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New approach to common hip surgery allows patients to come in at 9 a.m. and leave the hospital at 5 p.m.

In a lifetime, our hips and knees get a lot of use. There are various ways individuals can reduce the strain placed on their joints to maintain the health of their hips and knees.

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have launched a pilot study using a portable gait analysis mat to determine early outcomes of several different hip replacement techniques. Gait analysis provides information about the way an individual walks.

The authors state: "While there are certainly controversies in the field of osteoporosis, there are also issues upon which there is complete or near-complete agreement: specifically, there is consensus that patients with hip fracture should receive pharmacological treatment to prevent additi...

Scientists at the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have discovered a new genetic mutation linked to osteonecrosis of th...

Subtalar arthrodesis is a standard treatment for subtalar arthritis. Both open and arthroscopic techniques have been described and are commonly used. The cases of a consecutive series of 121 patients treated with either open or posterior arthroscopic tech

Injuries to the tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint complex, or Lisfranc injuries, have been reported to result in osteoarthritis (OA) following surgical treatment. Good outcomes with respect to short and medium-term results have been reported. However, long-term

In an effort to improve fracture healing and decrease the need for autologous bone graft, products such as recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2) have been developed and used in both spine and nonspine surgery. There is a paucity of litera

To determine the in vitro force between the scaphoid and the lunate supported by the scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL) during 2 wrist pushup positions.

Radial head arthroplasty is used to stabilize the joint after a complex acute radial head fracture that is not amenable for fixation or to treat sequelae of radial head fractures. Most of the currently used radial head prostheses are metallic monoblock im