Undergoing a knee replacement involves sophisticated medical equipment, but innovative prosthetic design may not offer the same benefits for all knee replacement recipients, Yale School of Medicine ...
Orthopedic surgeons at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore and MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney have ...
A. A normal knee is not painful and does not limit your mobility. In an arthritic knee, especially one with advanced osteoarthritis, the protective cartilage surface has worn away causing bone to rub ...
When Deidre Blake, MD, describes the new NAVIO robotics-assisted knee surgery program at Cayuga Medical Center, she stresses three words: accurate, precise and customized. Successful knee replacement ...
Knee replacement surgery (also called knee arthroplasty) replaces all or part of worn-out or injured knee joints. The damaged bone and cartilage of the knee are removed, and parts made of metal and ...
In coming years, your new artificial joints will tell the doctor how they’re doing. Already, a “smart knee” from medical-device maker Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc., introduced in 2021, comes with ...
Lack of systematic preoperative screening by swab (nose and any skin lesion(s) during the month preceding surgery, recent history of surgery) The author has no relevant affiliations or financial ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- For firefighter Chuck Stenger, the past 20 years have been full of pain. He remembers when it first started. "Knelt down to start treating a patient, and it felt like a nail going ...