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2022
November
14,
2022
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have discovered that at the time of total knee replacement, women have significantly increased levels of immune cells called mast cells in synovial tissue surrounding the knee joint than men. Their ...
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June
03,
2022
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10:00 AM
America/New_York
A new study led by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) investigators in New York City has found that their computer vision tool effectively distinguishes rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from osteoarthritis (OA) in joint tissue taken from patients who underw...
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March
22,
2022
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13:00 PM
America/New_York
A study presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting found that Black patients were less likely than white patients to be completely satisfied with the process of care following knee or hip replacement. S...
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March
22,
2022
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10:00 AM
America/New_York
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2022 Annual Meeting
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2021
November
09,
2021
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11:00 AM
America/New_York
A growing number of adolescents in the United States are undergoing total hip replacement surgeries, according to new study findings from researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City. The results were presented today at the Amer...
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2019
October
29,
2019
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09:17 AM
America/New_York
Previous studies have established that black patients have a higher risk for knee replacement revision. Black patients also report significantly more pain and worse joint function two years after surgery compared to white patients. Some years ago, a ...
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March
19,
2019
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08:00 AM
America/New_York
Reuters reports on a study presented at the annual AAOS conference by Mark P. Figgie, MD, chief of the Surgical Arthritis Service at HSS.
The findings showed that younger patients may have higher complication rates for total knee replacements.
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2018
March
07,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
As part of a collaborative initiative, HSS and WishBone Medical Inc., an orthopedic device company, entered into a license agreement to develop a pediatric total hip implant.
According to the article, the system will be designed specifically for chi...
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