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2022
September
03,
2022
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22:04 PM
America/New_York
The Washington Post featuring Scott W. Wolfe, MD
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June
26,
2022
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15:04 PM
America/New_York
News 12 Connecticut featuring Scott W. Wolfe, MD
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June
09,
2022
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15:45 PM
America/New_York
Autumn Years featuring Geoffrey H. Westrich, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS, Scott W. Wolfe, MD, and Scott J. Ellis, MD
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2021
November
16,
2021
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14:20 PM
America/New_York
Orthopedics Today featuring Scott W. Wolfe, MD
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May
21,
2021
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11:28 AM
America/New_York
The Greenwich Sentinel featuring Scott W. Wolfe, MD
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April
20,
2021
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10:00 AM
America/New_York
Sixty-nine-year-old Mark Eisen says he waited seven years for a surgery he hopes will change his life. Last week, he had the first total wrist replacement with KinematX™, a new implant co-designed by Scott W. Wolfe, MD, chief emeritus of the …
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2020
October
26,
2020
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18:33 PM
America/New_York
Orthopedic surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) performed successful microsurgery to repair damaged nerves and restore muscle strength and movement to patients experiencing paralysis from Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS), according to a …
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April
20,
2020
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12:40 PM
America/New_York
Orthopedics Today featuring Scott W. Wolfe, MD, Christian Victoria and Genevieve Rambau
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March
25,
2020
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09:00 AM
America/New_York
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new total wrist replacement device for people seeking relief from painful arthritis. The design is the culmination of three decades of award-winning research by Scott Wolfe, MD, a hand surgeon …
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February
14,
2020
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13:22 PM
America/New_York
Over the past three decades, hand surgeon Scott W. Wolfe, MD, has been conducting research to find a better way to repair a common wrist injury that results in pain, disability and progressive arthritis. Now a new surgical procedure to repair a torn …
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2019
February
22,
2019
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
Newsday reporter Delthia Ricks reports that cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) have been on a dramatic decline for more than a month for young New Yorkers.AFM tends to present in the fall and move across the U.S., disappearing in winter time.She …
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February
05,
2019
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
HealthDay reporter Dennis Thompson writes on the outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a mysterious illness that affects children's nervous systems and typically causes severe weakness in arms and legs. AFM is a subtype of transverse myelitis, a …
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January
28,
2019
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
Healthline reports that Scott W. Wolfe, MD, hand and upper extremity surgeon at HSS, has been using an innovative, complex technique to successfully restore muscular function in young patients who have a devastating neurological illness resembling …
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January
14,
2019
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
An innovative and complex surgery involving nerve transfers is restoring hope and transforming lives torn apart by a mysterious and devastating illness. Acute flaccid myelitis, also known as AFM, strikes without warning, shows no mercy and …
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2018
November
07,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
The Washington Times featured HSS hand and upper extremity surgeon Scott W. Wolfe, MD, in an article about the efficacy of nerve transfer surgery for patients with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM).
The goal of the surgery is to restore movement in the …
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September
03,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
In a CBS New York segment, HSS hand and upper extremity surgeon Scott W. Wolfe, MD, explained that there is a rising trend of hand injuries from improperly cutting an avocado.
"Of people who cut tendons and nerves in their hands, we usually guess …
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September
01,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
Autumn Years Magazine featured a bylined article by HSS hand and upper extremity surgeon Scott W. Wolfe, MD, who addressed how to treat Dupuytren's contracture.
According to the article, the condition causes a layer of tissue underneath the palm of …
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April
25,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
For a concert pianist, his hands are his life, and when Misha Dichter developed a debilitating condition affecting his hands, it was life-shattering. But after two successful surgeries, the world-renowned virtuoso recently returned to Carnegie Hall …
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February
20,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
The Wall Street Journal published a feature article on Misha Dichter, classical pianist and HSS patient, which covered his journey recovering from Dupuytren's contracture. Dupuytren's is a condition that causes one or more fingers to stay bent …
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February
07,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
After extensive research, investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have developed the first-ever patient questionnaire to measure the physical and emotional impact of brachial plexus injury (BPI). The survey also seeks to assess …
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January
12,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
Located in the most commonly injured joint in the body, traumatic carpal bone fractures can lead to degenerative carpal arthritis patterns in the wrist such as Scapholunate Advanced Collapse (SLAC) and Scaphoid Nonunion Advanced Collapse …
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January
11,
2018
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07:00 AM
America/New_York
After an upper brachial plexus injury (BPI), a surgeon typically performs reconstructive surgery to restore nerve supply for elbow flexion.
While there are multiple techniques to achieve this, there are no recent studies that analyze which is …
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