Biologics News

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons announced Alayna E. Loiselle, PhD, as the recipient of the 2022 Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award, according to a press release.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — According to a presenter, surgeons should determine lesion size, consider biologic assistance, and weigh the costs and risks when treating patients with osteochondritis dissecans of the talus.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Patients with compromised knee cartilage status and Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 changes are good candidates for cartilage surgery, but surgeons need to proceed slowly and select the optimal treatment, a speaker said.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2022, Jason L. Dragoo, MD, spoke about modern-day biologics, what orthopedic surgeons should be telling patients and how stay out of trouble with the FDA.

Use of hyaluronic acid injections significantly increased among Medicare beneficiaries for all providers from 2012 to 2018, with advanced practice providers largely contributing to the increase, according to published results.

Synthetic implants have been used in a variety of orthopedic procedures, initially replacing the parts of the skeletal system before being put into service to replace soft tissues, according to sources who spoke with Orthopedics Today.

Leukocyte-poor platelet-rich plasma, adipose derived stem cells and bone marrow aspirate concentrate may have a positive impact on knee osteoarthritis, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts of Joint Replacement Winter Meeting.

Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, Latino and Hispanic patients are underrepresented in U.S. clinical trials for new drugs and biologics, compared with national census figures, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

In this video from the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Carlton Weatherby, vice president and general manager of spine and biologics at Medtronic, speaks on innovation in minimally invasive spine surgery.

Patients who underwent arthroscopic acetabular labral repair for cartilage damage with bone marrow aspirate concentrate had “significantly greater functional improvements” than those without bone marrow aspirate concentrate, results showed.