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We asked 2 faculty members from the 3rd Annual ICJR South/RLO Course  Ormonde M. Mahoney, MD, from Athens Orthopedic Clinic, Athens, Georgia, and Chi...

Patients with hip pathology may not complain of hip pain - they may present with discomfort of the low back, lower extremity, groin, thigh, buttock, or knee, all of which may be caused by the hip. The authors have found the pendulum test to be efficient and accurate in diagnosing even early-stage hi...

Dr. Udai Sibia reports data from a single-surgeon retrospective review of patients who had received the ASR hip replacement or hip resurfacing devices.

We recently asked 3 top joint replacement surgeons  David G. Lewallen, MD, from Mayo Clinic; Bryan D. Springer, MD, from OrthoCarolina; and Mark J. S...

Recently published data indicated that in the United States, total ankle arthroplasty is a relatively safe surgery with an overall 30-day complication rate of 1.4%.

Acute midsubstance Achilles tendon ruptures, an increasingly common athletic injury in patients 30 years to 50 years old, can result in significant functional limitation and decreased quality of life. The management of these injuries is controversial, with no consensus in the literature regarding th...

SAN DIEGO  Treatment of overtly unstable malleolar fractures with close contact casting showed outcomes equivalent to those of open reduction and int...

Investigators of this study found conversion of ankle arthrodesis to total ankle arthroplasty improved function and offered pain relief to most patients at short-term follow-up.

A commonly used surgical treatment does not help patients who suffer from 'mechanical symptoms' associated with a degenerative knee, a new Finnish study demonstrates.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who received pulsed electromagnetic field therapy experienced pain relief and 26% of patients discontinued NSAIDs following treatment, according to results of a recently published report.