Microdiscectomy: Tubular vs 1-Level Unilateral Biportal—Which …
Oct 10, 2024 · A new retrospective cohort study compares outcomes for patients who are treated with tubular lumbar microdiscectomy to patients who are treated with a single-level unilateral biportal endoscopic microdiscectomy—an emerging type of minimally-invasive spine surgery. The outcomes are revealed and detailed in a new study: “ Single-Level ...
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The 16 Standout North American Sports Knee Surgeons
Sep 1, 2016 · No one at OTW names surgeons to the list. The information in quotes is what we heard about these surgeons. In alphabetical order, then, here are 16 of the finest sports knee surgeons in North America. James P. Bradley, M.D., M.S. Dr. Bradley is a sports medicine specialist with Burke & Bradley Orthopedics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical ...
FDA Approves TOPS for Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis
Jun 19, 2023 · FDA Approves TOPS for Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis. In a major announcement, the FDA has approved for commercial sale in the United States the TOPS™ motion-preserving facet replacement system. Quoting directly from the June 15, 2023, approval letter: “The TOPS™ System is intended to stabilize the spine following a lumbar decompression ...
Bracing vs Casting for Distal Radius Fractures
Aug 28, 2017 · Fragment rotation with the brace (0.0°) and cast (0.1°) significantly reduced sagittal plane rotation compared to the non-stabilized forearm (12.3°) (P < 0.001). The brace and the cast provided similar stabilization in both rotation and translation at all 4 loads. There was no statistical difference in between treatment types in either ...
Knees: Off-the-Shelf vs. Customized Implants
Jul 16, 2018 · A new study has pitted customized knee implants against off-the-shelf implants. The resulting paper, “In Vivo Tibial Fit and Rotational Analysis of a Customized, Patient-Specific TKA versus Off-the-Shelf TKA,” appears in the May 25, 2018 edition of the Journal of Knee Surgery. Gregory Martin, M.D., with the department of orthopedic surgery at Preferred Orthopaedics of the Palm Beaches ...
Study: RF Ablation Relieves Pain After TKR
Aug 7, 2015 · A new study has found that cooled radiofrequency (RF) ablation—with the tool known as COOLIEF—provides long-term relief of knee pain after total knee replacement (TKR). The researchers, whose work was published in Pain Practice, indicate that this is the first piece of published literature supporting the use of cooled RF for the knee after TKR.
BlueCross BlueShield Issues coflex-Favorable Policy
Sep 27, 2018 · BlueCross BlueShield Issues coflex-Favorable Policy
AAOS Updates Knee OA Guideline, Highlights Zilretta®
Oct 11, 2021 · Source: Wikimedia Commons, AAOS and Andrewmeyerson. Eight years after the last update, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors has updated its evidence-based clinical practice guideline for treating painful osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. With changes to 19 of the 29 recommendations from the previous guideline ...
Time to Switch to an Extended Release Corticosteroid
Jan 9, 2019 · The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have recommended a new HCPCS J-Code be issued on January 1, 2019 for the extended release corticosteroid, Zilretta. Zilretta is first and only extended-release, intra-articular therapy for patients with osteoarthritis-related knee pain. Zilretta employs proprietary microsphere technology ...