A Broken Spine Gone Undetected
Cedars-SinaiLike many collegiate athletes, Dahlia Fink, 18, was introduced to sports at a young age.
Like many collegiate athletes, Dahlia Fink, 18, was introduced to sports at a young age.
Patients with lower levels of sex hormones – testosterone in men and estrogen in women – are more likely to undergo surgery for rotator cuff tears, suggests a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.
Rare surgical procedure known as osseointegration performed by a Keck Medicine of USC physician allows a patient to get back to normal life
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A study in postmenopausal people suggests eating nutrient-rich prunes every day may be beneficial to bone health, reducing inflammatory factors that contribute to osteoporosis. The research will be presented this week in Philadelphia at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2022.
Researchers at HSS have launched a study to see if injecting a type of stem cell derived from a patient’s own fat tissue could improve healing and shoulder function after rotator cuff surgery. The cells are extracted from adipose, or fat tissue, in the patient’s abdomen.
Chula’s team from the Faculties of Medicine and Engineering has successfully developed Thailand’s first hip prosthesis to treat senior citizens with broken hips to recover fast and at a lower cost. The team is hoping to produce other prostheses like knee and other joints to improve the quality of life of seniors in our aging society.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) announced New Orleans orthopaedic surgeon Felix H. “Buddy” Savoie III, MD, FAAOS, as its new president for 2022-2023. Dr. Savoie takes this top leadership role in his third year of a four-year term of volunteer service on the Board of Directors. He will assume the position following the AAOS 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 22-26, 2022.
A new study that includes researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City has found a method that employs stereo-photogrammetric technology called 3dMD, an array of highly sensitive cameras that can image the entire body’s surface in a fraction of a second, generates extremely accurate and reliable models of the torso that can guide the management of adolescents with scoliosis.
At this year’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting, which is being held March 22 to 26 in Chicago, HSS presented new research related to biomechanics and orthopedic surgery, highlighting the unique relationship surgeons have with the engineers to promote the highest quality in patient care and advancing joint replacement for the future.
Cementless knee replacement, an alternative approach to traditional cemented knee replacement surgery, is garnering interest in the field of orthopedic surgery. Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) launched a study to compare outcomes of a modern cementless knee implant to the standard knee implant that requires bone cement for fixation. The findings were presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago.
A study presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting found that Black patients were less likely than white patients to be completely satisfied with the process of care following knee or hip replacement. Socioeconomic status was not found to play a role in patient satisfaction.
Males presented with more severe carpal tunnel syndrome and were offered surgery more often than females with the condition, according to work by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) featured today in a poster presentation at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting.
A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City provides attainable goals for return to sports and related physical activities for patients who have undergone procedures to correct progressive collapsing foot deformity (PCFD), a severe musculoskeletal pathology that can drastically inhibit a patient’s daily function. The findings were presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting.
NASA plans to send humans to Mars in the 2030s. The 3-year mission will cause astronauts to lose bone mass. Now, scientists report transgenic lettuce that produces a bone-stimulating hormone, which astronauts might someday grow and eat in space. They will present their results at ACS Spring 2022.
elemedicine and virtual office visits experienced exponential growth during the COVID-19 pandemic to help facilitate the safe delivery of orthopaedic care for numerous patient populations, including pediatric.
Providing patients with chronic back pain and osteoarthritis (OA) access to medical cannabis can reduce or even eliminate the use of opioids for pain management, according to two studies presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
When patients over 80 years old (octogenarians) are a candidate for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), there are concerns regarding medical and implant-related complications from the procedure due to their age.
Depressive disorder (DD) is associated with longer in-hospital length of stay (LOS), higher rates of medical complications, and increased healthcare costs for patients undergoing reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) for the treatment of glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA), according to a large-scale study presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Registry Program is pleased to announce the availability of two new clinical data reports – the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) 2021 Annual Report Supplement and the AAOS Patient-Facing Registry Report.
Cedars-Sinai orthopaedic experts will present their latest advances in treatments and research at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in Chicago March 22-26, sharing innovations to improve the quality of patient care and diversify the ranks of surgeons.
For patients recovering from fracture fixation surgery, dietary supplementation with conditionally essential amino acids (CEAA) reduces complications and prevents skeletal muscle wasting, concludes a clinical trial in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.
根据最近对常见运动手术的两项研究,不含阿片类药物的疼痛管理方案与常见阿片类处方药具有同等的疼痛缓解效果。
لاية مينيسوتا- أعطى أحد أنظمة إدارة الألم من دون استخدام العقاقير أفيونية المفعول نفس نتائج استخدام العقاقير أفيونية المفعول الشائعة، وفقًا لدراستين حديثتين عن العمليات الجراحية الرياضية الشائعة.
Um regime de manejo da dor sem opioides ofereceu o mesmo alívio da dor que os opioides comumente prescritos, de acordo com dois estudos de cirurgias esportivas comuns.
El tratamiento farmacológico sin opioides para controlar el dolor ofrece el mismo alivio que la terapia con los opioides más comúnmente recetados, dicen dos estudios recientes sobre cirugías frecuentes en los deportes.
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ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: Estou grávida de 24 semanas e fiz um ultrassom que descobriu que meu filho tem pé torto equinovaro. Estou preocupada em relação à vida da minha criança e suas funções com esse diagnóstico. O que é a condição?
尊敬的妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic):我怀孕24周,接受了超声波检查,发现我的孩子有马蹄内翻足。这个诊断让我很担心我孩子的生活和功能性。这是一种什么样的病症?有没有什么新的治疗进展可以让我的孩子受益?
ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: Tengo 24 semanas de embarazo y en la ecografía realizada se descubrió que mi bebé tiene pie equino varo. Me preocupa la vida y la funcionalidad que tendrá mi bebé con este diagnóstico.
السادة الأعزاء في مايو كلينك: أنا حامل في الأسبوع الرابع والعشرين وخضعت لتصوير بالموجات فوق الصوتية والذي اكتشف أن طفلي يعاني من حنف القدم. أنا قلقة على حياة طفلي ووظائف جسمه مع هذا التشخيص. ما هي الحالة، وهل هناك أي تطورات علاجية جديدة يمكن أن يستفيد منها طفلي؟
Compared to older patients being evaluated for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), younger patients – under age 60 – have similar pain, disability, and willingness to undergo surgery, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.
The ACR and the AAHKS released a summary of their updated guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one day help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or degenerative disease.
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明尼苏达州罗切斯特 — 长期以来,脊柱侧凸(脊柱左右侧弯)患者只能通过融合手术进行治疗。但现在可以有其他选择,包括为患有脊柱侧凸的儿童施行椎体拴系术。
ولاية مينيسوتا- لطالما كانت جراحة الدمج علاجًا طويل الأمد للأشخاص المصابين بالجنف- انحناء العمود الفقري من جنب إلى آخر. لكن ظهرت خيارات أخرى - منها ربط الجسم الفقري للأطفال المصابين بالجنف.
a cirurgia de fusão tem sido o tratamento adotado há muito tempo para as pessoas com escoliose (um desvio de curvatura da coluna vertebral). Entretanto, outras opções estão se tornando disponíveis – inclusive a fixação do corpo vertebral para crianças com escoliose.
La cirugía de fusión ha sido el tratamiento tradicional para las personas con escoliosis (una curvatura de lado a lado de la columna vertebral). Sin embargo, existen otras opciones, incluido el anclaje del cuerpo vertebral para niños con escoliosis.
Fusion surgery has been the long-standing treatment for people with scoliosis - a side-to-side curve of the spine. But other options have become available — including vertebral body tethering for children with scoliosis. "Vertebral tethering is a new tool in the tool kit for the treatment of scoliosis," says A. Noelle Larson, M.D., a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and expert in scoliosis surgery.
For patients with rheumatic arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases, discontinuing biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) prior to orthopaedic surgery does not appear to increase the risk of surgical site infections or delayed wound healing, concludes a review and meta-analysis in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in partnership with Wolters Kluwer.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic, along with colleagues in the Netherlands and Germany, may have a viable, less risky alternative to regenerate bone: messenger RNA. This well-known platform for vaccines has already proven to be safe in human use by the FDA.
Changes in habits during the pandemic can lead to unexpected health issues with feet and ankles. Orthopedic surgeon Kshitij Manchanda, M.D. at UT Southwestern Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine has seen an increase in both reported injuries and chronic problems.
Men with high levels of body fat have lower bone density and may be more likely to break a bone than those with normal levels of body fat, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
对于35%接受过手术治疗缺血性坏死的患者,一种全髋关节置换术的替代再生疗法将他们的人工植入治疗需求推迟了至少七年。
يؤدي البديل التجديدي لاستبدال مفصل الورك إلى تأخير الحاجة إلى عمليات الزراعة الاصطناعية لمدة سبع سنوات على الأقل لدى 35% من المرضى الذين خضعوا لجراحة لعلاج النخر اللاوعائي.
Uma alternativa regenerativa para a artroplastia total de quadril adiou a necessidade de implantes artificiais em pelo menos sete anos para 35 por cento dos pacientes que foram operados para tratar necrose avascular.
Una alternativa regeneradora al reemplazo total de cadera postergó por al menos 7 años la necesidad de implantes artificiales en el 35 por ciento de los pacientes sometidos a cirugía para tratar la necrosis avascular.
A pain management regimen without opioids offered the same pain relief as common prescription opioids, according to two recent studies of common sports surgeries.