April 14, 2022
For patients with ruptured Achilles tendons, outcomes at 12 months were similar with surgical or nonsurgical treatment, a new study of nearly 500 individuals shows. In […]
March 29, 2022
CHICAGO ― Patients discharged to facilities rather than to home after total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may need more potent chemoprophylaxis than […]
March 28, 2022
If you’re one of the 65 million Americans — about 1 in 4 adults — who have recently had lower back pain, blame it on the […]
March 28, 2022
CHICAGO — Satisfaction ratings for virtual outpatient visits for pediatric orthopedic patients were similar to those for in-person office visits across most categories in an analysis […]
March 25, 2022
Patients undergoing primary reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) for their glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) had more complications of care and higher hospital costs when they also had a […]
March 24, 2022
Patients 80 years or older undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have similar odds of complications compared with 65- to 79-year-old patients, an analysis of more […]
March 10, 2022
Exercises and education prescribed as prehabilitation before total knee replacements (TKR) may not significantly improve the outcomes of the surgery, researchers say. “This randomized clinical trial […]
March 2, 2022
Raghav Acharya, a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, was watching “Avengers: Infinity War” a few years back when he had a thought: […]
February 14, 2022
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has suggested that patients in their 20s and 30s may benefit from nonoperative treatment of […]