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'I'm cranky': faulty knee replacement class action

The doctor could see the implant was 'falling to bits'.

Newcastle Herald

Gleneagles Global Healthcity launches support group for knee replacement patients

Chennai's Gleneagles Global Healthcity has launched a support group for total knee replacement patients, while Kauvery Hospital treated a 49-yr-old man for pulmonary endarterectomy. Rela Hospital performed a robot-assisted surgery to repurpose the small intestine of a 40-yr-old patient with hypospadias urethral meatus and bilateral vesicoureteral reflux, creating a bladder-like…

The Hindu

Robotic knee replacement surgery: The future of joint replacement is here

Joint pain and knee-related complications have become increasingly prevalent in the medical context. Knee degradation affects around 15 crores of individuals aged 50 years and above, often due to factors such as obesity, physical inactivity, lifestyle diseases, arthritis, and other inflammatory illnesses. Despite the larger population suffering from knee degeneration,…

The Times of India

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I chose to get a knee replacement to preserve my desired lifestyle. Despite being physically active, osteoarthritis had crept into my knees. With support from family, I underwent surgery and now my bucket list is longer. Biomedical technology, refined surgical techniques and high-volume centres have enabled me to live life…

The Hindu

Mike Sielski: Manny London is 91. He and his friends are still tearing it up on the softball field.

PHILADELPHIA — Manny London isn’t playing as much softball as he once did. There was a time when he was a member of three different leagues — one in Montgomery County, one in Bucks County, one that had him traveling on weekends to tournaments as far away as Las Vegas…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'There's still a noticeable poverty divide when accessing joint replacement surgery'

Dr Miriam Stoppard addresses the socio-economic factors and inequalities at play between the most and least affluent areas when it comes to having much-needed hip and knee replacements

Daily Mirror

Al Roker shares health update after second knee replacement surgery

The 68-year-old weatherman had a health scare last year

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Polymer knee joint ‘could improve quality of life of osteoarthritis patients’

The prosthetic knee technology, called PEEK-OPTIMA, has been developed by Invibio.

The Independent UK

'I haven't got a life': long wait for surgery at John Hunter Hospital

'I can hardly walk again and I'm stuck at home.'

Newcastle Herald

This Potentially Revolutionary Joint Replacement Company Is Taking Investors

There are hundreds of thousands of knee replacement surgeries each year, and about 100,000 of them fail. But even more lead to chronic pain from misalignment or wear. Monogram is working to change that with more precise joint surgeries and custom-fitting joints, and they’re taking new investors before their intended…

Kiplinger

London hospital pioneers new approach to hip and knee surgery

A London hospital has pioneered a new approach to orthopaedic surgery that allows patients to go home on the same day of their hip and knee replacement surgery.

Evening Standard

John Daly to undergo knee replacement surgery, says taking a cart ‘a big disadvantage’

Daly held off on surgery so that he and John II could attempt to defend their title.

USA Today Sports Media Group

NHS 'one-stop' clinics in Morpeth to speed up treatment for hip and knee replacements and skin cancer patients

Morpeth View will help orthopaedic and plastics patients from the third floor of the existing Morpeth NHS Centre

Chronicle Live

Jamie Redknapp 'having some issues' as he recovers from surgery

Jamie had a full knee replacement 10 days ago

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3D-printed custom knee replacement implant surgery at Maryvale Hospital

An orthopaedic surgeon has performed the first 3D-printed, custom knee replacement surgery in regional Victoria.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle surgeon is 'beating the drum' for procedure which could help hundreds avoid knee replacements

Leading surgeon Matt Dawson wants more people to be aware of what osteotomy is

The Independent UK

Put on a stone and increase odds of knee op by a third – study

Preventing weight gain in middle age could reduce the need for a knee replacement, a new study implies.

Daily Mirror

Woman feels trapped in her home thanks to 'nosy and noisy workmen' on construction site

Carole Frith, who lives in Walthamstow, east London, said she could not open her kitchen windows as there were many flies over summer - and her husband, who had a knee replacement, is now 'housebound'

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The Hindu

State Consumer body directs insurer to pay higher health insurance claim

Complainant had undergone a knee replacement surgery and his claim was settled only partially

The Times of India

Stray cattle injures former Gujarat DyCM Nitin Patel during 'Tiranga Yatra'

1/10 - Stray cattle injures former Gujarat DyCM Nitin Patel during 'Tiranga Yatra' 2/10 - The incident took place at Kadi town's vegetable market 3/10 - Nitin Patel, in a video, can be seen holding a tricolour and walking with a group of people 4/10 - The rally had passed…

Daily Mirror

Brits go into debt due to staggering cost of private healthcare amid NHS long waits

Hip, shoulder and knee replacements now cost around £13,000 each for those who can raid their life savings and are unable to wait in pain for an NHS op, The Mirror can reveal

Bangkok Post

Robotic-assisted total knee replacement: Fad or futuristic

It is commonly acknowledged that knee replacement surgery has been phenomenally successful. Despite this, 10-20% of patients are not completely satisfied with the outcomes of their surgeries.

The Guardian - UK

Knee replacements stall in regions of England with weight rules for patients

Stricter CCGs told patients that they have to attain a certain body mass index before surgery

The Independent UK

Knee ops dropped after NHS policies on patient weight introduced, study finds

Researchers suggest the introduction of limits on access to knee replacement surgery based on a patient’s weight or BMI has seen a cut in operations.

The Hindu

OGH doctors perform 5 knee replacements in a day

They had identified the needy patients at a health camp in Jangaon

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