Sentences with phrase «of joint replacement»

Moreover, patients have been left with the wrong kind of implant of joint replacement, the wrong type of blood during transfusion or the wrong drugs or dosage.

She became pain free and regained the function of joints which were previously diagnosed with osteoarthritis and in need of joint replacement.

Using an advanced technology available nowhere else in the U.S., Rush has begun a retrospective study to analyze implants that fail in the hope of improving future implants and preventing or decreasing the incidence of joint replacement failure.

The technology has been used successfully to solve a number of other medical prosthesis problems, including in the areas of joint replacement and facial reconstruction surgery.

Currently, the majority of joint replacements in the United States are performed under general anesthesia, but HSS uses neuraxial anesthesia for 95 % of orthopedic surgeries.

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Project Jasper, a joint effort between the private sector and Canada's central bank and payment systems operator over the past two years, is a good example of this type of work, and is a blueprint that the U.S. should follow if we ever want to see blockchain become a viable Social Security number replacement.

The idea is to arm armored combat vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles with additional protective technology to secure platforms and soldiers from enemy fire; vehicles slated for use of APS systems are infantry fighting vehicles such as Bradleys along with Stykers, Abrams tanks and even tactical vehicles such as transport trucks and the emerging Humvee replacement, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.

With a workforce of more than 12,000 employees spread out over 172 sites, Stryker offers more than 60,000 medical devices, including implants used in joint replacement surgeries and surgical navigation and endoscopic systems.

Downstairs, the nursing home cared for a mix of people, including those who might eventually go home again after recuperating from a stroke, joint replacement or other setback.

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This certification will demonstrate Durham Regional's achievement of national benchmarks for evidence - based care in orthopaedic joint replacement.

He identified the ongoing emergency repair projects as repairs on Ijora Causeway, Ijora Flyover (East Link), Funsho Williams Avenue, replacement of 1 N (one number) expansion joint on Eko Bridge, Costain Roundabout to Eko Bridge Ramp and Costain to Iganmu Bridge (Orile Bound).

He is founder of Mohawk Valley Orthopedics and his practice focuses on joint replacement and hand surgery.

«It's not going to cure arthritis, but it will delay the progression of arthritis to the damaging stages when patients need joint replacements, which account for a million surgeries a year in the U.S.»

Dr. Franklin is principal investigator of the Function and Outcomes Research for Comparative Effectiveness in Total Joint Replacement (FORCE - TJR) program from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The aim of the study, published July 19 in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, was to evaluate the extent of pain relief and functional improvement in total joint replacement patients with various levels of obeJoint Surgery, was to evaluate the extent of pain relief and functional improvement in total joint replacement patients with various levels of obejoint replacement patients with various levels of obesity.

«This manuscript adds to our collective knowledge regarding the risk benefit ratio of total joint replacement surgery in obese patients.

Will there come a time when a patient with arthritis can forgo joint replacement surgery in favor of a shot?

«Yet, the cost - effectiveness of bariatric surgery to achieve weight loss prior to joint replacement and thus decrease the associated complications and costs in morbidly obese patients was unknown.»

But the effect of bariatric surgery on joint replacement outcomes was not known, and this is what HSS investigators set out to determine.

Nearly one million total joint replacements — most commonly of the hip and knee — were performed in the United States in 2011.

For patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement, smoking is associated with an increased risk of infectious (septic) complications requiring repeat surgery, reports a study in the February 15 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

For study purposes, researchers assumed that at least one - third of patients having bariatric surgery lost their excess weight prior to undergoing joint replacement.

However, little is known about long - term patterns of opioid use after joint - replacement surgery.

The strongest predictor of long - term opioid use was taking high - dose opioids before joint replacement surgery.

However, improvement in knee or hip pain after joint replacement did not reduce the likelihood of long - term opioid use.

While randomized clinical trials are the gold standard of clinical research, such trials are not feasible for testing anesthesia technique in joint replacement surgeries, because the low incidence outcomes would require a huge number of patients.

About 30 percent of the patients were taking opioids prior to their joint replacement surgery.

The researchers looked at how smoking history affected the risk of hospital readmissions among patients undergoing total joint replacement — either hip or knee replacement.

The study included data on 15,264 patients who underwent a total of 17,394 total joint replacements between 2000 and 2014 — 8,917 hip and 8,477 knee replacements.

Treatment of knee osteoarthritis is shifting focus from end stage treatment to preventing the progression from early to the late stage of the disease, with the specific aim of decreasing the need for joint replacement and other costly treatments.

In order to test its ability to predict patients with a higher risk of complications, Dr. Parvizi and colleagues enrolled 829 patients who had a planned total joint replacement between 2012 and 2013, and assessed their glycemic levels via the traditionally used maker called HbA1c, side by side with fructosamine.

There is currently no treatment to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis, and people with severe disease often need total joint replacement surgery.

More Americans than ever will receive joint replacements, and with an infection rate of approximately 1 percent, the potential exists for tens of thousands to experience post-operative infection and complications each year.

Statistical analyses showed that bariatric surgery lowered the comorbidity burden of patients prior to total joint replacement (P < 0.0001 for TKA and P < 0.005 for THA).

All the cases involved sudden and severe deterioration among patients undergoing partial hip replacement, known as hemiarthroplasty, for fractured neck of femur (broken hip), and associated with the use of cement to help hold the artificial hip joint in place.

This insidious hardening of tissues also grips some patients following joint replacement or severe bone injuries.

«In ankle replacement, we replace the damaged surfaces of the ankle joint with an artificial implant,» explained Dr. Deland.

«The question is how do we optimize these patients who have a real problem with their hip or knee and the comorbid condition of obesity, so that they can achieve maximal benefit from their joint replacement.»

Currently more than 1 million knee replacements and hip replacements are performed each year in the United States, and with the aging population, the number of total joint replacements is expected to grow.

The multicenter study, led by Scripps Clinic orthopedic surgeon Clifford Colwell, MD evaluated the efficacy of a mobile compression device that is small and portable enough for patients to use at home for 10 days or longer after joint replacement surgery.

A study published today as the lead article in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery determined that after lower extremity joint replacement surgery a mobile compression device was just as effective as blood thinners in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but without negative side effects including bleeding complicatJoint Surgery determined that after lower extremity joint replacement surgery a mobile compression device was just as effective as blood thinners in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but without negative side effects including bleeding complicatjoint replacement surgery a mobile compression device was just as effective as blood thinners in preventing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but without negative side effects including bleeding complications.

Using the scale as a benchmark, patients without a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, or cirrhosis have only a 3.1 percent probability of developing late, serious complications following joint replacement surgery.

Hip replacement surgery not only improves quality of life but is also associated with increased life expectancy, compared to people of similar age and sex, reports a study in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research ® (CORR ®), a publication of The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons ®.

Obesity is associated with longer hospital stays and higher costs in total knee replacement (TKR) patients, independent of whether or not the patient has an obesity - related disease or condition (comorbidity), according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).

«The bottom line is that obesity is increasingly common among patients undergoing joint replacement, which creates a myriad of technical and medical challenges, and likely contributes to the financial burden of the surgery,» said senior author David G. Lewallen, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon, also from Mayo Clinic.

As a result of the findings, the Penn team developed the six - point scale that orthopedic surgeons can use to determine a patient's candidacy for same - day or short - stay total joint replacement.

Current treatment for an infection in a prosthetic knee involves removal of the biofilm - covered joint, placement of a temporary spacer, a six - week course of intravenous antibiotics, and then a second knee - replacement surgery that's more complex to perform than the original surgery.

A new study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that these surgeries are generally safe with mortality rates decreasing for total hip (THR) and total knee (TKR) replacement and spinal fusion surgeries, and complication rates decreasing for total knee replacement and spinal fusion in patients with few or no comorbidities (other conditions or diseases).

University of Wisconsin computational engineer Vadim Shapiro says the technology used to analyze David could help in the design of human joint replacements that distribute stress to bones in a natural way.