Sentences with phrase «of joint replacement surgery»

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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.

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.»

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.

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 Ssurgery, reports a study in the February 15 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint SurgerySurgery.

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.

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.

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

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).

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 complicSurgery 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 complicsurgery 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.

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.

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).

For patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surjoint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Ssurgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased complications — including the need for «revision» surgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Ssurgery, reports a study in the June 7 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint SurJoint SurgerySurgery.

«Obesity increases risk of complications after shoulder joint replacement surgery.»

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.

Due to the unusual stress on their joints as they dance, many ballerinas need hip replacement surgery in their early teens, says Thalmann, who described the ongoing modeling project here today at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science.

At the moment clinical treatment for joint degeneration is joint replacement, which improves the quality of life for many people but involves invasive surgery and is not a permanent solution.

«When a patient comes in with a torn ACL or PCL, most orthopedic surgeons recommend surgery to repair the ligament because of its importance to the natural function of the knee,» said William Bryan, M.D., a Houston Methodist orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and total joint replacement.

«While evidence shows that joint replacement surgery improves pain, function, and quality of life for the osteoarthritis patient, the impact of cardiovascular health has not been confirmed,» explains lead study author Yuqing Zhang, D.Sc., Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.

«Our study examines if joint replacement surgery reduces risk of serious cardiovascular events among osteoarthritis patients.»

Patients who received a revision joint replacement surgery, a TJR following a fracture, patients with a history of blood clots, or patients taking hormone replacement therapy were excluded from the study.

«Adults are living longer, and many are maintaining a very active lifestyle, creating the need for long - lasting joint replacements,» says Robin Pourzal, PhD, a research scientist in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center.

«There is a risk of infection with any surgery, but infections after a joint replacement surgery are harder to treat,» Clyburn said.

More than 53,000 Americans have total shoulder joint replacement (SJR) surgery each year, and yet the effects of this surgery on a patient's ability to safely drive a vehicle, and the appropriate recovery time before patients should return to driving, have yet to be determined.

Founded by the Providence Jewish community in 1926, The Miriam Hospital today offers a wide range of medical services, with notable expertise in cardiac care, total joint replacement, bariatric surgery, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, and men's health.

Francis Gonzales, MD, with the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, traveled to Guatemala with a team of medical staff from across the nation to perform joint replacements on patients in need of critical care.

If medicines haven't worked for you and if pain and loss of mobility is extreme, you may be a candidate for joint replacement surgery, a commonly performed and generally successful operation.

Smoking will increase your risk of cancer, emphysema, heart disease, stroke, and dying young, but if you manage to dodge all those bullets, it may actually reduce your need for joint - replacement surgery later in life.

In the midst of intense pain, hospitalization, and joint replacement surgery, she felt isolated and alone; she had never met anyone else with psoriatic arthritis.

Dr. Weiss, who practices at Rhode Island Hospital, says he performs anywhere from one to three knuckle - replacement surgeries each month, usually on the knuckles at the base of the fingers (known as the metacarpophalangeal joints).

The purpose of the surgery is to remove the damaged cartilage, tissue, and bone, and insert an artificial replacement joint in the remaining healthy bone.

Natalia can help you recover from many conditions ranging from headaches to sciatica, to post surgical conditions such as shoulder surgeries and total joint replacements, as well as in the recovery of tendinitis, sprains and strains.

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Some many even need joint replacement surgery even at a young age because of too much wear and tear on the body's muscle, joints and bones.

Tuscaloosa, AL About Blog Get expertise advice on sports medicine, knee surgery, shoulder surgery, arthroscopic surgery, hand surgery, surgery of the upper and lower extremities, reconstructive joint replacement, and surgical and nonoperative treatment of the spine.

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The surgery involves the creation of an artificial ball and socket joint by removing the natural components (head of femur - «ball», and acetabulum of pelvis - «socket») of the hip joint and inserting synthetic replacement parts that result in a smooth, stable, pain - free hip joint (s).