Zimmer Recalls 11, 658 Persona Knee Parts | Orthopedics This Week
WEBWalter Eisner • Fri, April 10th, 2015. FDA Recall Notice / Source: FDA. Zimmer Holdings Inc. has recalled 11, 658 parts used in its Persona Trabecular Metal Tibial Plate/Persona TM Tibia knee implant systems. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Zimmer is initiating the voluntary global recall following an increase in ...
FDA Approves TOPS for Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis
WEBJun 19, 2023 · FDA Approves TOPS for Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis. In a major announcement, the FDA has approved for commercial sale in the United States the TOPS™ motion-preserving facet replacement system. Quoting directly from the June 15, 2023, approval letter: “The TOPS™ System is intended to stabilize the spine following a lumbar decompression ...
Six Months Is the Magic Number for Rotator Cuff Repair
WEBDec 10, 2020 · Using an institutional registry, the researchers collected data on 203 patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair between 2014 and 2016 and had completed preoperative, 6-month, 1-year, and 2-year Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS). Their average age was 56.19 ± 9.96 years, and their average body mass index was …
Calcifications Likely With Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
WEBMay 20, 2021 · The researchers wrote, “Pertrochanteric calcifications were common radiographic findings in patients with greater trochanteric pain syndrome and can help guide management in these patients. Proximally and distally directed enthesophytes were strong predictors for the presence of a hip abductor tendon tear, and specifically a full-thickness ...
CTL Amedica Debuts RODIN Fusion System | Orthopedics This Week
WEBAddison, Texas-based CTL Amedica Corporation launched the RODIN Transforaminal Expandable Lumbar Interbody Fusion System at the recently concluded 2021 North American Spine Society annual meeting in Boston. Henry Fabian Jr., M.D., M.B.A., is RODIN’s product designer.
Surprising Data on Elderly Shoulder Surgery Outcomes // Retain …
WEBFeb 9, 2015 · New Study: Excellent Outcomes for 70-Year-Old Patients With Rotator Cuff Surgery. To settle the issue—or at least put many minds at ease—Peter J. Millett, M.D., M.Sc., director of Shoulder Surgery at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, got to work on the issue of whether older patients benefit from rotator cuff repair.
Prevacus, BrainScope Team Up to Study Concussions
WEBMay 25, 2018 · Prevacus, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, that develops treatments for concussion (mild traumatic brain injury), and other neurological disorders, recently announced a new partnership with BrainScope, a medical-neurotechnology company located in Bethsda, Maryland, to use its BrainScope One device in an upcoming concussion study.
Acetabular Labral Repair: Patients 60+ Fare Well Too?
WEBMay 24, 2019 · A team of researchers from Tennessee decided to find out. Their work, “ Arthroscopic Acetabular Labral Repair in Patients Over the Age of 60 Years: A Matched Case-Control Stud y,” appears in the May 2019 edition of Arthroscopy. J.W. Thomas Byrd, M.D., orthopedic surgeon with the Nashville Hip Institute and study co …
prodisc L Wins FDA Approval for Two-Level Use
WEBApr 27, 2020 · The pro disc first received FDA approval in 2006. In an April 4, 2020 press release, the company said they are now the only company with an FDA approved lumbar TDR device that has been clinically reviewed and found safe and effective for two level use. Trial and Studies. Jack Zigler, M.D. at the Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery ...
Updated Carpal Tunnel Practice Guidelines From AAOS
WEBAug 19, 2024 · It’s been eight years and a couple hundred of clinical studies since American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) last updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) in 2016. Time for an update. “The prior Clinical Practice Guideline was over five years old and there have been a number of well ...
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