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NEW ORLEANS — For vertebral compression fractures, balloon kyphoplasty showed benefits over conservative therapy through two years of follow-up, researchers found.
As previously reported, a randomized trial found that ...
NEW ORLEANS — Cementless total hip replacements appear to have greater longevity than cemented implants in younger patients, a Finnish study showed.
Cementless cups, stems, and combinations had superior ...
NEW ORLEANS — Injuries from recreational use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are a significant and growing public health problem, especially for children, according to two studies reported here.
In ...
NEW ORLEANS — For vertebral compression fractures, balloon kyphoplasty showed benefits over conservative therapy through two years of follow-up, researchers found.
As previously reported, a randomized trial found that ...
MIAMI BEACH — High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) showed potential as a noninvasive method of removing excess subcutaneous fat, according to results of a small, preliminary clinical study reported ...
NEW ORLEANS — The vast majority of spinal procedures involving bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) are off-label uses, researchers found.
BMP is widely used as a substitute for iliac crest ...
The rapid evolution of clinical experience in liver transplantation during recent years has prompted several leading organizations to revisit general recommendations for patient selection and organ allocation.
A national gathering of ...
The rapid evolution of clinical experience in liver transplantation during recent years has prompted several leading organizations to revisit general recommendations for patient selection and organ allocation.
A national gathering of ...
Nearly all infants are now screened for hearing loss, but follow-up care is still inadequate, researchers found.
The proportion of infants who were screened increased from 46.5% in 1999 to 97% ...
Oral apixaban was more effective than subcutaneous enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis after knee replacement, an international phase III trial found.
In a noninferiority study termed ADVANCE-2, the relative risk of all venous ...
NEW ORLEANS — Preoperative skin-prick testing may grant penicillin-allergic patients to safely receive prophylactic cephalosporin antibiotics, researchers found.
Among patients with no skin reaction but a history of anaphylaxis ...
A newer corneal transplant procedure appears to provide comparable longer-term success to the once-standard penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), with endothelial cell loss possibly less of a long-term concern than thought.
So found ...
Tinnitus doesn’t appear to be a highly heritable condition, researchers say.
Results of a population-based survey found that correlation for family heritability was very low at only 0.11, meaning that the ...
Kidney transplant recipients had similar survival and better renal function with the investigational immunosuppressive agent belatacept compared with cyclosporine, results of two randomized trials showed.
In one trial, two intensity levels ...
Kidney transplant recipients had similar survival and better renal function with the investigational immunosuppressive agent belatacept compared with cyclosporine, results of two randomized trials showed.
In one trial, two intensity levels ...
Tinnitus doesn’t appear to be a highly heritable condition, researchers say.
Results of a population-based survey found that correlation for family heritability was very low at only 0.11, meaning that the ...
Just over a third of patients (33.9%) who underwent a revisional bariatric operation at a single center had complications within three months, a prospective case series showed.
And almost one-quarter (23.2%) ...