Tag: orthopedics
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Small, rural hospitals doing more orthopedic surgeries, but their 30-day death rate is one-third higher than that of larger hospitals
Critical-access hospitals, a linchpin of health care in rural areas, are performing many more orthopedic surgeries. But the Medicare patients who get the five most common orthopedic procedures at such...
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U of L gets patents for new cancer treatments, spinal cord treatments and a new bone graft product
The University of Louisville Research Foundation has recently been awarded patents for improved cancer treatments, a new bone graft material, and therapies for spinal cord damage, and two of the...
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Partial knee replacement using a robotic arm used in Ky. for first time; offers hope of longer lasting knees that feel more natural
A partial knee replacement surgery that utilizes a robotic arm was performed for the first time in Kentucky in May, Mark Hansel reports for the Northern Kentucky Tribune. RIO, Robotic Arm System (Photo...
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Arthroscopic knee surgery is no better than fake surgery for some people with torn meniscus cartilage, study suggests
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/health/common-knee-surgery-does-very-little-for-some-study-suggests.html