In the July, 2015, issue of the “Journal of Arthroplasty” authors Hasham Alvi. M.D. et al from Northweste ...
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Affect of High BMI on Outcomes Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Affect of High BMI on Outcomes Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
In the July, 2015, issue of the “Journal of Arthroplasty” authors Hasham Alvi. M.D. et al from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, evaluate the affect of obesity on outcomes following total ...
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Association Between Multiple Drug Allergies and Inferior Outcomes with Joint Replacement
Association Between Multiple Drug Allergies and Inferior Outcomes with Joint Replacement
In the July, 2015 issue of the “Journal of Arthroplasty”, authors Alexander McLawhor and M.D. and colleag ...
In the July, 2015 issue of the “Journal of Arthroplasty”, authors Alexander McLawhor and M.D. and colleagues from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York reviewed the association of patient-reported ...
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Severity of Arthritis Predicts Outcomes in Young Patients with Total Hip Replacement
Severity of Arthritis Predicts Outcomes in Young Patients with Total Hip Replacement
A poster presented at the 25th anniversary meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons i ...
A poster presented at the 25th anniversary meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Dallas, Texas November 5th through 8th from the University of Iowa reviewed the outcome of 14 ...
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“Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”
“Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”
His neck made a little cracking noise when he lifted a log overhead nearly 20 years ago during a building ...
His neck made a little cracking noise when he lifted a log overhead nearly 20 years ago during a building project. Since then, Randy battled pain that got in the way of most everything he did. “My fam ...
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The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery
The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery
Traditionally, joint replacement surgery required a several-day stay in the hospital. In the 1980s, the a ...
Traditionally, joint replacement surgery required a several-day stay in the hospital. In the 1980s, the average length of stay was approximately 7 days, and now it has decreased nationally to approxim ...
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Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes
Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes
2015 marks the start of the 12th year of our research department. 2015 will see us initiate a study to ev ...
2015 marks the start of the 12th year of our research department. 2015 will see us initiate a study to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative optimization of patients undergoing hip and knee repla ...
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Innovations in Hip Replacement
Innovations in Hip Replacement
Hip replacement has been one of the most successful operations over the last three to four decades. It wa ...
Hip replacement has been one of the most successful operations over the last three to four decades. It was felt to be the operation of the century by an author in 2007. We have seen an evolution from ...
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Is Your Tablet Becoming a Pain in the Neck?
Is Your Tablet Becoming a Pain in the Neck?
Since reading, working and keeping in touch socially are now often done on tablets, users need to re-exam ...
Since reading, working and keeping in touch socially are now often done on tablets, users need to re-examine the way they hold and read tablets so they don’t incur injury or strain. Tablet users can p ...
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Why did Lifelong Athlete David Choose Valley for his Four Joint Replacements?
Why did Lifelong Athlete David Choose Valley for his Four Joint Replacements?
Check out David Bucklen's quadruple joint replacement story. He's had both knees, a hip and a shoulder re ...
Check out David Bucklen's quadruple joint replacement story. He's had both knees, a hip and a shoulder replaced at Valley Medical Center with excellent results. Now he's looking forward to being more ...
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The Affects of Fitness on the Aging Process
The Affects of Fitness on the Aging Process
In a recent article in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons September, 2014 the aut ...
In a recent article in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons September, 2014 the authors Bryan Bobat, M.D. et al discussed decades of research looking at the aging process and the ...