Foot/Ankle News

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OSSIO Inc. announced the U.S. launch and first commercial use of its OSSIOfiber bone pin family for bone fractures, osteotomies, arthrodesis and bone grafts.

According to recently published results, HTX-011 significantly reduced postoperative pain through 72 hours after a primary unilateral, distal, first metatarsal bunionectomy and significantly reduced opioid use. In addition, the treatment had a higher proportion of opioid-free patients compared with saline placebo and bupivacaine hydrochloride groups.

In the operative treatment of talar fractures, conventional fluoroscopy with additional intraoperative cone beam CT may be beneficial but its impact was not statistically significant, according to published results.

Treace Medical Concepts Inc. announced it received FDA clearance to expand indications of its Lapiplasty 3-D Bunion Correction System to treat pediatric patients 12 years of age and older, according to a company press release.

EFORT Open Reviews is the new open access journal from EFORT and Bone & Joint Publishing. All articles are free to read online with no subscription required.

Patients with displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures experienced improved radiological parameters and functional outcomes after lateral wall osteotomy combined with an embedded biodegradable implant, according to results published in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research.

Lew C. Schon, MD, FACS, was named director of orthopedic innovation at The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center and will begin seeing patients in August, according to a press release.

LAS VEGAS — At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Leesa M. Galatz, MD, discussed a study that looked at the economic impact of comorbidity burden in total ankle arthrodesis.

LAS VEGAS — At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Christopher DiGiovanni, MD, spoke about opioid consumption rates after foot and ankle surgery. He said that, on average, patients consumed less than half of the opioids they were prescribed.