Compared with normal weight and overweight patients, patients with a BMI greater than 40 have an increased risk of medical and surgical complications following total joint arthroplasty, according to study results. “There is a direct relationship between increasing BMI and
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By Casey Tingle The likelihood of shoulder injury and shoulder surgery was increased when professional baseball players had insufficient shoulder external rotation on the throwing side, according to study results. “In the past, clinicians and people dealing with individuals with
Certain workers’ compensation policies show state-level variation in cost, disability time and outcomes of claims for low back pain, according to data recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Researchers at Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety in
By Sam Gardner If William Meyers could get one message across to the sports world at large it would be this: Stop calling everything a sports hernia. Meyers is the founder of the Vincera Institute, a massive medical center in
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. recently announced that its Gel-One Cross-linked Hyaluronate, an advanced joint preservation treatment for knee osteoarthritis has received expanded safety claim from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As per this expanded FDA safety claim, this single-injection
By Monica Jaramillo Although investigators of this 2-year minimum follow-up study found 22.6% of patients who underwent primary anatomic coracoclavicular reconstruction using free tendon allografts required revision, they noted excellent function and p…
By Laura Dyrda Xtant Medical’s subsidiary Bacterin developed a three-dimensional printer that can prototype custom, resorbable bone grafts for reconstructive procedures. Here are five key notes: 1. Bacterin worked with the Montana State University Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering to complete
By Robert Linnehan A database study of patients who underwent either delayed or early treatment for central cord syndrome showed little, if any, benefits of early treatment. The study included 68 patients who presented to a regional spinal cord injury
By Robert Linnehan Researchers investigating the effect of Chêneau bracing on the coronal and sagittal alignment of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis found the brace can be useful for the prevention of curvature progression, but varies in the treatment of
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