GLG News by Physicians who Perform Procedures using Total Knee Replacement Systems

This article highlights some of the concerns regarding the economy and utilization of surgical implants. While patients may defer total hip and knee surgery, they will ultimately undergo surgery for pain relief and restoration of function. The number of baby boomers with arthritis will increase the...

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...

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a real problem for a huge number of the older aged patients, and the population is aging. In daily orthopaedic praxis, I see a lot of osteoporosis related fractures of the wrist, the hip, and the vertebral column. Just yesterday, I operated a pseudarthrosis in the femoral...

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.

The presented bone substitute is comparable to 240 others in Germany. Only a few bone substitutes differ by bone induction like (DBM(R) Synthes) or (Grafton). Osteoconductive bone substitutes are very common. Only PerOssal(R) by aap, also osteoconductive,  is  selectively  loadable ...

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Fractures of the upper end of the femur are daily challenge in orthopaedic and trauma surgery in the States, and in Europe. As much as 200000 patients suffer from intretrochanteric fractures, describing a specific site of the upper femur, alone. Thus it is a very relevant challenge in trauma surgery....

Articular cartilage injury is a relevant problem in orthopaedic surgery as especially younger people have sports injuries. Articular cartilage injury is followed by a long history of joint problems most probably ending in arthritis of the envolved joint, most often the knee joint. The repair...

Having used the VAPR S90 Radiofrequency Electrode especially in subacromial decompression surgery, that means widening of space in part of the shoulder joint, I feel, the VAPR S50 may be an improvement. Especially in arthroscopic shoulder surgery, the anatomic space is tight. The better the instruments...