What is the effect of the size of that initial opioid prescription for elective joint arthroplasty patients and the likelihood of opioid refills? A team from the University of Michigan studied that ...
After nine months of aching knees, shoulders, arms and legs, Diane Velluci was at her wit’s end. Then she went to Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). What began as a double knee replacement at a ...
A knee replacement system, produced by MicroPort Orthopedics, has a human partner and spokesman. He is NFL Hall of Famer, three-time Sports Emmy Award-winner and New York Times bestselling author, ...
The authors concluded that “both PROMs and smart implantable device gait metrics show significant improvements post-TKA, though they correlate weakly with each other, suggesting a possible discrepancy ...
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center based in Clinton, Iowa, has announced the addition of orthopedic specialist Tim Micek, M.D. to its health care organization. Dr. Micek is a board-certified orthopedic ...
Each year, more than 300,000 Americans receive a hip replacement. Now doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using a procedure called subchondroplasty to give patients with ...