Orthopedic Patient Education - Guides to Orthopedic Conditions

Artificial bones successfully generated from umbilical cord stem cells

Scientists in Granada, Spain, have patented a new biomaterial that facilitates generating bone tissue - artificial bones in other words - from umbilical cord stem cells ... Read more...

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Bioengineering Lab Program Coordinator - Twin Cities Orthopedics

Twin Cities Orthopedics is hiring a Bioengineering Lab Program Coordinator for our new Bioskills Laboratory.  The Bioengineering Lab Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating activities in the Eagan Bioengineering and Bioskills lab by procuring materials, services, specimens, and facilities necessary for science instruction. They ensure compliance with safety rules and federal and state regulations to provide a safe operation. They will support, conduct and manage independent research...

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FDA announces Class I recall of Greatbatch Medical Standard Offset Cup Impactors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Class I recall for Greatbatch Medical Standard Offset Cup Impactors with POM-C Handle. The Standard Offset Cup Impactors are reusable handheld devices used during hip joint replacement surgeries to implant cups in the hip socket (acetabulum). 

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In-office diagnostic arthroscopy may be safe and effective

In-office needle-based diagnostic imaging appears to be statistically equivalent to surgical diagnostic arthroscopy in patients with knee pain, according to an article published online in Arthroscopy. 

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Increase in obese total joint arthroplasty patients may be linked to increases in revision and infection

A study published in the July issue of the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research finds that an increase in the number of obese patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) may be related to growing trends of revision and infection following TJA. 

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