Dr. Seth Greenky replaced Susan Romanick’s right knee this morning in an operation at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. It was the first Syracuse surgery to be “tweeted.” Greenky’s brother and fellow surgeon, Dr. Brett Greenky provided play-by-play while hospital spokeswoman Kerri Ganci and nurse Kim Murray, director of surgery services gave 140-word updates on twitter.com/stjosephshealth.
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Eighteen years ago, orthopedic surgeon William Bargar, M.D. made history when he performed the first-ever hip replacement using a robotic device he developed called ROBODOC®, which improves precision in joint replacement surgery.
On May 26, 2010, Dr. Bargar made history again as he performed joint replacement surgery with the new-generation ROBODOC® Surgical System, recently approved by the FDA for total hip arthroplasty procedures.
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New research led by a pair of University of Alberta scientists has uncovered a surprising phenomenon that offers hope of new treatments for people with spinal-cord injuries.
The team has pinpointed unique abilities of neurochemical receptors in the spinal cord as the reason why patients with partially and even fully severed cords often have some muscle activity.
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Millennium Research Group (MRG), finds that 25% of the 150 orthopedic surgeons surveyed in its newest Physician Forum publication plan to reduce their usage of metal-on-metal hip implants over the next twelve months.
Metal-on-metal hip implants have been the subject of close media scrutiny in recent months due to reports of metal debris and soft-tissue damage resulting in revision surgeries in some patients.
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