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Use of patient-specific 3D-printed titanium implants may provide successful treatment of a variety of bone defects and deformities in difficult to treat foot and ankle and lower extremity pathologies, according to published results.

According to study results, one-fifth of patients who underwent primary and revision total knee arthroplasty were classified as frail and were at a significantly higher risk for complications.

Welcome to another edition of CEDARS/ASPENS Debates. CEDARS/ASPENS is a joint society of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery specialists, here to discuss some of the latest hot topics in ophthalmology.

ORLANDO — Eliminating knee swelling with elevation of the leg or a directed exercise program is a first step to managing knee stiff in a patient after total knee arthroplasty. After that, manipulation under anesthesia may be considered, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting.

The donor pool for heart transplants can potentially be expanded now that the infection from donor-derived hepatitis C is curable and well tolerated, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

Healio and Cardiology Today present the top stories in cardiac technology. Our readers were most interested in remote monitoring, implantable LVADs and the latest research from the Apple Heart Study.

The FDA on Friday authorized marketing of Boston Scientific’s EXALT Model D Single-Use Duodenoscope, the first fully disposable version of the device that allows physicians to view the upper gastrointestinal tract, according to an FDA news release.

Results presented at the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society Annual Scientific Meeting showed enhanced biologic activity in human induced membranes for bone defects persists for longer than previously suggested from results in animal models.

According to study results, patients who underwent direct-anterior approach total hip arthroplasty and had incisional negative pressure dressings showed a surgical site infection rate that was not significantly different than those treated with standard dressings.

Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease presents the following reports on the most recent research and news on the gut microbiome.