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8 matches found for "Prosthetic replacements"

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Knee Replacements: Pinpointing the Cause of Infection

A new study reveals that PET scans accurately detect infections in prosthetic knee joints more than 90 percent of the time, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. The findings...

Studies and Analyses |

Better insights needed into failure mechanisms of hip replacements

Computation models developed by the University of Twente and UMC St. Radboud can make an important contribution to our understanding in this field, says Prof. Nico Verdonschot in his inaugural lecture...

Medical Engineering |

Nanotechnology could fix Achilles' heel

But the Achilles' heel in the prosthetic repertoire is fixing tendons… such as that found in the ankle. Now, researchers from the universities of Manchester and Liverpool have turned to nanotechn...

Medical Engineering |

New joint replacement material developed at MGH put to first clinical use

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) surgeons have performed the first total hip replacement using a joint socket lined with a novel material invented at the MGH. An advance over first-generation high...

Materials Sciences |

Tracing the life cycle of a manmade disease

MGH surgeon tells 40-year tale of investigation and innovation into the challenge of hip implant failure A remarkable story of how a new disease was inadvertently caused by s...

Health and Medicine |

Researchers aim to create ’living glue’ for replacement joints

By combining stem cell science with orthopedic surgery, a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute aims to reduce the 10 per ...

Life Sciences |

Purdue engineers: Metal nano-bumps could improve artificial body parts

Biomedical engineers at Purdue University have proven that bone cells attach better to metals with nanometer-scale surface features, offering hope for improved prosthetic hips, knees and other ...

Health and Medicine |

Sandia microscaffolding fits perfectly in patient’s jaw

Painless bone substitute could offer new era for surgeons In an operating room in Carle Hospital in Urbana, Ill., on May 7, as scientists from the University of Illinois (UI) an...

Health and Medicine |

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