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GLG News by Orthopedic Surgeons who Specialize in Hip and Knee Surgery (US)

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Giles ScuderiAugust 6, 2008
There is a need for a total joint registry in the United States
Analysis of: New York Times July 29, 2008 A call for warning system on artificial joints | www.nytimes.com
Author: Giles Scuderi, Director, Orthopedic Surgeon, Insall Scott Kelly Institute
The AAOS has established the need for a total joint registry however there are financial and legal hurdles that must be overcome. The value of total joint registries have been realized in Europe and Australia with a significant reduction in the revision rate of implants. A joint registry can provide...
November 29, 2007
Oh My Aching Knees...Chondrogen and the future of non-operative treatment of knee arthritis
Analysis of: Osiris Therapeutics Announces Positive One Year Data from Chondrogen Trial for Knee Repair | www.pipelinereview.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Possible nonoperative treatment for arthritis of the knee which effects 10's of millions of patients, with a predictable lasting effect. Could revolutionize the treatment of arthritis which currently has no predictable, lasting  nonoperative treatments.
September 27, 2007
Fracture Reductions Save Grandma!
Analysis of: First osteoporosis study in patients with hip fracture finds once-yearly Aclasta(R)-Reclast(R) prevents additional fractures and improves survival | www.pipelinereview.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
-Decrease Mortality -Decrease Medical Costs -
July 30, 2007
To reconstruct or not reconstruct
Analysis of: Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in the Chronic ACL-Deficient Knee With Degenerative Medial Arthrosis | www.orthosupersite.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
It appears that an ACL deficient knee with medial compartment arthrosis will ultimately perform better with a ligament graft in place vs non surgical treatment.  There is benefit to reconstruction even in the face of arthritis
March 26, 2007
Not New News...
Analysis of: Think first about doing a THA procedure in patients with severe hip, low back pain | www.orthosupersite.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The differential diagnosis of hip and spine has plagued orthopaedic surgeons for some time. Patients often present with both as not only can the pain be linked mechanically there are obvious neurologic reasons for someone with back problems to have referred pain to the hip. Hip arthroplasties...
March 26, 2007
Great in concept.....
Analysis of: Unigene’s Site-Directed Bone Growth Technology May Have Multiple Large Market Applications According to New Market Analysis | home.businesswire.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Vertebral compression fractures are a painful and deblilitating problem. We will see an increase as the baby boomers move solidly into clinically significant osteoporosis...Hip fracture also will increase for the same reason....although they do not have a high complication rate if the correct surgery...
January 29, 2007
The Importance of a Unified Electronic Health Record
Analysis of: Health Web Sites Offer Personalized Services | www.ihealthbeat.org
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
1. An electronic health record will streamline patient's care, making it more effective and less costly both to themselves and the medical system.2. Some form of this idea will become indispensable in the near future.  

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