DePuy, a Johnson and Johnson company, announced on August 26, 2010, the recall of one of their shell head designs sold in the United States. This particular design accoun...
An orthopedic implant manufacturer recently obtained approval to advertise that in laboratory tests, their joint replacement lasted 30 years. Unfortunately I think patien...
Computer assisted joint replacement surgery has been around for almost 10-years. This began in Europe and spread to the United States over 5-years ago. There has been qui...
As I have stated in previous blogs, there have been several reports in the orthopedic literature associating hospital and surgeon volume to outcome. Basically the higher...
Information reviewed at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, emphasized that cross-link polyethylene and metal remain the...
Revision knee replacement continues to be one of the more challenging operations in the repertoire of joint replacement surgeons. There are several factors leading to fai...
Fractures of the hip remain one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the elderly individual. These injuries can rob the elderly of their independenc...
A paper presented by Kevin Bozic at the Knee Society on March 13, 2010, as part of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, reviewed the relationship b...
At the Knee Society meeting on March 13, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana, several papers reviewed the outcomes of partial knee replacement, also known as unicompartmental...
At the Knee Society meeting on March 13, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana, there were several papers discussing new techniques for performing knee replacement, including t...
