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An opinion piece published in the March 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association calls hip and knee arthroplasty procedures "necessary and life changing" for many patients. However, the writers note that rates of such procedures are much higher in the...

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A survey conducted by Doximity tracks physician reimbursement information and, among other things, identifies an average 4 percent wage increase across the United States from 2016 to 2017. In this survey, orthopaedic surgeons ranked third of all specialties, with an average...

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A study published in the March 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association examines healthcare spending and suggests that prices of labor and goods, as well as administrative costs may be the major drivers of a difference in overall cost between the United States...

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Findings from a study published online in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research suggest that triamcinolone injection of the knee may be linked to an increase in intraocular pressure. The authors conducted a prospective, cohort study of 62 patients with...

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Findings presented at the Specialty Day meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine suggest that cortisone injections within six months prior to rotator cuff repair may be linked in increased risk of revision surgery. The researchers reviewed data on...

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A study published online in the journal JAMA Surgery offers evidence to validate a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure for patients who undergo lumbar spine surgery. The authors surveyed 1,965 adult lumbar surgical candidates at baseline and at least once postoperatively...

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People with little to no leg strength are either saddled with a temporary injury or a permanent disability. They might also be suffering from a chronic condition that requires bed confinement as in the cases of many older adult patients or those who are still healing from a...

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Strong, healthy bones are essential for warding off injuries and avoiding serious illnesses like osteoporosis, a condition that affects hundreds of millions of people all over the world. Growing up, you probably heard that you need to drink milk to build strong bones. Vitamin D...

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An article published online in AAOS Now summarizes an AAOS symposium on "Optimizing Clinical Use of Biologics in Orthopaedic Surgery," which was held Feb. 15-17, 2018. The writer notes that a preponderance of unproven and poorly described stem cell treatments marketed to...

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