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New AAOS guideline recommends how to reduce DVT, PE after joint replacement surgery

An updated clinical practice guideline released last week by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors recommends how to reduce the likelihood of blood clots after hip or knee replacement surgery, procedures that more than 800,000 Americans undergo each year. The new guideline suggests use of preventive treatments and advises against routinely screening patients after surgery using ultrasound imaging.

1 Oct 2011

Gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints

A blast of gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints to make them strong enough to last for years, according to researchers in China writing in the current issue of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

23 Sep 2011

Research roundup: Personalized info helps consumer decision-making; Racial disparities in knee replacement

Comparison Friction: Experimental Evidence From Medicare Drug Plans – Defining comparison friction as "the wedge between the availability of comparative information and consumers' use of it," the authors determined that providing prescription drug pricing information, even though it was free and accessible in other ways, increased the amount of "plan-switching" in the group to 28 percent compared to 17 percent in another that did not get the individual information.

17 Sep 2011

African American patients more likely to receive replacement surgery in low-quality hospitals

Racial minorities have reduced access to high-quality joint replacement care, according to Dr. Xueya Cai and colleagues from the University of Iowa in the US. Their work, published online in Springer's journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, shows that African American patients are more likely than Caucasians to receive total knee arthroplasty (or replacement surgery) in low-quality hospitals.

14 Sep 2011

Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommends FDA approval of J&JPRD's rivaroxaban

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommended approval of rivaroxaban, a novel, once-daily, oral anticoagulant, for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

9 Sep 2011

ELIQUIS better than warfarin in reduction of stroke, major bleeding, and mortality

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. today announced the main results of the Phase 3 clinical trial ARISTOTLE, which evaluated ELIQUIS compared to warfarin for the prevention of stroke or systemic embolism in 18,201 patients with atrial fibrillation and at least one risk factor for stroke.

29 Aug 2011

OrthoSensor, Stryker partner for intelligent knee surgical trial

Stryker Corporation's Orthopaedics Division and OrthoSensor, Inc., the leader in intelligent orthopaedics, today announced an agreement in which OrthoSensor will provide the OrthoSensor Knee Trial, designed for use with Stryker's Triathlon Knee System.

From Stryker 18 Aug 2011

Pre-operative education programme can reduce hospital stay for knee replacement patients

Potential to reduce NHS costs while offering more effective rehabilitation for knee replacement patients has been identified following a 20 month study carried out by academics at Northumbria University in conjunction with Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

10 Aug 2011

Exactech's new Optetrak Logic knee implant effective for painful arthritis

Kevin Hindle, a 47-year-old manufacturing engineer at Exactech, Inc., a global orthopaedic device company, regained his active lifestyle with an innovative new knee implant that he helped develop.

9 Aug 2011

Knee osteoarthritis more common in women than men

A Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon suspects that the nagging pain and inflammation that women can experience in their knees may be different from what men encounter, and she has been chosen to lead a novel U.S.-Canadian study to explore the question.

4 Aug 2011

Hip and knee replacement surgery linked to increased risk of clot development

When tennis star Serena Williams underwent emergency treatment for a pulmonary embolism earlier this year, the world's attention was drawn to this often fatal medical condition which, although surprisingly not uncommon, is unfamiliar to most men and women.

28 Jul 2011

Patients with pulmonary hypertension more likely to have complications after bilateral TKA

A new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has identified patients who are at a higher risk of morbidity and mortality when undergoing knee replacement surgery in both legs at the same time.

15 Jul 2011

High BMI and vigorous physical activity increase risk of arthroplasty in men

Surprising results from a new study revealed that men who smoke had less risk of undergoing total joint replacement surgery than those who never smoked.

8 Jul 2011

PENNSAID Viscous Solution Phase 2 clinical trial for osteoarthritis pain meets primary endpoint

Nuvo Research Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of products primarily for the treatment of pain, today announced receipt from Mallinckrodt Inc., a Covidien company (Covidien), of top-line results from a Phase 2 study conducted by Covidien, of twice-daily administration of PENNSAID Viscous Solution (topical diclofenac sodium viscous solution) 2% w/w, previously referred to as PENNSAID Gel.

30 Jun 2011

Women recover faster from knee replacement surgery than men

Although women generally have worse knee function and more severe symptoms before undergoing surgery for knee replacement than men, they recover faster after the operation. Men take longer to recover but, after a year, they catch up with women and there are no differences in surgery outcomes at that time.

30 Jun 2011

Eight major health systems join HVHC to demonstrate improved care at lower costs

In December, Mayo Clinic, Denver Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Cleveland Clinic, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice announced the formation of the High Value Healthcare Collaborative to improve health care, lower costs, and move best practices out to the national provider community. Today, they announced that eight major health systems will join the Collaborative.

2 Jun 2011

Knee Replacement News and Research

New AAOS guideline recommends how to reduce DVT, PE after joint replacement surgery

Gamma radiation could toughen up plastic prosthetic joints

Research roundup: Personalized info helps consumer decision-making; Racial disparities in knee replacement

African American patients more likely to receive replacement surgery in low-quality hospitals

Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommends FDA approval of J&JPRD's rivaroxaban

ELIQUIS better than warfarin in reduction of stroke, major bleeding, and mortality

OrthoSensor, Stryker partner for intelligent knee surgical trial

Pre-operative education programme can reduce hospital stay for knee replacement patients

Exactech's new Optetrak Logic knee implant effective for painful arthritis

Knee osteoarthritis more common in women than men

Hip and knee replacement surgery linked to increased risk of clot development

Patients with pulmonary hypertension more likely to have complications after bilateral TKA

High BMI and vigorous physical activity increase risk of arthroplasty in men

PENNSAID Viscous Solution Phase 2 clinical trial for osteoarthritis pain meets primary endpoint

Women recover faster from knee replacement surgery than men

Eight major health systems join HVHC to demonstrate improved care at lower costs

Ampio commences new anti-inflammatory agent Phase 1B trial in osteoarthritis

HHS uses new devices to meet growing need of joint replacements among baby boomers

Baby boomers becoming the replacement generation

Bristol-Myers Squibb first quarter net sales increase 5% to $3.3 billion

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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