MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'arthroscopy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:27:22 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375743&cid=t_98096_83_f&fid=38207&url=http%3A%2F%2Fharrybig.medbrains.net%2F2009%2F04%2F26%2Farthroscopy-or-an-apple%2F A second study study has found that Arthroscopic Surgery is no better than more conservative treatment to relieve knee pain caused by arthritis. In the study 86 patients who had the operation fared no better over two years than 86 who had physical therapy and took medications to dampen inflammation. The results of the study are in line with those from a study published in 2002. But experts are divided about what effects the two studies will have. Some say the new study just confirms what they already knew. Others say they hope that doctors who did not believe the 2002 study will be persuaded by this one to stop doing the operations. The 2002 study, by the Department of Veterans Affairs, had a different design: instead of assigning patients to surgery or medical treatment, it assigned them ... Harry Bigwood Orthopod blogger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375743 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:52:32 +0100 2375743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019614&cid=t_98096_83_f&fid=38211&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaivaldo.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F10%2F22%2Flong-head-biceps-tenodesis%2F This is a video I recorderd lately of a quick and very easy Tenodesis of the long head of the biceps. Enjoy! [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] (Source: Shoulder Surgery) Shoulder Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019614 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:16:55 +0100 2019614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019591&cid=t_98096_83_f&fid=38207&url=http%3A%2F%2Fharrybig.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F10%2F25%2Fthe-importance-of-treating-osteoarthritis-correctly%2F It might seem that I don’t believe in the effectiveness of arthroscopic treatments but this is the third time, in the same month, that I’ve found another study bringing into question the effectiveness of (among other things) Arthroscopy. I am lucky enough to have been able to spend a few days last week in Berlin at the DGOOC. I think this year the congress was particularly interesting and one of the more interesting talks was on a large-scale German study presented by Carsten Moser and Peter Wehling on the effectiveness of the different treatments of Osteoarthritis. A study which showed how some therapies can be ineffective while others are downright risky. Moser and Wehling set out to evaluate the scientific evidence of effectiveness of various treatments for knee osteoarthrit... Harry Bigwood Orthopod blogger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019591 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:55:00 +0100 2019591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019603&cid=t_98096_83_f&fid=38209&url=http%3A%2F%2Forthopodduffy.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F10%2F05%2Fhip-arthroscopy-results-technique%2F This is the second time that I publish this article. I decided to republish it as I’ve substantially changed the contend and added a very interesting video at the end. Just wanted to pick up on this article which I found in the orthopaedics section of the site. I’ve been to see Joseph McCarthy and seen 2 arthroscopic Hip operations with him, both of which were subtotal synovectomies. Talking with Dr. Mc Carthy he confirmed that the indications for hip arthroscopy are expanding every day and include diagnostic arthroscopy, removal of loose bodies, synovial biopsy, subtotal synovectomy, management of labral tears, synovial chondromatosis, osteochondritis dissecans, chondral lesions, and the treatment of septic arthritis. As always it’s important to keep an eye out for the c... Orthopod online and blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019603 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:31:04 +0100 2019603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019623&cid=t_98096_83_f&fid=38212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwozzer.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F09%2F23%2Fhip-arthroscopy-jurys-still-out%2F Hip arthroscopy is being talked about more and more. Everytime I go to a congress there’s always a talk somewhere in the program, when I talk to friends they’re always more and more anxious to try it out. Personally I haven’t even thought of experimenting just yet, mainly for that reason i.e. it just feels to early on in the development of this new procedure to be able to use it on patients with a clear conscience. But then again that may just be me being too conservative and/or un-informed. I also get the feeling that some companies are pushing the new products that they’ve developed for Hip arthroscopy and so therefore we’re seeing it inserted as a topic in more and more congresses, we’re getting invited to company events on Hip Arthroscopy and to thie... The Beauty of Motion blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019623 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:37:33 +0100 2019623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2019604&cid=t_98096_83_f&fid=38209&url=http%3A%2F%2Forthopodduffy.medbrains.net%2F2008%2F09%2F18%2Fvideo-on-cuff-repair%2F As I’ve just started my new blog I’m getting carried away posting articles…oh well I guess I should enjoy myself before getting back to work. I’ve been reading the tutorials and so now I’m going to insert a pretty cool educational video on Rotor Cuff Repair. If I succeed you should see it below. Otherwise you won’t see anything!! Back to work! (Source: Orthopod online and blogging) Orthopod online and blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2019604 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:05:19 +0100 2019604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682884&cid=t_98096_130_f&fid=34941&url=http%3A%2F%2Forthosportsrehab.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fcyber-surgery.html Orthopedic surgeons are joining other disciplines in using virtual reality simulators to train novice surgeons in arthroscopic techniques. This training technique has been used previously for laparoscopy, vascular surgery, and other procedures. Recently, AJSM published an article (May 2007, Vol. 35, No. 6) to see if virtual arthroscopic shoulder surgery was comparable to real-life surgery. Surgical performance was quantified by time to completion, average probe velocity, probe distance travelled with respect to computer-determined optimal distance, and number of probe collisions with tissue. The researchers did indeed confirm their hypothesis: performance on a virtual reality simulator correlates with actual surgical experience. This may very well be a useful tool for the future of orthope... Concepts in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Rehab blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682884 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:32:00 +0100 682884