STAT+: Hip and knee replacements go better when performed by high-volume surgeons, new study finds
A new study underscores the importance of the adage “practice makes perfect,” especially when it…
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Watch: After nearly dying in Iraq, a veteran volunteers for a surgical first to ‘help the next troops’
After barely surviving a bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, veteran Jerry Majetich lived with…
‘I can still feel it’: New arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
“Can you give me a thumbs up?” the surgeon asks Jerry Majetich, an Iraq War…
Scientists engineer nasal cartilage cells to repair aching knees
In osteoarthritis of the knee, cartilage that should cushion the bones erodes, leaving people in…
Elective, but not optional: Orthopedic patients eagerly await surgeries delayed by Covid-19
Robin Young wants you to know she thinks her second knee replacement is the least…
Surgeons test-drive the amputation of the future with a mail-order limb, rerouted nerve, and prosthetic hand that grips like the real thing
WALTHAM, Mass. — The surgeons, peering through loupes with 3x magnification, have dissected away the…