By: Roger Dobson
BMJ, Published 31 July 2008
Clinically obese people can benefit almost as much as anyone else from knee replacement surgery, research has shown (Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2008; doi 10.1136/ard.2008.093229).
The findings show that there is little justification for policies that deny this type of surgery to obese patients on the grounds of [...]
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Obesity does not limit benefits of knee replacement
Posted in Editor, Orthopaedics, Politics, RISKS, Science, bmj, chronic disease, health, life, news on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Prolapsed intervertebral disc
Posted in Editor, Orthopaedics, RISKS, Research, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, life on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ, published 27 May 2008.
Editorials.
By: Jeremy Fairbank, professor of spinal surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford OX3 7L
Prolapsed intervertebral disc is common.
Disc prolapse is genetically driven—twin studies indicate that at least 60% of the variance can be explained on genetic grounds and not by the commonly assumed environmental factors (work, trauma, exposure to excessive driving, smoking, [...]
Osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care
Posted in Editor, Orthopaedics, bmj, chronic disease, health on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Editorials: BMJ 2008;336:105-106 (19 January), by Paul Dieppe.
Many older people have pain in one or both knees from time to time, and the most likely cause is osteoarthritis. And Topical NSAIDS are as effective as oral NSAIDs, and patients prefer them.
Management of chronic knee pain and acupuncture
Posted in Editor, Orthopaedics, bmj, chronic disease, health on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
BMJ 2007;335:786 (20 October).
Two papers have recently been published on bmj.com on the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
Acupuncture has no additional benefit in people taking a course of exercise.
US makers of joint replacements are fined for paying surgeons to use their devices
Posted in Orthopaedics, bmj, chronic disease, diagnosis, health, news on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Janice Hopkins Tanne – 23 November 2007
Five US manufacturers of hip and knee replacements have settled with the federal government after being accused of paying orthopaedic surgeons to use their products.
