Staffing shortages are a pressing issue for all physician specialists, but they impact certain specialties in different ways. For orthopedic surgeons, backups in ORs caused by other, emergent ...

These are: Rotator cuff tears are further classified by muscle atrophy – which indicates the length of time a tendon has been torn – and, in tears where the tendon has pulled away (retracted) from the ...

Vulvovaginal atrophy is a frequently neglected symptom of menopause. While an estimated 10–40% of women are affected by the progressive symptoms of vaginal dryness, irritation, itching ...

Introduction: Shoulder pain and disability ipsilateral to the implant site is a common complication of cardiac rhythm device implantation, yet very little has been published about this morbidity.

Boehringer Ingelheim has started a proof-of-concept trial of a drug that could offer the first oral treatment for geographic atrophy (GA), a major cause of irreversible sight loss that affects ...

The phase 1b trial will enrol patients with geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness. While there are multiple therapies available for ...

It's too early in the season to risk him." Sea Eagles forward Josh Aloiai has suffered another shoulder injury in his return match after five games on the sidelines. Aloiai was forced from the ...

Hypothesis B: Ergonomically redesigned pill jars, requiring lower torque, grip, and compression forces, are associated with ...

Background Different diagnostic imaging modalities, such as ultrasonography (US), MRI, MR arthrography (MRA) are commonly used for the characterisation of rotator cuff (RC) disorders. Since the most ...

In June 1916, New York officially declared a polio epidemic and, in doing so, instigated a practice that we might find ...

This content was created by our physicians and experts. By Stephen Fealy, MD Tears to the specialized cartilage tissue in the shoulder known as the labrum can cause pain and instability in the ...

She has contributed to the design, revision and approval of the manuscript. Berte Bøe, MD, PhD, specialist in orthopaedic surgery and head of the Norwegian Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Association. The ...