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Nurse led group clinics could save £100,000 a year or more, researchers claim The researchers base their findings on 90 patients with knee osteoarthritis, who were referred for group acupuncture to two knee pain clinics in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 2008 and subsequently monitored for two years. The clinics were set up in 2008 for NHS patients, and run in two GP practices by specially trained acupuncture nurses, to see whether this could improve care, while reducing costs, and offer...

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first of its kind, Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO), the nation's second largest orthopedic group, launched a new, all-inclusive surgical and recovery program called Excel, heralded as the future of orthopedic care. Citing the program as a breakthrough, Excel provides a dedicated nurse practitioner to guide a patient from pre-surgery through post-surgery and into a special recovery retreat. Each patient recovers at the comfortable Excel...

Studies look at post surgical infection after an orthopaedic trauma and total joint replacement ROSEMONT, Ill., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two recent studies in the July issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) looked at surgical site infections and hyperglycemia, the technical term for high blood glucose, or high blood sugar. According to the first study "Relationship of Hyperglycemia and Surgical-Site Infection in Orthopaedic Surgery," high blood...

PITTSBURGH, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. announced the world's first clinical use of the NavioPFS(TM) system, a Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (UKR) completed on July 10, 2012 by Professor Johan Bellemans at the University Hospital at Pellenberg, Belgium. The NavioPFS surgical system represents the next generation of precision robotics in the orthopedic operating room, with an initial application in UKR surgeries, and a wide array of applications in...

SARASOTA, Fla., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With a variety of knee replacement surgical options, there's no reason to put up with persistent knee pain. "Knee replacement should be considered when the quality of one's life becomes increasingly compromised by the condition of the knee," said Ronald P. White, M.D., a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon at Kennedy-White Orthopaedic Center in Sarasota, Florida. "We have many new options in knee replacement surgery." One example is...

PITTSBURGH, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. announced that its NavioPFS(TM) Orthopedic Surgical System has received the Frost & Sullivan 2012 Global Orthopedic Surgery Technology Innovation Award. The NavioPFS system represents the next generation in "smart" orthopedic tools with precision robotics, having an initial application in unicondylar knee replacement surgeries (UKR), for treatment of patients with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis of the knee....

"Genorthix supplements now available to public," according to A.J. Farshchian MD medical director to the Center for Regenerative Medicine. Miami, FL (PRWEB) June 08, 2012 "Genorthix supplements now available to public," according to A.J. Farshchian MD medical director to the Center for Regenerative Medicine. Recent studies on Glucosamine are suggesting some merits with use of Glucosamine. The use of oral Glucosamine by patients with knee osteoarthritis results in a marked...

Roughly 3 percent of patients who undergo total hip and knee replacement surgery require critical care services before they are discharged from the hospital, according to an analysis of roughly half a million patients. The study, published online in advance of print in the July issue of the journal Anesthesiology, demonstrates that these elective surgeries are placing an increasing burden on the critical care services of the health care system and hospitals should respond proactively....

Preventing further complications in patients who develop infections after surgery to replace a knee or hip could save the U.S. healthcare system as much as $65 million annually, according to an analysis presented today at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). The research team, led by Keith Kaye, MD, MPH, corporate director of Infection Prevention, Hospital Epidemiology and...

DETROIT, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and 12 hospitals throughout the state have launched a new initiative aimed at improving the quality of hip and knee replacement for thousands of Michigan residents who annually undergo these procedures. The initiative builds upon an award-winning model of collaboration between the Blues and hospitals that has improved quality and reduced unnecessary costs for other surgical and medical procedures in the state,...