Published Articles
Outcome of hip resurfacing may be dependent on experience
To evaluate the impact of operative volume on hip resurfacing outcomes, Andrew J. Shimmin, MD, and colleagues used the Australian Joint Registry to identify nearly 9,000 hip resurfacings performed at 196 hospitals between September 1999 and December 2006. The investigators used revision as an endpoint for survivorship.
Paying Workers to Go Abroad for Health Care
Insured Americans are starting to see some unusual options in their health-provider networks: doctors and hospitals in Singapore, Costa Rica and other foreign destinations. In an effort to control rising costs, a small but growing number of insurers and employers are giving people the choice to seek treatment in other countries, a practice known as medical tourism.
Metal Ions and Placenta
Metal-on-metal bearings are being increasingly used in young patients. The potential adverse effects of systemic metal ion elevation are the subject of ongoing investigation
Physician ties to medical device firms probed
A Pennsylvania lawsuit alleging that several medical device companies paid illegal kickbacks to physicians raises questions about doctors' relationships with the industry and could signal elevated scrutiny of these ties.
Zimmer Recall
Dr. Lawrence Dorr, a nationally known orthopedic surgeon in Los Angeles, realized last year that something was very wrong with some of his patients.
Intraoperative Fractures: Rising Problems
All hip surgeons have had the experience of completing a primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) only to discover a proximal femoral fracture just prior to reducing the hip. We can comfort our patients and ourselves that the outcome of a THA with a proximal femoral fracture is excellent with proper treatment and uncemented stem fixation. The purpose of this study was to examine risk fractures, treatment options, and outcomes in THA with proximal femoral fractures.