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                                    • The Year 2014 In Review

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                                      |Date: March 29, 2016
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                                      The Year 2014 In Review

                                      The Year 2014 In Review

                                      The year 2014 saw over 1,300 joint replacement procedures done at the Joint Center at Valley Medical Cent ...

                                      The year 2014 saw over 1,300 joint replacement procedures done at the Joint Center at Valley Medical Center. After reviewing the data from that year, we would like to share our results so that consume ...

                                      March 29, 2016
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                                    • Long-term Outcome of Unicompartmental or Partial Knee Replacement Versus Total Knee Replacement

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                                      Long-term Outcome of Unicompartmental or Partial Knee Replacement Versus Total Knee Replacement

                                      Long-term Outcome of Unicompartmental or Partial Knee Replacement Versus Total Knee Replacement

                                      Dr. Masonis and colleagues from Ortho Carolina presented a poster at the 25th annual meeting of the Ameri ...

                                      Dr. Masonis and colleagues from Ortho Carolina presented a poster at the 25th annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in November 2015. They reviewed the outcomes of 174 pa ...

                                      March 29, 2016
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                                    • Prophylaxis for Deep Venous Thrombosis After Joint Replacement Surgery

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                                      Prophylaxis for Deep Venous Thrombosis After Joint Replacement Surgery

                                      Prophylaxis for Deep Venous Thrombosis After Joint Replacement Surgery

                                      Dr. Tan and coauthors from the Rothman Clinic presented their results at the 25th anniversary of the Amer ...

                                      Dr. Tan and coauthors from the Rothman Clinic presented their results at the 25th anniversary of the American Association of hip and knee surgeons in Dallas, Texas November 2015, looking at a multicen ...

                                      March 29, 2016
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                                    • Affect of High BMI on Outcomes Following Total Joint Arthroplasty

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                                      |Date: March 26, 2016
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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 Northweste ...

                                      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 ...

                                      March 26, 2016
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                                    • Association Between Multiple Drug Allergies and Inferior Outcomes with Joint Replacement

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                                      |Date: March 26, 2016
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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 ...

                                      March 26, 2016
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                                    • Severity of Arthritis Predicts Outcomes in Young Patients with Total Hip Replacement

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                                      |Date: March 26, 2016
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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 ...

                                      March 26, 2016
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                                    • Integrated Listening Systems for Children

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                                      |Date: March 15, 2016
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                                      Integrated Listening Systems for Children

                                      Integrated Listening Systems for Children

                                      Integrated Listening Systems for children with developmental delays, learning challenges, stroke or head ...

                                      Integrated Listening Systems for children with developmental delays, learning challenges, stroke or head injury, stress and sleep-related problems Valley Medical Center's Children's Therapy now offers ...

                                      March 15, 2016
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                                    • The Big Chill–A Lifesaving Option for Brain-injured Newborns

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                                      |Date: October 17, 2015
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                                      The Big Chill–A Lifesaving Option for Brain-injured Newborns

                                      The Big Chill–A Lifesaving Option for Brain-injured Newborns

                                      Imagine having a normal pregnancy where everything goes smoothly and then during delivery, the unthinkabl ...

                                      Imagine having a normal pregnancy where everything goes smoothly and then during delivery, the unthinkable happens. Your baby’s oxygen or blood supply plummets, denying your baby’s brain the oxygen it ...

                                      October 17, 2015
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                                    • “Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”

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                                      |Date: October 17, 2015
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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 ...

                                      October 17, 2015
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                                    • Managed Care–a New Care Option from Valley

                                      Posted by Valley Communications
                                      |Date: October 16, 2015
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                                      Managed Care–a New Care Option from Valley

                                      Managed Care–a New Care Option from Valley

                                      Your team at Valley cares about you and wants you to have the healthiest, happiest life you can. As part ...

                                      Your team at Valley cares about you and wants you to have the healthiest, happiest life you can. As part of our ongoing work to improve the health of those we care for, we are now offering Chronic Car ...

                                      October 16, 2015
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