Latest Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty Stories
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, the Stone Clinic introduced BioKnee: A natural knee cartilage reconstruction solution clinically-proven to delay the effects of arthritis for up to 12 years. BioKnee has been shown to return patients with moderate and sometimes severe bone-on-bone arthritis to sports and an active lifestyle. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121016/SF91933LOGO) Professional skier Matt Reardon was told he could not ski professionally...
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. McLaughlin Successfully Climbs the Matterhorn to Serve as Role Model to His Kennedy Center Patients Oshkosh, Wisconsin (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 Dr. Jeffrey McLaughlin is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in partial and total hip and knee replacement surgery, as well as hip and knee resurfacing. Over the past couple of years, Jeffrey McLaughlin, MD has twice attempted to scale the steep face of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps. He was turned back...
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...
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...
Surgeon Darin Leetun, Orthopedic M.D. of The Kennedy Center in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has been Selected to Join Team of Physicians Working with the USA Under 17 Hockey Team Oshkosh, Wisconsin (PRWEB) April 19, 2012 The Kennedy Center for the Hip and Knee, a leading hip and knee replacement health care facility and Wisconsin orthopedic institution, is pleased to announce that one of its staff surgeons has been chosen to join the medical team for the USA Under 17 Hockey team. Orthopedic...
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Belt Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing the next generation of "smart" surgical instruments providing precise robotic control for use initially in orthopedic procedures and then for other surgical specialties including neurosurgery, spinal and otolaryngology ("ENT"), announced today that it has received CE Mark for the Navio(TM) PFS System. The Company's initial market application in Europe is for...
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH; SIX: ZMH), a global leader in musculoskeletal health, today announced the availability of personalized surgical cutting guides for partial knee replacement procedures at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. Partial knee replacement is an option for patients when arthritis affects only one compartment of the knee. Partial knee replacement procedures potentially...
(Ivanhoe Newswire)- The number of yearly incidences of partial and total knee surgeries has risen rapidly among women ages 30-59, with a particularly high increase among women 50-59 according to researchers in Finland. The culprit causing the need for these surgeries is osteoarthritis (OA), a highly disabling joint disease. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), osteoarthritis is the fourth leading cause of years lived with a disability. Experts say more than 10 million adults...
Incidence of knee arthroplasty higher in women Researchers in Finland found that annual cumulative incidences of partial and total knee arthroplasty, commonly known as knee replacement surgery, rose rapidly over a 27-year period among 30 to 59 year-olds in that country, with the greatest increase occurring in patients aged 50 to 59 years. According to the study published today in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), incidences...
Patients who use narcotics prior to knee replacement experience worse results ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients who are dependent on opioids (narcotic pain relievers) for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty recovering, a study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) has found. These patients tend to have longer hospital stays, more post-surgical pain, a higher rate of complications, and are more...
