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OCEAN-TAVI: Incidence of prosthesis-patient mismatch low in Japanese patients after TAVR
There was a low prevalence of prosthesis-patient mismatch and mortality 1 year in patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, according to a study published...
3 days ago - Healio
PF arthroplasty vs combined UKA yielded similar clinical, functional outcomes
Patients who underwent patellofemoral arthroplasty with a gender-specific implant experienced excellent clinical and radiographic outcomes whether performed as an isolated...
18 days ago - Healio
Flexion joint gap looseness did not affect flexion angle before, after TKA
Results published in The Journal of Arthroplasty showed flexion joint gap looseness did not affect flexion angle before or after total knee arthroplasty from 30° to 90° of...
19 days ago - Healio
Targeted muscle reinnervation for pain control in an elective transradial amputation
We thank our colleagues at The Royal Free Hospital for their letter. In response to their first criticism that our ‘letter fails to clarify exactly what TMR is, and how it can...
21 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Second Sight enters Singapore market with Argus II implantation
The Argus II retinal prosthesis system has been implanted in the first patient in Singapore, according to a press release from Second Sight Medical Products. The surgery...
2 monthes ago - Healio
A fast and improved method of rapid prototyping for ear prosthesis using portable 3d laser scanner
Conventionally, facial prostheses are developed using wax or clay sculpted patterns. However, recent technological advancements in rapid prototyping systems have shown...
2 monthes ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Targeted muscle reinnervation: advances and opportunities
It is with interest, and some concern, that we read the recent letter from Messrs Nikkhah et al. (1). Targeted muscle reinnervation is a surgical development for the...
2 monthes ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
'Oi bro my leg fell off': Toby Bird's expensive prosthesis lost in Lake Macquarie
He was skimming across Lake Macquarie on a jet-ski when he was thrown off, losing his $40,000 prosthetic carbon-fibre leg.
2 monthes ago - Sydney Morning Herald
BIST researchers develop new retinal prosthesis to address visual degeneration
A healthy retina contains photoreceptor cells that convert light changes into nerve impulses, which are then carried along the optic nerve to the brain, where they are decoded...
2 monthes ago - News Medical
O&P's Virtual Present and Future
Despite technological advances in prosthetics, a major problem within the O&P profession remains that a large percentage of amputees still abandon or reject their prosthesis...
3 monthes ago - Healio
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