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Mashup Score: 0HealioOrtho (@healioortho) • Instagram photos and videos - 1 month(s) ago
1,656 Followers, 173 Following, 301 Posts – See Instagram photos and videos from HealioOrtho (@healioortho)
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Mashup Score: 1Impact with ground, snow accounts for more than 70% of pediatric skiing-related injuries - 1 month(s) ago
A study of pediatric skiing-related injuries showed rates of sprains and contusions decreased, while rates of fractures and concussions fluctuated between 2012 and 2022, despite increased adoption of protective gear.In addition, results showed impact with the ground or snow was the most common injury mechanism, accounting for 70.8% of all injuries. Lower leg fractures were also common, according
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Mashup Score: 054-year-old man with comminuted distal femur fracture - 2 month(s) ago
A 54-year-old man with a past medical history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, heart failure and renal transplant presented to the ED after having a mechanical fall resulting in pain, deformity to the right knee and inability to weight-bear.At baseline, the patient was ambulatory using a walker for short distances. For long distances he was reliant on his motorized wheelchair. He could perform
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Mashup Score: 1How can a cyberattack impact an orthopedic practice? - 2 month(s) ago
Cyberattacks are increasing in frequency and impact the ability of an orthopedic practice to provide patient care at local, and potentially, nationwide levels.The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act promoted and enforced widespread implementation of the electronic medical record. Since then, nearly every medical practice has experienced an increase in
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Mashup Score: 0Invest in ‘good cyber hygiene’ to thwart cyberattacks - 2 month(s) ago
In 2024, a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare — a health payment processing company that handles an estimated 15 billion medical claims annually — shook the health care industry, impacting medical practices, providers and patients.The cyberattack knocked the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary offline, cutting off billions of dollars in payments to medical practices and jeopardizing
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Mashup Score: 2Life and umbrella insurance: Life can change quickly - 2 month(s) ago
As physicians, we have all borne witness to patients dying at a young age, whether from an unforeseen illness or injury.
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Mashup Score: 0Get high-quality reduction to treat ‘young’ femoral neck fractures - 2 month(s) ago
KOLOA, Hawaii — Orthopedic surgeons need to know the medial pathoanatomy of the femoral neck and obtain a high-quality reduction in the treatment of “young” femoral neck fractures, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.Collinge defined young fractures as those occurring in adults younger than 50 years.
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KOLOA, Hawaii — Patients with lateral epicondylitis often present with pain and dysfunction, however, most of the time, symptoms get better on own, according to a presenter here.“The patient will get better. If you want to do surgery and that’s what your patient wants, they’re going to get better. If you don’t want to do surgery and do an injection, they’re
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Mashup Score: 3VIDEO: Surgeons debate best indications for meniscus repair at Orthopedics Today Hawaii - 2 month(s) ago
KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video, Aaron J. Krych, MD, highlights key discussions held during a session on meniscus tears and treatment at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.“We had great discussions from world-class orthopedic surgeons and, also, radiologists,” Krych told Healio. “We debated best indications for repair. When do we treat these nonoperatively? If we treat them with
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KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael J. Stuart, MD, emeritus professor and orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic Rochester, discussed the importance of meniscus preservation.“One of my favorite techniques is called the inside-out repair, where we are able to repair the meniscus using solid needles, which do less damage than a hollow needle,” Stuart
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