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The German Congress of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
Despite the very varied nature of the scientific programme for The German Congress of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (Berlin, 24-27 October), Congress President Professor Joachim Read more …
Novartis launched once-a-year osteoporosis treatment
The Swiss company Novartis recently received the FDA approval for the U.S. market for their new osteoporosis drug “Reclast”, a therapy that is only given once a year via a Read more …
First FDA-approved artificial disc for the neck
New treatment for patients suffering from Degenerative Disc Disease: Medtronic’s Prestige Cervical Disc is the first artificial disc system for the neck that received approval Read more …
Movement Mapping (MM)
During the past decade total hip replacements have increased, even for younger patients with degenerative joint disease. Due to new bearing surfaces, such as the ceramics-ceramics Read more …
Robot-assisted total knee replacement
Total knee replacement (TKR) is a common procedure for treatment of severe gonarthrosis, but the outcome may be unsatisfactory due to primary malalignment of the prosthetic Read more …
Minimally invasive endoprosthetics
Early in the history of endoprosthetic hip and knee joint replacements almost exclusively had cement fixations. Now the objective is to replace only the areas of joints actually Read more …
The trauma surgeon is a decathlete
Fear for the quality of acute care for the injured and victims of accidents was expressed by Professor Vilmos Vécsei, traumatology and sports traumatology specialist and Read more …
Exclusive dry long film for digital CR/DR
XL, an exclusive, dry, long film for use in the Horizon XL printer - currently the only digital long film imager on the market – promises to not only to reduce costs, save space, Read more …
Hip revision with bone grafting using inorganic bone mineral matrix
The new European Transplantation Regulation makes it very difficult, or even impossible, to run a bone bank from 2007 onwards.
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Bone denistometers gain hip structure analysis software
USA – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the incorporation of Hip Structure Analysis (HSA) software in Hologic dual-energy X-ray (DXA) bone densitometers. Read more …
Fracture risk prediction osteoporosis patients
Simple clinical measurements raise hope of targeted treatments for those at highest risk. The future risk of osteoporotic fracture can be predicted with 75% accuracy using a new Read more …
The Yale-method for hip replacements
About 1,600,000 artificial hips are implanted every year, in Germany alone.
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MDCT imaging technique to evaluate bone healing
Increased diagnostic possibilities for orthopaedic patients.
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Bone Support study is underway
Cerament Spine Support, designed by the medical technology company BoneSupport to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, has achieved full patient enrolment in an Read more …
Treatment of orthopaedic patients to accelerate
UK – Around 10 million people suffer from musculoskeletal ailments in England alone. Read more …
HITACHI to showcase latest technologies at Paris event and to present the group seminar "What's next in Healthcare" on May 21, from 10 am