Archive for the ‘Orthopedics’ Category
Monday, September 1st, 2008
A registry for artificial joints is much like any system that can compare performance of competing cars or appliances, but in this case it involves appliances going into the human body.
A patient - identified by a number - is entered into a database along with information about the device he ...
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Our observations unveil the reasons why people may initially choose to delay but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery, underscoring the need for better patient education before and after surgery. Many patients have to work through a four-stage process of accepting the fact that they have knee pain and/or disability ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Recently, the New York Times ran a front-page story about the recall of the Zimmer Durom acetabular component of the metal on metal total hip prosthesis. The issue though not discussed in the article is the matter of product versus surgeon technique. Up until the advent of minimally invasive hip ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Three weeks ago, Zimmer announced it was suspending sales of a device, known as the Durom cup, until it trained doctors how best to implant it. The company said a "low" percentage of the 13,000 patients who got the socket would need replacements, but some doctors fear the number could ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Studies find that patients who care for themselves, save money in the long run. Total hip replacements are beneficial and economical for seniors with osteoarthritis, regardless of their age.
The published studies of the Geriatrics Society, found those who had the surgery were twice as likely as those who didn't to ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
We left Beijing and the fabulous Olympic Village yesterday morning and flew two hours south to a city of seven million lying on the east China Sea , Wenzhou. It is a Jingjang city beyond belief as an industrial power in a state of modernization with a mixture of the ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench came to Pineville not to share the moments that defined his 17-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, but the moment that helped him get on with life.
Bench spoke to about 100 people at the Pineville Convention Center Tuesday night about receiving a hip ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Yesterday I gave 80 hours of instructional lectures to several hundred orthopedic surgeons at the Jui Shui Tan second annual orthopedic meeting. I would show a powerpoint slide and make my statements while the Chinese interpreter repeated in Chinese. While we call it Chinese it is mandarin. All Chinese are ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Our hotel is immediately across from the Beijing National Stadium where the opening ceremonies will take place (locally known as the Bird's Nest because of the architecture). Designed by a Chinese architect, the blue swimming and water sport venue was deigned by an Australian architect It seems a copy of ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Arrived in Beijing today to start my orthopedic mission. This is the 74th country in which I will have taught surgery or instructed in the past seven years. My assignment is 20 to 60 minute instructional presentations rather than the standard three to seven minute scientific outcome presentation. Spent several ...
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