Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Not Kidding: Yellow Dye 5 May Lead to Invisibility
Study found that yellow dye led to temporarily transparent skin in mice, making vessels, muscle, and organs visible.
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Hip Fractures in Patients With Dementia: To Operate or Not?
Among patients with dementia living at home with a fracture of the head or neck of the femur, those who underwent surgery had a lower risk for...
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Diabetes/Weight Loss Med Linked to Repeat Spinal Surgery
Medical complications were driven by higher rates of urinary tract and acute kidney infections, not by surgical complications in the semaglutide...
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Visionary Surgery Saved Pitcher’s Arm. Now Even Children Get It
One study concluded that 67.4% of ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgeries were performed on athletes between 16 and 20 years of age.
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Watchful Waiting Less Expensive, as Effective as Physical Therapy for Frozen Shoulder
Monitoring patients with shoulder adhesive capsulitis is as effective as and cheaper than PT, study says.
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Are There Benefits to Taking GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Before Joint Surgery?
Two new studies looked at the effects of the weight-loss drugs on rates of complications after hip replacement procedures. The results were mixed...
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Surgery Shows Longer-Term Benefits for Dupuytren Contracture
At 2 years, the success rate was maintained for surgery, but not for the other two invasive treatments.
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Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women
About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.
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Marathon running does not increase arthritis risk: Survey
For those runners who had undergone knee or hip surgery or had a previous hip or knee injury that prevented running, the likelihood of having...
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Total replacement and fusion yield similar outcomes for ankle osteoarthritis
A subgroup analysis suggests some advantage of total ankle replacement over ankle fusion in patients with osteoarthritis in adjacent joints.
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How to prevent a feared complication after joint replacement
Prioritizing bone health before and after knee or hip arthroplasty may help patients avoid periprosthetic fractures.