Year: 2012

A simple handout with staff names and photos will help first time patients feel more comfortable.

While effective at anchoring the artificial limb to bone, osseointegration involves more surgery and risk of infection.

Patients who have had limbs salvaged after traumatic injuries often struggle to regain full functionality of the limb due to muscle loss, chronic pain and nerve damage. While amputation and prostheses are alternatives to limb salvage, not much is known…

Designed to respond to the user’s thoughts, the Modular Prosthetic Limb provides the functional attributes of a natural limb.

SAN FRANCISCO — Adolescent patients who sustained ACL injuries and had private insurance had significantly greater odds of securing an appointment at orthopedic practices than those with Medicaid, according to a recently presented study. “Access to orthopedic care for children…

Procurement officials lacked knowledge of Medicare coding process; failed to negotiate discounts.

Overuse injuries are nearly 30% of all injuries sustained by college athletes, with a majority (62%) of overuse injuries occurring in female athletes, according to a study published in the Journal of Athletic Training. “Overuse injuries may present not only…

One of the most famous photos of World War II shows a formally dressed Japanese diplomat aboard the US battleship Missouri signing the document that officially ended World War II. The date was Sept. 2, 1945. The signer was Foreign…

In September, I was recruited to help out with a local charity’s orthopedic mission to El Salvador. The Greater Philadelphia chapter of Healing the Children has been sending a team of orthopedic surgeons, podiatrists, anesthetists and nurses to El Salvador…

Despite the decrease observed in visits to the emergency department among patients satisfied with their health care use, spending and overall outcomes, patient satisfaction was associated with increased inpatient use, mortality and drug expenditures. The findings were published in Archives…