News tagged with orthopaedic implants


Knee implants designed specifically for female patients may not improve outcomes

Anatomic differences between male and female knees have resulted in the creation and regular use of gender-specific implants. However, a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...

Surgery created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Evidence insufficient to recommend routine antibiotics for joint replacement patients

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and the American Dental Association (ADA) found that there is insufficient evidence to recommend the routine use of antibiotics for patients with orthopaedic implants to ...

Other created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Quality of cartilage repair tissue can also be determined without a surgery

A team at the MedUni Vienna, headed by Sebastian Apprich of the University Department of Radiodiagnostics at the High-Field Magnetic Resonance Centre of Excellence, has now discovered in collaboration with ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immunization for MRSA on the horizon

Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems -- bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which shorten the effective life of an implant and greatly hinder replacement ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients at risk of knee joint complications when new technology is used

Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go with them, before new total knee replacement procedures are as safe and effective as conventional methods. ...

Other created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0