Mar 11, 2016 | In the News
Schneider Regional Medical Center on the US Virgin Island of St. Thomas announced that it has suspended elective total hip and total knee replacement surgeries. According to the St. Croix Source, the medical center decided to remove the services for financial reasons....
Feb 26, 2016 | In Memoriam, In the News
Frank Gunston, MD of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada passed away on February 16, 2016. He is credited with inventing the first artificial knee in 1963. Dr. Gunston worked as an associate of Sir John Charnley, MD through a traveling hip arthroplasty fellowship at...
Feb 26, 2016 | Corporate Partners, In the News
The FDA has granted 510(k) approval for an additional range of stem options for the “MetaFix” hip stem system by Corin. This range includes collared hydroxyapatite-coated stems and short neck variants. View the FDA 501 (k) premarket notification and summary for more...
Feb 19, 2016 | In the News, Research
Yesterday, the New England Journal of Medicine published a letter to the editor drafted by AAHKS President, Jay R. Lieberman, MD and AAOS President, David D. Teuscher, MD in response to the study, “A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Total Knee Replacement” published in...
Feb 19, 2016 | In the News
Orthopedics This Week interviewed AAHKS member, Matthew S. Austin, MD to follow up on a study he led that examined hip replacement patients who underwent formal physical therapy and non-formal physical therapy following surgery. “We were somewhat surprised to find...
Feb 12, 2016 | In the News, Patient Outcomes
An article in this week’s Medscape Orthopedics news asks the question, “Will orthopedic registries improve joint surgery outcomes?” Looking at new data from the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), the official registry of AAHKS, the article suggests that new...
