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....
May 23, 2019 | In the News, Research
Orthopedics Today reported on a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. “Matthew J. Kraeutler, MD, and colleagues randomly assigned 32 hips with early OA in 30 patients to receive treatment with either...
May 16, 2019 | In the News, Patient Education, Position Papers
The New York Times reported this week on “rogue clinics” offering stem cell and platelet rich plasma (PRP) as treatment for osteoarthritis pain. The US Food and Drug Administration, the company Regenexx and a number of researchers were interviewed for the article,...
Apr 25, 2019 | In the News
University of Alabama head football coach, Nick Saban, was back to work less than 48 hours after total hip replacement surgery. Saban played 18 holes of golf Monday morning and checked in to Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham for his...
