A new study, published November 15, in the journal Pain provides information on the trajectories of prescription drug use before and after hip-replacement surgery—total hip arthroplasty (THA), one of the most common types of joint replacement surgery. Hip- replacement surgery is commonly followed by long-term reductions in the use of prescription drugs for pain and insomnia. Source: […]
Patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation compared with closed reduction and internal fixation for treatment of pediatric femoral neck fractures had a higher fracture reduction quality and reported fewer complications, including osteonecrosis, according to results of this study. Source: Healio
In the majority of cases, hip x-rays are not reliable for diagnosing hip osteoarthritis (OA), and can delay the treatment of this debilitating disease. Source: Medical Xpress
Obese patients who lose a substantial amount of weight experience significantly slower degeneration of their knee cartilage. Source: Medical News Today
Investigators of this study found 65% of skeletally immature patients who were implanted with an expandable endoprosthesis after distal femoral resection had less tibial growth in the operative vs. contralateral limb and of these patients, 43% had progressive shortening. Source: Healio
