With treatment costs for knee osteoarthritis (OA) reaching $185.5 billion annually,[1] research efforts to discover more effective, cost-efficient treatments have increased considerably in recent years. In fact, the Osteoarthritis Research Society International identified 64 systematic reviews, 266 randomized control trials…
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ArthroCare's sports medicine division launched its complete Ambient ArthroWand Collection, a portfolio of radiofrequency devices designed to provide orthopedic surgeons with real-time temperature monitoring of circulating fluid during arthroscopy, according to a company news release.
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The University of Massachusetts Medical School received a $12 million grant from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study key factors related to total joint replacement, according to a university news release.