Dr. Rob Veith, an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in foot and ankle surgery, is traveling this week, January 29, 2010, to Haiti to help in the care of a country devastated by its recent earthquake. ...

A study presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Dallas, Texas, November 2009, revealed a 20% failure rate at 7 years postoperatively for obese individuals as defined by a bod ...

A study at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee surgeons in Dallas, Texas, comparing the results of a MIS or minimally invasive total knee to a more standard smaller inc ...

At a  recent symposium presented at the 19th Annual Association of Hip and Knee surgeons in Dallas  Texas, November 2009, a discussion by pain management experts highlighted the importance of the mult ...

A paper presented at the 19th annual American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons meeting in Dallas Texas, November 2009, outlined the use of an injection of an anesthetic agent into the hip joint to ...

A paper presented by Dr. Bozic, at the 19th annual meeting of the Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, pointed out the importance of hospital and surgeon volumes and process standardization with rega ...

Highly cross-linked polyethelene was first introduced for use in total hip replacement in 1998. Since that time, there has been laboratory data and early and midterm follow-up documenting decreased we ...

A study presented at the 19th annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, reviewed a large Medicare administrative data base, which included 37,867 primary total hip replaceme ...

Anterior approach total hip replacement has generated quite a bit of interest in the lay press and as well as on the Internet. There have been numerous success stories, but also recent reports of a mo ...

In the October 26, 2009 issue of Time magazine, Jeffry Kluger reviews different options for payment structures for physicians. He cites several clinics that have emphasized outcomes over the tradition ...