Orthopedics

• Industry News

• FDA approves sale of hip replacement system in United States

• May 15, 2013
• Global Orthopaedic Technology recently received 510(k) approval to market and sell its Paragon hip replacement system in the United States.
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• Meeting News Coverage

• Low revision rates, increased control of surgical factors reported with robotics to perform UKR

• May 13, 2013
• TORONTO — Orthopaedic surgeons today can choose from an array of metal and biological options for patients with early osteoarthritis or bipolar...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Low revision rates, increased control of surgical factors reported with robotics to perform UKR

• Orthopedics Today, June 2013
• TORONTO — Orthopaedic surgeons today can choose from an array of metal and biological options for patients with early osteoarthritis or bipolar...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Study: Preoperative ROM, psychological factors may predict post-TKA pain

• May 10, 2013
• CHICAGO — Pain for patients after total knee arthroplasty can be predicted by pain during preoperative range of motion tests, but also with...More »

• In the Journals

• Removal of prior knee fixation devices does not impact rate of PJI

• May 9, 2013
• Hardware removal prior to knee arthroplasty does not significantly affect rates of periprosthetic joint infection, according to German researchers.
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• Regional anesthesia reduces TJR complications in patients with sleep apnea

• May 8, 2013
• Using neuraxial anesthesia during total hip or total knee replacement can reduce the complication rate for patients with sleep apnea by 17%, according to...More »

• In the Journals

• Intraoperative tranexamic acid reduced need for transfusion in TJA

• May 7, 2013
• In this study, Italian researchers concluded that tranexamic acid lowered the transfusion risk in patients undergoing joint arthroplasty.
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• In the Journals

• Proton pump inhibitors may help mitigate GI bleed risk after THR

• May 7, 2013
• A patient’s risk of gastrointestinal bleeding is elevated for 2 weeks after total hip replacement or total knee replacement and persisted up to 12...More »

• In the Journals

• Researchers report low complication rate for MoM hips at 5-year follow-up

• May 6, 2013
• In this retrospective review of 654 primary metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasties, researchers found a low complication rate; however, they recommended...More »

• Neuraxial anesthesia lowers rate of complications during TJR

• May 2, 2013
• Using neuraxial anesthesia during total hip or total knee replacement significantly reduced perioperative complications, including 30-day mortality,...More »

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