Treating Common Elbow Fractures In Children - New Clinical Practice Guideline
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPG) on "The Treatment of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures" has been approved and released by The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Surgeons see several of these types of fractures, especially among children aged between 5 to 9 years, according to Andrew Howard, M.D., pediatric orthopedic surgeon, medical director of the Trauma Program at the University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, and chair of the AAOS Work Group responsible for this guideline.
Targeting The Inflammatory Processes That Occur Early On In The Development Of Osteoarthritis
In a study published online in Nature Medicine, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the development of osteoarthritis is in great part driven by low-grade inflammatory processes. This is at odds with the prevailing view attributing the condition to a lifetime of wear and tear on long-suffering joints. "It's a paradigm change, " said William Robinson, MD, PhD, the study's senior author, of the implication of the findings. "People in the field predominantly view osteoarthritis as a matter of simple wear and tear, like tires gradually wearing out on a car.
Could Low Expectations By Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Be Holding Them Back After Knee Replacement Surgery?
Compared with osteoarthritis patients, individuals with rheumatoid arthritis who undergo total knee replacement surgery have lower expectations about their postsurgical outcomes, according to a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City. These reduced expectations, which may be unnecessary, could cause some patients to slack on their postsurgical rehabilitation leading to worse outcomes, say doctors. The study will be presented November 7 at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.