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Recently published results showed shoulder injuries were common in men s lacrosse, with a high incidence of acromioclavicular injuries, as well as lab...

A decrease in functional outcomes following total knee arthroplasty and a decrease in mental health scores following total hip arthroplasty correlated with patient-reported metal allergy, according to recently published results.

Recently published results showed an 86% failure rate among patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty with a specific modular-neck femoral stem and indicated elevated serum cobalt ion levels as predictive of failure.

In patients with knee osteoarthritis, quantitative MRI found chondroitin sulfate was superior to celecoxib in the reduction of cartilage volume loss, according to results of a 2-year exploratory study.

Following ACL reconstruction, female soccer players had an increased rate of graft retear and contralateral ACL injury compared with non-soccer female athletes, according to results.

Swanson first introduced Silicone arthroplasty in 1968 as an interpositional single-stem, hemi-implant for the great toe.3 These implants were modeled after the silicone implants used in the hands and were designed to improve the Keller arthroplasty.

Although clinicians may assume plantar fasciopathy is always the cause of heel pain, the heel pain may be due to multiple etiologies. Citing the diagnostic advantages of ultrasonography, peripheral nerve blocks and neurosensory testing, this author says one can provide more tailored treatment for pa...

In the past, insoles for patients with diabetes were hand-made by orthopedic shoemakers. In the future, these specialist shoemakers will be able to produce insoles more cost-effectively thanks to new software and the use of 3D printers

Total ankle arthroplasty yielded superior preoperative and postoperative parameters of gait among patients with osteoarthritis, while greater improvements in parameters of gait were found among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to study results presented at the American Orthopaedic Foot ...

Researchers of this study identified older patient age, obesity, alcohol abuse and specific fracture type as risk factors for deep surgical site infection among patients who underwent plate fixation for proximal tibial fractures.