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Calcifications Likely With Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
WEBMay 20, 2021 · The researchers wrote, “Pertrochanteric calcifications were common radiographic findings in patients with greater trochanteric pain syndrome and can help guide management in these patients. Proximally and distally directed enthesophytes were strong predictors for the presence of a hip abductor tendon tear, and specifically a full-thickness ...
THE Best New Spine Technologies for 2020 | Orthopedics This Week
WEBJan 4, 2021 · Inventors and Engineers: John Barrett, Murali Kadaba, Ph.D., Dillon Kwiat Technology Description: The Auctus Dynamic Vertebral body Tethering System (VBT) is a non-fusion treatment for pediatric patients (usually 8-12 years old) who have a severe enough spinal curve (cobb > 40 degrees) to warrant surgery.The non-fusion procedure uses a flexible tether made of a high molecular weight ...
FDA Approves TOPS for Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis
WEBJun 19, 2023 · FDA Approves TOPS for Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis. In a major announcement, the FDA has approved for commercial sale in the United States the TOPS™ motion-preserving facet replacement system. Quoting directly from the June 15, 2023, approval letter: “The TOPS™ System is intended to stabilize the spine following a lumbar decompression ...
When Is Driving Safe After Rotator Cuff Repair?
WEBAug 5, 2022 · Two weeks. According to a new study, it is safe for patients who underwent rotator cuff repair to safely return to driving two weeks after surgery. The study, “ Patients Who Undergo Rotator Cuff Repair Can Safely Return to Driving at 2 Weeks Postoperatively,” was published online on July 21, 2022 in …
Six Months Is the Magic Number for Rotator Cuff Repair
WEBDec 10, 2020 · Using an institutional registry, the researchers collected data on 203 patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair between 2014 and 2016 and had completed preoperative, 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS). Their average age was 56.19 ± 9.96 years, and their average body mass index was …
Depression, PTSD After Orthopedic Trauma Is Very Real
WEBFeb 3, 2017 · New work from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, has found that nearly one-third of patients suffer from depression and more than one-quarter of patients suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an acute orthopedic injury. The study ...
DJO Acquires LiteCure Laser Therapy | Orthopedics This Week
WEBJan 8, 2021 · Photomodulation, the non-invasive treatment for pain, is the technology DJO is adding to its portfolio of sports medicine treatments, is coming from the acquisition of LiteCure, a company founded in 2006 in Delaware. This laser therapy relies on, according to LiteCure, photomodulation—a process whereby “photons enter the tissue and interact ...
Missouri Orthopaedic Institute Joins CartiHeal Trial
WEBFeb 11, 2019 · CartiHeal, Inc., a privately held medical device company headquartered in Israel, has announced that Seth L. Sherman, M.D., a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon at Missouri Orthopaedic Institute of the University of MIssouri, recently was one of the first American surgeons to enroll patients in a clinical trial which will hopefully lead to Federal Drug Administration approval of CartiHeal’s ...
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