Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the Spine Patient Outcome Research Trial, which showed that surgical…
Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses challenges in craniofacial surgery, the holy grail of which is the search for a better…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the use of stem cells in spinal cord injury to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single yearly oral dose of 500,000 international units of cholecalciferol (vitamin D) does not protect generally healthy older women from falls and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The TNF alpha inhibitor adalimumab provides minor analgesia in patients with radicular pain due to lumbar disc herniation, but prompts a major reduction…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For treatment of chronic painful shoulder, hyaluronate injections are a safe and effective alternative to other conservative methods, according to a meta-analysis by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In orthopedic surgery, closing incisions with staples rather than sutures nearly quadruples the risk of wound infection, according to a meta-analysis in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Four out of five children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis had a good clinical response to abatacept during a long-term open-label extension trial. The…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the use of stem cells in spinal surgery to grow…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new battery-operated compression device is at least as effective as low-molecular weight heparin in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hip arthroplasty, but…
