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The latest topics, news and trends in orthopedics and sports medicine. From injury treatment/prevention to the latest in orthopedic technology.

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https://paragraph.com/@arthrokinetix/biceps-tenotomy-vs-tenodesis

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Best exercises for knee arthritis In no particular order … Walking 🚶🏾‍♂️ One leg balance🦵🏽 Swimming 🏊‍♀️ Cycling 🚴‍♂️ Yoga (not all poses)🧘🏽‍♀️ Straight leg raise Quad sets (tighten quads without moving knee) Hamstring stretch Calf stretch Heel raises

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Knee pain? Chondral defects may be very disabling. Diagnosis by MRI but… surgical findings offer best opportunity to assess and classify. Often worse than initial inspection. 🧐 Pic one shows an articular cartilage defect of the medial femoral condyle and the second pic the same area (note larger size) after debridement with microfracture in process.

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Knee pain? Chondral defects of knee may be extremely disabling. Diagnosis by MRI but good standard is arthritis

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OC Friday Facts: PRP for knee arthritis—platelets turbocharge healing, but it’s no fountain of youth. Studies say 60% feel relief at 6 months(Maretti et.al. 2022). I’d rather inject than hobble. Thoughts? #Orthocast

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Aidoc’s AI scans X-rays/CTs, flags fractures fast—like a 30-min stress fracture catch a doc could miss during a busy day. Docs get precision; patients get quicker care. The future of medicine...? Web3 twist: decentralized data control next? #Orthocast https://www.aidoc.com/

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Big win for ortho: FDA just cleared Atreon’s ROTIUM Wick for all tendon repairs. From rotator cuffs to Achilles, this bioresorbable scaffold boosts healing—12k+ cases strong. AI-driven design next? #Orthocast https://www.atreonortho.com/Products/

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Your orthopedic records shouldn’t be locked in a hospital vault. Blockchain could let you own your MRI data, your operative records, your treatment plans… —secure, portable, yours. How would this change care?

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Surgery postponed or cancelled last few months? IV Fluid shortages have been affecting hospitals and surgical centers across the nation ever since Hurricane Helene brought significant flood damage to a Baxter manufacturing site in western North Carolina. A whooping 60% of all IV fluids delivered to hospitals across the nation are supplied from Baxter's North Cove, North Carolina facility. Amazing that such a large percentage of our nations supply comes from a single facilty. Expectations on improvement were postponed but predicted by end of March, 2025.

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AI in healthcare ➡️ the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England set to recommend use of AI in urgent care settings to reduce the number of broken bones missed by X-ray. They suggest 3-10% of fractures are missed in emergency departments.

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Rotator cuff tendon repairs ideally are not under tension... but tendons also heal better when maximally reconnected to bone. Tough to balance both at times during cuff repair surgery. 0x16f7e56fc6d5db951ed10bf7045ff10cb170fdf1

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Back table setup. Guess the surgery?!

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Get well soon Victor Wembanyama. A blood clot in the arm is much less common than the leg. Should be taken seriously due to risk of embolic phenomena to the lung or heart. Hopefully he’ll be back and not become Chris Bosh situation. Some thoughts of thoracic outlet syndrome potentially playing a role ie Brandon Ingram…. 👇

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Knee pain? Knee arthritis? Alternative to cortisone injection? Evidence for PRP(Platelet Rich Plasma) injections continues to roll in. Recent meta analysis suggests platelet concentration does play a role in positive outcomes.

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Anyone ever had a meniscus tear? The majority of meniscus tears are minor but it is a common reason for knee surgery. The common surgery is partial menisectomy, where a portion of the tear is removed, or a meniscal repair is performed when achievable. Total menisectomy and/or the need for meniscal transplant is extremely uncommon but is associated with considerable morbidity. This product would be groundbreaking if proves viable. Others have tried in past without much success.

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