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Found 9 result(s) FROM 1963 pages containing the term 'prosthetic performance'.
Tuesday Jul 08, 2008
Return to Sport After Hip Resurfacing or Total Hip Arthroplasty
Patients are able to engage in more intense sports activities after undergoing hip resurfacing than after total hip arthroplasty…
Thursday Jun 19, 2008
Stem Cells Might Treat Tough Fractures
Adult stem cells may be the key to healing broken bones that fail to mend properly on their own…
Wednesday Mar 12, 2008
Radial Shock Wave Therapy Relieves Heel Pain, but Cartilage Safety From Procedure is Questioned at AAOS
Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) looks promising for relieving chronic heel pain, but animal studies have raised questions about the cartilage safety from the procedure...
Friday Sep 07, 2007
Archus Orthopedics Completes World's First Lumbosacral Facet Joint Replacement
Archus Orthopedics, Inc, a privately-held company developing reconstructive implants to treat a variety of spine disorders resulting from degenerative changes in the facet joints, announced that it has successfully completed in Europe the first human implants of its new TFAS-LSâ„¢ system, representing the first ever facet joint replacement procedures performed at the lumbosacral spinal (LS) level...
Friday Aug 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 Apr 19, 2007
Little High-Quality Evidence Found for Either Diagnosis or Treatment of Septic Arthritis
A systematic review of research on septic arthritis finds little reliable evidence to guide either diagnosis or management. The review identifies antibiotic choice, route of administration, and duration as key unanswered questions, as well as whether closed aspiration or open arthroscopy/arthrotomy is better for cleaning out an infected joint...
Thursday Mar 23, 2006
Biomarkers May Identify Early Implant Failure or Loosening
New research is helping to identify early biomarkers of prosthetic performance as well as genetic polymorphisms that predict risk of osteolysis... Presented at: 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society; March 18–22, 2006; Chicago, Ill.
Wednesday Mar 22, 2006
Inhibiting Osteopontin May Stave Off Wear Debris–Induced Osteolysis
Inhibiting the bone-specific protein osteopontin may prevent wear debris–induced osteolysis... Shimizu S, et al. Presented at: 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society; March 18–22, 2006; Chicago, Ill. Abstract 92.
Monday Feb 06, 2006
Archus Orthopedics Raises $35 Million in Series C Financing
Archus Orthopedics, Inc, of Redmond, Washington, announced that it has closed a $35 million round of Series C financing...
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