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Conventional Thought on ACL Injury Mechanism Challenged
Media Contact: Annie C. Hayashi, (847) 682-9619, hayashi@ors.org Conventional Thought on ACL Injury Mechanism Challenged Combination of factors cause ACL to rupture San Francisco, Calif., February 5, 2012—Landing from a jump can cause a non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. But evidence presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 2012 Annual Meeting in ...
Rapid Decrease of Metal Ion Levels When Malfunctioning Implant Removed
Media Contact: Annie C. Hayashi, (847) 682-9619, hayashi@ors.org Embargoed – February 4, 2012, 2:30 p.m. Rapid Decrease of Metal Ion Levels When Malfunctioning Implant Removed Cobalt levels decline much faster than chromium levels San Francisco, Calif., February 4, 2012—Safety concerns continue to surround metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implants, specifically the high metal ion levels ...
Orthopaedic Smart Device provides Personalized Medicine
Media Contact: Annie C. Hayashi, (847) 682-9619, hayashi@ors.org Embargoed – February 7, 2012, 3:55 p.m. Orthopaedic Smart Device provides Personalized Medicine San Francisco, Calif., February 7, 2012— Tiny wireless sensors enable physicians to collect objective, quantifiable information. Imagine a smart sensor customized to provide vital, real-time information about a patient’s recent orthopaedic surgery. Instead ...
Orthopaedic Researchers Strive to Make Spaceflight Safe…
Media Contact: Annie C. Hayashi, (847) 682-9619, hayashi@ors.org EMBARGOED— February 5, 2012, 8:00 a.m. Orthopaedic Research Strive to Make Spaceflight Safe “Space osteoporosis” and other conditions are studied San Francisco, Calif., February 5, 2012—The United States has put a man on the moon but do we know the effects on his bones and ...
Immunization for MRSA on the Horizon
Media Contact: Annie C. Hayashi, (847) 682-9619, hayashi@ors.org EMBARGOED—February 7, 2012, 1:40 p.m. Immunization for MRSA on the Horizon New hope for total joint replacement patients San Francisco, Calif., February 7, 2012—Methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) infections are resistant to antibiotics and can cause a myriad of problems—bone erosion, or osteomyelitis, which shorten ...
Building Bone from Cartilage
Media Contact: Annie C. Hayashi, (847) 682-9619, hayashi@ors.org San Francisco, Calif., February 4, 2012–A person has a tumor removed from her femur. A soldier is struck by an improved explosive device and loses a portion of his tibia. A child undergoes chemotherapy for osteosarcoma but part of the bone dies as a result. Every year, ...
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