Orthopedics
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Total Hip Replacement Superior to Exercise Therapy for Improving Hip Osteoarthritis Pain and Function
Greater improvement in patient-reported hip pain and function at 6 months was achieved with total hip replacement than with resistance training in...
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Disc Degeneration in Chronic Low Back Pain: Can Stem Cells Help?
Allogeneic bone marrow–derived mesenchymal stromal cells were safe but did not demonstrate efficacy in treating intervertebral disc degeneration...
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Arthroscopy Doesn’t Delay Total Knee Replacement in Knee Osteoarthritis
In this secondary analysis, nearly 80% of patients with knee osteoarthritis did not require total knee replacement within 10 years of nonoperative...
Conference Coverage
What Does Natural Healing of ACL Ruptures Mean for Long-Term Outcomes?
Evidence mounts that the anterior cruciate ligament may heal without surgery, but the long-term outcomes are only beginning to be evaluated.
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Bone Infections Increase After S. aureus Bacteremia in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
The 90-day cumulative incidence of osteoarticular infections was nearly double in patients with RA and was higher in those on tumor necrosis...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Diabetes: What’s the Link?
A proportion of the patients who underwent CTS may have had undetected prediabetes or diabetes at the time of CTS surgery.
Conference Coverage
Are There Benefits to Taking GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Before Joint Surgery?
Two new studies looked at the effects of the weight-loss drugs on rates of complications after hip replacement procedures. The results were mixed...
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Musculoskeletal Symptoms Often Misattributed to Prior Tick Bites
A new study finds that Ehrlichia or Rickettsia seropositivity was not linked with chronic musculoskeletal symptoms, but alpha-...
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Study eases fears: Knee surgery surge not linked to premature intervention
“The indications for surgery are not being eroded by operating on healthier patients to fill operating room time.”
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Lack of medical device tracking leaves patients vulnerable
As a result of this siloing of information, patients are not getting the expected benefits of a regulation finalized over a decade ago by the FDA...
Commentary
Bone-bashing effects of air pollution becoming clearer
Particulate matter induces systemic inflammation and an increase in cytokines that stimulate bone cells (osteoclasts) that cause bone loss.