedics, announced that it will begin marketing the Corin Group PLC's CormetTM Hip Resurfacing System by  the third quarter of 2007...

Monday, July 09, 2007 Zap Away Knee OA Pain With Pulsed Electrostimulation
Pulsed electrostimulation may be a safe and effective way to reduce pain and improve function in knee OA patients...

Thursday, May 31, 2007 Studies Support Back Surgery Mainly for Nerve-Root-Associated Symptoms and Find Little Need to Rush to the OR
Lumbar-disk surgery for sciatica speeds pain relief but does not affect recovery at 1 year, but spinal fusion for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis was more effective than nonsurgical treatment...

Thursday, May 17, 2007 Airport Metal Detectors Find Most Hip, Knee Replacements
Airport metal detectors on "high security" sweeps detect most hip and knee implants. Patients who have implants should be provided with a physician's letter describing the implant and are advised to report the implant to airport security before approaching the scanner...

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Echorheumatology: Will Growing Interest in Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Result in a New Subspecialty?
UK rheumatologists sound off on some of the barriers to in-office ultrasonography...

Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2-Year Results Support Use of New Chondrocyte Graft to Repair Knee OA Damage
Two-year follow-up of a new 3-dimensional scaffold that permits grafting of autologous chondrocyte to repair knee cartilage defects show promising results in both knee OA and knee trauma, and the procedure can be done arthroscopically...

Thursday, April 26, 2007 Cellerant's Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants Improve Survival and Disease Symptoms in Lupus Mouse Model
Cellerant Therapeutics Inc, a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a portfolio of products and services under development for the regulation of the hematopoietic system, announced data suggesting that established autoimmune disease can be reversed or stabilized by the transplantation of highly purified allogeneic, hematopoietic adult stem cells (HSC) in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...