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BOSTON — Patient outcome scores 6 months after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement were significantly associated with 10-year outcomes and conversion to total hip arthroplasty, according to presented results.“As the popularity of hip arthroscopy continues to grow, it’s increasingly important to identify which patients have satisfactory and long-lasting
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Mashup Score: 1VIDEO: Consider reconstruction of medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament vs. MPFL - 17 hour(s) ago
BOSTON — In this video from the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Nancy Park, BS, discussed the low complication rates of patients who underwent medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstruction.“We do believe that this is a technique that more orthopedic surgeons should consider adding to their repertoire,” she told Healio.
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Mashup Score: 0VIDEO: Hip preservation surgery with or without osteotomy showed high return to sport rate - 17 hour(s) ago
BOSTON — In this video from the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, Jacob L. Henrichsen, MD, discussed hip preservation surgery with or without osteotomy for young patients looking to return to sport.Henrichsen and colleagues at the University of Iowa analyzed data from a retrospective cohort and a prospective cohort of young patients treated with hip arthroscopy either
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Medial, lateral and lateral-to-medial tibial slope asymmetries may be associated with an increased risk of posterior meniscal root tears, according to results published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.Researchers from Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center performed a systematic review of 10 studies that analyzed a total of 600 patients with medial meniscus posterior
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Results from a matched case-control study showed surgical volume and multimorbidity status may be indicators of patient outcomes in ASCs. “As in hospitals, the procedure volume of the ambulatory surgery centers is an important predictor of patient outcomes, and higher-volume ambulatory surgery centers are associated with better ambulatory surgery outcomes,” the researchers wrote in
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Mashup Score: 1Culture-negative PJI: Unraveling the challenges - 8 day(s) ago
Periprosthetic joint infection remains one of the most dreaded complications following joint arthroplasty.Traditionally, diagnosing PJI has relied heavily on the culture of microorganisms from synovial fluid or tissue samples. However, a significant challenge exists in cases where these cultures return with negative results. Culture-negative PJI is a perplexing issue, often requiring a
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Adoption and implementation of a patient advocacy reporting program was associated with a significant decrease in the cost of malpractice claims for high-risk clinicians in an orthopedic practice network, according to published results.The Patient Advocacy Reporting System (PARS), designed by the Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is a
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Published results showed extended oral antibiotic prophylaxis was not associated with a reduced risk of periprosthetic joint infection at 90 days or 1 year among patients who underwent total hip or total knee arthroplasty.Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center performed a retrospective cohort study of 4,576 patients (mean age, 64 years) who underwent primary THA (n = 1,967) or TKA
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Mashup Score: 1Robotic-assisted patellofemoral arthroplasty shows high rate of return to low-impact sport - 11 day(s) ago
Robotic-assisted patellofemoral arthroplasty yielded high rates of return to low-impact sports and activity for patients aged 50 years and younger with patellofemoral arthritis, according to published results. Frank R. Noyes, MD, and colleagues performed a prospective study of 44 patients aged 21 to 50 years (mean age, 37.2 years) who underwent 51 robotic-assisted patellofemoral arthroplasty
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Results showed patients with osteoarthritis who underwent carpal tunnel release may use more health care resources and experience more severe and persistent carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms vs. patients without arthritis.“Patients with preexisting hand and/or wrist arthritis are more likely to have a longer recovery after carpal tunnel release as compared to those who do not,” study
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“As the popularity of hip arthroscopy continues to grow, it’s increasingly important to identify which patients have satisfactory and long-lasting results,” Joshua Wright-Chisem, MD, said at #AANA24 @AANAORG @HSpecialSurgery Read more⬇️: https://t.co/xeFd969El3