New imaging technologies can enhance orthopaedic outcomes
...nology may serve as objective outcome measures for orthopedic conditions, both at initial diagnosis as well as f...ecause people want to feel better, especially when orthopedic problems are hindering their daily activities," said Dr. Potter. "With time and after treatment, pa...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...e laboratory of Farshid Guilak, Ph.D., director of orthopedic research and senior member of the Duke team. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers focused their attention on the narrow region of tissue that surrounds the cartilage cells on the surface of joints and is known as...Stem-cell research hints at better looking cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
...a human joint end, a potential medical implant for orthopedic and reconstructive surgeries. ( http://www.whitaker.org/news/mao.html )....Mayo Clinic researchers identify new form of muscular dystrophy in adults
...here is no cure, various therapies, medications or orthopedic surgeries can slow the course of most forms....New guideline: Corticosteroids recommended for duchenne muscular dystrophy
...lude physical therapy to reduce muscle tightening, orthopedic support devices, and corrective orthopedic surgery to improve the ability to function. Complete guidelines, a summary for physicians, and...2004's top 10 hot topics in plastic surgery
...next for lawmakers taxes on bariatric, lasik, and orthopedic procedures? 9. Taboo of plastic surgery eroding for ethnic groups More and more African American, Hispanic, and Asian people embrace plastic surgery. Plastic surgeons continue to hone techniques to maintain a patient's ethnicity while enhancing fea...Diagnostic imaging surge by non-radiologists draws concern
...ervices increased at six times the rate (599%) for orthopedic surgeons than for radiologists (99%). The propo... "Other than being a way for the cardiologists and orthopedic surgeons to increase their revenues, there really is nothing that can explain this increase of imagi...Simple intervention nearly eliminates catheter-related bloodstream infections
...general, cardiac, transplant, trauma, vascular and orthopedic surgery. Rates were calculated based on the number of infections per 1,000 catheter days, defined as the number of patients with a catheter for one day. One ICU served as a control where patients received standard care. In the other ICU, they imp...Brookhaven Lab and BioSET develop a synthetic peptide that enhances the effect of BMP-2
...'s healing capacity, especially when combined with orthopedic implants." He added, "...s at the leading edge of an important evolution in orthopedic medicine." ...Advanced, precise radiation may boost limb-sparing therapy for sarcoma
...free survival. "Dr. Lawrence Menendez, director of orthopedic oncology, and Dr. Sant Chawla, medical oncologist specializing in sarcomas, are excited about writing a protocol giving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery and brachytherapy alone in a prospective trial to see if our preliminary study holds up," Street...CT with multiplanar reconstruction gives new perspective on complex ankle fractures
... radiologists who diagnose these fractures and the orthopedic surgeons who treat them, Dr. Brown said. The study proposes using a common classification scheme the Salter-Harris system to help describe the appearance of these fractures in each different dimension as depicted by CT with multiplanar reconstruct...Northwestern University receives $7.5 million for regenerative medicine
...egenerative medicine, including cardiovascular and orthopedic applications." ...Length of stay for inpatient medical rehab decreasing, efficiency increasing; death rate on the rise
...cord dysfunction [traumatic and nontraumatic], and orthopedic conditions), the researchers also examined changes...ge LOS was greatest (42 percent) for patients with orthopedic conditions. Functional status was clinically stable, while efficiency (functional status change divi...Cleveland stem cell investigators awarded $3.1 million
...o clinical trials in stem cell failure, cancer and orthopedic disorders, areas in which the Clinic and UH are nationally recognized." Dr. Gerson received a grant for his project "Declining DNA Repair in Aging Hematopoietic Stem Cells," a study to test the hypothesis that deterioration of blood stem cells in b...Study indicates why hospitalists improve hospital efficiency
...involved in co-managing surgical patients, such as orthopedic hip replacement patients who have medical problems after surgery. Kaboli said the study has some limitations because it focuses on one academic medical center, although the findings have implications for both academic and community-based hospitals...New surgical device for long bone repair reduces X-ray exposure
...e to reduce X-ray exposure during surgery, Roanoke orthopedic surgeon Al Durham took his request to Carilion Bio... to solve," Wicks said. The device will be used in orthopedic and trauma surgery and has multiple advantages. Battery-powered, the portable tool can be used in re...Anti-clotting treatment underused at many hospitals
...clots in the legs of high-risk patients undergoing orthopedic surgery for hip and knee replacement. This treatment was absent in 14 percent of orthopedic surgery patients. One in 10 patients in the VA system did not receive an anticoagulant to prevent b...Psychological factors may be root of back pain, say Stanford researchers
...the chaff," said Eugene Carragee, MD, professor of orthopedic surgery and lead author of the study, which is published in the May 15 issue of Spine. "But the bottom line is that it didn't predict who would go on to develop back pain." Carragee and colleagues also found that the invasive discography procedure it...Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist use Botox to treat CP
...ity Baptist Medical Center. L. Andrew Koman, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at Brenner Children's Hospital, and his team recently completed a study using Botox to treat muscle spasticity of the arm and hand in children with CP. In 1998, Koman and his team were the first worldwide to use Botox to treat muscle spastici...