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• Epic Fail: Robots Don't Improve Joint Replacement Outcomes in Big U.K. Studies

  (MedPage Today) -- Robotically assisted knee and hip arthroplasties have brought no extra benefits for patients in Great Britain compared with conventional procedures, a massive review of registry data showed. Revision rates over the first 5 years...

• Still in Pain After ACL Repair? Supervised Rehab Superior to Exercises Alone

  (MedPage Today) -- Young adult patients with persistent knee pain following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair surgery got more relief from a supervised physical therapy program compared with self-directed rehab, results of a randomized trial...

• Study Finds Huge Regional Variability in 'Low-Value' Orthopedic Services for Vets

  (MedPage Today) -- So-called low-value orthopedic procedures, such as vertebroplasty for patients with asymptomatic spinal fractures, may be performed on veterans at dramatically different rates from one place to another, analysis of Medicare data...

• Study 'Challenges' Standard of Prolonged Antibiotics for Orthopedic Infections

  (MedPage Today) -- Giving no more than a week's worth of systemic antibiotics was as effective as a standard multi-week course for preventing treatment failure in patients who underwent surgery for orthopedic infection paired with implant of a...

• FDA-Ordered Studies for Drugs and Devices on the Market for Years Still Aren't Done

  (MedPage Today) -- When the FDA was deciding whether to approve the drug avacopan (Tavneos) several years ago to treat a set of rare autoimmune diseases, agency experts argued that would be a mistake, according to FDA records. One problem cited...

• Billy Joel's Brain Shunt; Hot Drinks and Cancer; Doctors Missing in Nepal Floods

  (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Billy Joel revealed he had a shunt implanted in his brain following his normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis. (People) Here's how Lasker award-winning sleep...

• More NFL Players Have CTE Than Previously Thought, Study Suggests

  (MedPage Today) -- At least one in four former National Football League (NFL) players who died from 2016 to 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a retrospective study suggested. Among all NFL players who died from 2008 to 2021, the...

• Synovitis Confirmed as Prognostic in Hand Osteoarthritis, Regardless of Subtype

  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand face the same risk of structural progression when synovitis is present in the first carpometacarpal (CMC1) joint versus the interphalangeal joints, results of a prospective cohort...

• Can Creatine Help Non-Athletes? A Physical Therapist Weighs In

  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Creatine may help boost athletes' ability to perform high-intensity...

• Knee Surgery Ends in Paralysis; Cassidy Flags FDA Nominee; Camilla on King's Cancer

  (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A routine knee replacement surgery ended in paralysis after a medication mix-up led to a patient reportedly getting "contaminated vials" that contained potassium...