On today’s edition of “CT BUZZ,” Host Natasha Lubczenko sat down with Dr. Jaclyn Konopka, an orthopedic surgeon at Middlesex ...
I am getting bent out of shape over surgeons telling patients they cannot get a knee replacement because they are above a certain BMI cutoff. Here’s a familiar scenario: A patient with a high body ...
When performing a knee replacement surgery or total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, knee, and ankle in a straight line, forming a neutral alignment, rather than ...
I spent a chunk of my career as a foreign correspondent, and another telling war stories. Touring the front lines in Ethiopia’s war with Eritrea. Running from tear gas during street protests in Seoul ...
In orthopedic surgery, robots now guide the scalpel and AI completes the paperwork — and that’s only the beginning. Few people see the change as clearly as J. Paul Schroeppel, MD, who balances life in ...
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney, FACS, recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee implant during a total knee replacement surgery at Lompoc Valley Medical ...
Miami Dolphins linebacker Bradley Chubb (2) grabs his knee after an injury during the game against the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth quarter at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on Sunday, Dec.
The knee replacement, which involves replacing the knee with a metal version, was done as an outpatient procedure. She was ...
Years of high school, college and semiprofessional football meant Layne Herber’s knees didn’t stand much of a chance. By the time Herber, 73, retired in 2015, he was relying on periodic cortisone ...
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