After an average follow-up time of 5.6 years, 12.6% of the patients using the shoe had undergone total knee replacement compared with 34.3% of a control group of patients from the same period who ...

Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee implant during a total knee ...

Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney, FACS, recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee implant during ...

He was equally adamant that he didn’t want one of the most common elective orthopedic surgeries in the country: total knee replacement ... radiology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation ...

Joint replacements are performed most often on hips and knees. But other joints can be replaced, too, such as shoulders, ...

Medicare parts A and B cover knee replacement surgery that a doctor ... It also covers services that help with recovery, such as physical therapy sessions. And if a doctor recommends using a ...

Osteoarthritis is not often talked about as a women’s health issue – but women are more prone to the disease than men.

Moximed, an innovative medical device company on a mission to improve the standard of care for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), today announced the first patients have been treated in a new ...

Some 150,000 artificial joints go into Australians’ bodies every year. But they’re no easy fix. What’s it like to get a new ...

Mechanical methods of prophylaxis against thromboembolism after total knee arthroplasty include continuous ... 8% of patients given high-dose aspirin therapy (1.3 g tid), 75% of patients treated ...

Question: What techniques are doctors using to reduce pain after surgery? Answer: With opioid overdoses climbing steadily in ...