Jun 13, 2019 | In the News, Patient Education
The University of Sheffield and University of Bristol have developed a new risk and benefit calculator for patients considering joint replacement surgery. The tool uses data from the National Joint Registry in the United Kingdom. “This tool is designed to highlight...
Jun 13, 2019 | In the News
Manish “Manny” Sethi, MD is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and associate professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is running for the seat that Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is vacating in 2020 at the end of his current term. He is president...
Jun 6, 2019 | In the News
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued a statement this week that head football coach, Mack Brown, underwent a successful knee replacement at Duke University Hospital – and that the surgery was performed by one of his former players. AAHKS President...
Jun 6, 2019 | In the News, Patient Education
AAHKS member, Raj K. Sinha, MD was interviewed by KESQ News Channel 3 in Palm Springs, Calif. on the subject of patient satisfaction following total joint replacement surgery. He talks about the importance of patients setting realistic expectations with their surgeons...
May 30, 2019 | In the News
In a news release issued last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced marketing authorization of the Synovasure Lateral Flow Test Kit to CD Diagnostics Inc. The test will allow surgeons to detect “periprosthetic joint infection (infection around a...
May 30, 2019 | In the News
Orthopedics Today featured a story about orthopaedic surgeons at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Minneapolis/St. Paul who implemented a program to reduce opioid prescribing and patient use. Using a three-phase approach, the clinic first established a prescribing protocol....
