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Background: A treatment algorithm and screening examination have been developed to guide patient management and prospectively determine potential for highly active individuals to succeed with nonoperative care after anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
Objective: To prospectively characterize and classify the entire population of highly active individuals over a 10-year period and provide final outcomes for individuals who elected nonoperative care.
Methods: Inclusion criteria included presentation within 7 months of the index injury and an International Knee Documentation Committee level I or II activity level before injury. Concomitant injury, unresolved impairments, and a screening examination were used as criteria to guide management and classify individuals as noncopers (poor potential) or potential copers (good potential) for nonoperative care.
Results: A total of 832 highly active patients with subacute anterior cruciate ligament tears were seen over the 10-year period; 315 had concomitant injuries, 87 had unresolved impairments, and 85 did not participate in the classification algorithm. The remaining 345 patients (216 men, 129 women) participated in the screening examination a mean of 6 weeks after the index injury. There were 199 subjects classified as noncopers and 146 as potential copers. Sixty-three of 88 potential copers successfully returned to preinjury activities without surgery, with 25 of these patients not undergoing anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction at the time of follow-up.
Conclusion: The classification algorithm is an effective tool for prospectively identifying individuals early after anterior cruciate ligament injury who want to pursue nonoperative care or must delay surgical intervention and have good potential to do so.
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OrthoScan, Inc. Launches First Mini C-Arm With Flat Detector At Annual Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons MeetingCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
OrthoScan, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Scottsdale, Arizona, launched a new version of its Mini C-Arm product with flat detector this week at the Annual Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans. The new Mini C-Arm with flat detector joins the HD Mini C-Arm in the expanded product line offered by OrthoScan…
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Elevated Levels Of Cobalt And Chromium Found In Offspring Of Moms With Metal-on-Metal Hip ImplantsCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Women with metal-on-metal hip implants, where both the ball of the joint and the surface of the socket are made of metal, pass metal ions to their offspring during pregnancy, according to a study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center. The ions are the result of wear and corrosion as the metal parts rub against one another…
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“Smart Hip” Monitors Real-time Performance Of Bone ImplantsCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
To monitor the real-time performance of bone implants is the challenge of “Smart Hip”, an innovative medical device that aims to reduce the number of surgical interventions in the hip area and regenerate bone tissue by using non-evasive methods…
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Kensey Nash Announces CE Mark Approval For Cartilage Repair DeviceCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY), a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial solutions for a wide range of medical procedures, announced that it has received the CE Mark for the Company’s Cartilage Repair Device…
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Life Spine(R) Announces FDA Clearance Of DYNA-LINK(R) Spinal System And PRESIDIO(TM) Spinal Plating SystemCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Life Spine announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given 510(k) marketing clearance to both the DYNA-LINK Spinal System and the PRESIDIO Spinal Plating System. The DYNA-LINK system features a next-generation stand-alone device that accommodates both fixed and variable angle screws…
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Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Selected To Develop New Technology For Treating Battlefield InjuriesCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Smith & Nephew (NYSE: SNN, LSE: SN) Orthopaedics Division is pleased to announce the signing of a technology development contract with the United States Department of Defense that may lead to the creation of a fracture fixation system intended to revolutionize the treatment of the limbs of soldiers who sustain battlefield injuries. Last year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development agency for the U.S.
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DGIMED Receives FDA Clearance On IM Nail SystemCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
DGIMED ORTHO, Inc. announced that the company has received notification of clearance on its 510(k) submission for the Company’s proprietary Drill and Intramedullary (IM) Nail system. “This timely notification keeps us on track as we now plan to initiate our market validation work to gain additional feedback on our system. This will significantly contribute to our continued development of the next generation DISTALOCK Drill and IM Nail system.
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Wright Medical Group, Inc. Receives FDA Approval To Market CONSERVE(R) Plus Total Hip Resurfacing SystemCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given approval to the Company to market its original CONSERVE® Plus Total Hip Resurfacing System. Now available in the United States, this innovative total surface arthroplasty system provides surgeons and their patients a bone-conserving alternative to traditional total hip replacement.
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Custom Spine Receives 510k Clearance Of Regent ACPCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Regent ACP, Custom Spine’s anterior cervical plate system, has received 510k Clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product clearance marks the latest addition to Custom Spine’s continually expanding product line. Regent ACP is a low profile anterior cervical plate system that was designed with innovative self-locking slides to give the surgeon confidence of the plate being securely locked into place.
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Impliant Conducts The First Two Implantations Of Its New TOPS VersaLink Spinal SystemCategory: Bones / Orthopaedics | Leave a Comment |
Impliant, Inc., a developer of novel motion-sparing alternatives to traditional spinal fusion surgery, announced that it conducted the first two implantations of its TOPS VersaLink System, the newest addition to its product portfolio.