X-rays Miss Many Cases of Hip Osteoarthritis
It’s a good thing orthopaedists don’t rely solely on X-rays to diagnose hip osteoarthritis (OA), because an analysis of data …
Protecting Surgeons’ Hands from Radiation during Fluoroscopy
The In
ternational Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) currently recommends a maximum of 50 rem (500 millisieverts, or mSv) of …
RA Progression Rate Predicts Need for Future Surgery
UK epidemiologists presenting at the annual meeting of the British Society for Rheumatology recently reported that X-ray evidence of rapid …
In-Development App Would Enable Remote Gait Analysis via Smartphone
The accelerometer chip inside almost every smartphone, which helps the device know up from down, could help orthopaedic surgeons remotely …