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Femoroacetabular Impingement: Diagnosis By Exclusion 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Femoroacetabular impingement, otherwise known as FAI, does not have one symptom or one clinical test that tells the physician, "Yes, this person has femoroacetabular impingement FAI)". Instead, the di...
Avoiding Complications After Finger Dislocations 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Three hand surgeons from well-known centers for reconstructive hand surgery presented a lecture on complications following dislocations of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint. The lecture was giv...
What's the Mechanism Behind Shoulder Replacement Loosening? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Total shoulder replacement for severe joint osteoarthritis has come a long way since its first use. But it isn't perfect yet. Ten to 15 per cent of patients receiving this implant later develop loosen...
New Study on Scoliosis from the Growing Spine Study Group 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Ten years ago, the Growing Spine Study Group (GSSG) was started in an effort to improve treatment for early-onset scoliosis. Since that time, 22 Spine Centers in seven countries have joined forces to ...
Update of 2006 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Spinal Stenosis 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Today's physicians depend on evidence from clinical studies and what are considered "best practice" approaches by experts whenever possible. When evaluating patients with degenerative lumbar spinal st...
Physician's Beware: MRI Inadequate for Synovial Sarcoma 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
In this case presentation, surgeons show how repeated MRIs did NOT reveal a malignant soft-tissue tumor later diagnosed as synovial sarcoma. As a result, an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatmen...
Hip Osteoarthritis: More Common Than You Think 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Consider these statistics: 202,500 total hip replacements were done in 2003. In that same year, 36,000 total hip replacements were operated on again to revise, remove, or replace the first implant. Th...
Rate of Return to Elite Baseball Pitching Following Shoulder Surgery 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
There are many different reasons why elite baseball pitchers may need shoulder surgery. But the biggest question is always, How long will it be before I can go back to pitching? Some answers can be fo...
Best Surgical Option for Early Stage Swan Neck Deformity 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
This article from the Hand Unit at the Bristol Royal Infirmary (United Kingdom) uses the case of a 42-year-old woman with an early swan neck deformity (SND) to review the evidence for current surgical...
What is Femoroacetabular Impingement and Does It Really Lead to Hip Osteoarthritis? 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Many articles have been written about the condition affecting the hip known as femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). But the current definition is not specific enough to be used when planning clinical t...
