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No Link Between Diabetes and Knee Osteoarthritis
Also no association between fasting glucose or insulin resistance
46 minutes ago - MedPageToday
Patients' pre-TJA smoking quit rates improve with serum cotinine testing
DALLAS - Serum cotinine testing may significantly improve self-reported smoking quit rates among patients prior to total joint arthroplasty, according to study results...
14 hours ago - Healio
Long-term outcomes similar for operative vs nonoperative meniscal tear management
CHICAGO - Patients with degenerative meniscal tear who underwent arthroscopic partial meniscectomy had substantial and similar improvements in pain compared with patients who...
21 hours ago - Healio
Fewer sessions of home health care physical therapy linked with worse recovery after TKA
After controlling for medical complexity, baseline function and duration of home health care episode, investigators found Medicare patients who had five or fewer home health...
1 day ago - Healio
'It was more B&Q than NHS!' Queasy viewers are fascinated by brutal knee replacement on TV
Last night's episode of Operation Live showed London-based surgeon Steven Millington perform a knee replacement. Viewers described it as being 'totally enthralling' and...
1 day ago - Daily Mail
OA quickly progresses among young military officers with knee injuries
CHICAGO - Nearly one in five military officers who have had a knee injury developed radiographic osteoarthritis before 30 years of age, according to data presented at the...
1 day ago - Healio
No difference in readmission risk seen for one- vs two-midnight length of stay for TKA
No difference was seen between one-midnight and two-midnight length of stay for primary total knee arthroplasty regarding 90-day readmission risk, according to recently...
2 days ago - Healio
History, evaluation of taper corrosion discussed at AAHKS Annual Meeting
DALLAS - In a symposium at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting, several orthopedic surgeons discussed the history and prevalence of taper corrosion...
2 days ago - Healio
Is opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy superior to closing-wedge high tibial osteotomy in treatment of unicompartmental osteoarthritis? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
High tibial osteotomy is an effective surgical technique that can stop or inhibit progression of knee osteoarthritis and avoid or postpone the need for knee arthroplasty. This...
2 days ago - International Journal of Surgery - 2 articles
First US patient enrolled in below-the-knee trial for DCB
Philips announced that the first U.S. patient has been enrolled in the investigational device exemption trial of its drug-coated balloon designed to treat below-the-knee...
3 days ago - Healio
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