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  • Osteoporosis: Steroid Danger

    CHICAGO. (Ivanhoe newswire) — 10-million Americans have osteoporosis and 18-million more are at risk. The bone disease leads to an increase in fractures in the hip, spine and wrist accounting for one-point-five million painful fractures each year and one woman’s harrowing story of recovery is inspiring. Playing on the floor with her dog Belle wasn’t […]

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  • Study shows PRP has no effect on patients undergoing TKA

    Use of platelet-rich plasma had no evident effect on patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to study results. Researchers randomly assigned 40 patients who were scheduled to undergo primary unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to be treated with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or to a control group. Patients’ hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrit levels were documented before […]

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  • EOS receives FDA approval for THA planning software

    EOS Imaging recently announced the FDA has approved hipEOS, the company’s new 3-D planning software for total hip arthroplasty procedures. Designed with the intent to improve preoperative planning, hipEOS allows surgeons to test everything from hip implant selection to positioning in functional, weight-bearing 3-D based on the anatomical data specific to each patient. These data […]

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