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Arthroscopic Hip Surgery May Help Athletes Get Back to Play by Medline Plus Posted Thu 15 Jul 2010 1:00pm THURSDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- The use of minimally invasive "arthroscopic" surgery to treat painful disorders of the hip offers athletes who undergo the procedure a good shot.... And "although technically challenging, appropriately performed arthroscopic surgery results in less soft tissue trauma, less blood loss, shorter hospitalizations, and likely provides Read on »

Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Is Not a Cure for Knee Pain Sufferers by Dr. Alexandra Schnee, D.C Posted Sun 20 Jun 2010 2:30pm The medical community has long known that arthroscopic knee surgery is not a cure, and unfortunately the surgery often leaves a patient’s knee vulnerable to future cartilage or meniscus tears and it creates more arthritis in the knee. These are the very same conditions that are supposedly being ‘fixed’ with arthroscopic knee surgery. I found Read on »

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair – A Prospective Evaluation of Tendon Integrity at 1- and 2-Years by Mike Reinold Patient Expert

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Posted Mon 23 Nov 2009 10:01pm The amount of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs being performed has skyrocketed in recent years. The last 20 years or so have seen the transition from a full open approach, to a combined arthroscopic and mini-open technique, to the current all-arthroscopic technique. The implications on rehabilitation are enormous, as patients are recovering faster Read on »

It's Time for Surgery. by Understanding FAI (Hip Impingement) Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:13pm Yesterday, with the help of Dr. Byrd and his wonderful, wonderful staff I made the decision to go forward with the arthroscopic surgery on Sep 24th, 2009. If you follow my blog then you know I have been conservative as possible in coming to this decision, suggested by 3 Orthopaedic surgeons. I followed over a year of Physical Therapy, recieved Read on »

Surgery Updates by Wendy H. Posted Sun 01 Mar 2009 12:00am , this was much more severe than my surgery and she took longer to recuperate but she is doing much better now. On Friday, I had my hip operated on. It was Arthroscopic surgery, much... This month has been the month for surgeries, now that it's over, here's how everything turned out... On the 19th I had tubes put in my ears to help reduce the severe Read on »

Knee Surgery to Trim Cartilage Ineffective by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm In the United States, more than 650,000 knee surgeries called arthroscopic debridement or lavage are performed each year, at a cost of about $5,000 each. A report... was performed, is "Study Finds Common Knee Surgery No Better Than Placebo." Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who underwent placebo arthroscopic surgery were just as likely Read on »

Knee surgery: Trimming cartilage ineffective by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:39am of the knee who underwent placebo arthroscopic surgery were just as likely to report pain relief as those who received the real procedure. The researchers say their results challenge the usefulness of one of the most common surgical procedures performed for osteoarthritis of the knee. Lead investigator Dr. Elda P. Way states, "The fact that the effectiveness Read on »

Brian Westbrook’s Ankle Surgery is a Success by Northcoast Footcare Facebook

Posted Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:13pm Brian Westbrook of the Philadelphia Eagles is recovering from an ankle debridement surgery they are calling a success. Dr. Mark Myerson, a well known orthopedic surgeon, performed the surgery this morning in Baltimore. Westbrook did not have an ankle scope (arthroscopic surgery) as was previously reported, nor did he have bone spurs removed. Dr Read on »

Key-Hole Surgery for Knee Injury Doesn't Lower Arthritis Risk by HealthFinder Posted Tue 29 Jun 2010 10:00am healthnewslink Arthroscopic surgery.... TUESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or meniscal cartilage injury in the knee does not reduce the risk Read on »

Texas reliever Benoit has rotator cuff surgery by Eli .. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 02 Feb 2009 10:43pm Fri Jan 30th 2009 Texas Rangers right-handed reliever Joaquin Benoit could miss the 2009 season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his... surgery in the last week. Starter Eric Hurley will miss the season after undergoing the operation last Wednesday. "In both cases, multiple doctors recommended rehab over surgery Read on »