Hip replacement is one of the most frequent operations carried out in Germany. Each year, doctors implant some 200,000 artificial hip joints. Often the artificial hips need to be replaced just ten years later. In the future, a new implant currently bei…
Osteoporosis is a common, silent and devastating age-related disease. 25% of Australian women with osteoporosis who sustain a hip fracture die within 12 months, with a greater mortality risk of women older than 65 than from breast cancer. In comparison…
Although artificial hip or knee prosthesis are designed to last several years, approximately 17% of patients who receive a total joint replacement need early replacement surgery – a procedure which can cause serious complications for elderly patients. …
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered new ways to help detect and treat the debilitating brittle bone disease osteoporosis. According to a scientific study published in the European Journal of Human Genetics, women with a faulty gen…
The odds that someone undergoing spinal surgery at a particular hospital will have to be readmitted to the same hospital within 30 days is an important measure of the quality of care patients receive. That’s because these “hospital readmission rates” o…
Below is a news summary of an orthopaedic research study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), as well as the issues’ full Table of Contents. A Structured, Independent Exercise Regimen Can Reduce the Need for Therapy Following Meniscus Surge…
Following the breast enhancement scandal last month, the latest storm in the medical world is the concern that metal-on-metal hip replacements are seeming to exhibit a high failure rate. In a follow-up to an announcement from The Medicines and Healthca…
Laser-based measurements are proving to be a promising method for the assessment of osteoporosis. The team led by Professor Jussi Timonen has developed an ultrasound technique that use laser beams for a rapid and accurate assessment of osteoporosis. Th…
In the March issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (British Volume), a study conducted by G. Coulter, D. A. Young, R. E. Dalziel, and A. J. Shimmin, highlights findings from an independent examination of 230 consecutive Birmingham hip resurfacin…
Osteoporosis patients could soon ditch daily injection pens for an implantable microchip that releases medication at the push of a remote-controlled button, reports a new study appearing in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The clinical trial…
