Minnesota Clinic Reduces Opioid Prescriptions

Orthopedics Today featured a story about orthopaedic surgeons at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Minneapolis/St. Paul who implemented a program to reduce opioid prescribing and patient use. Using a three-phase approach, the clinic first established a prescribing protocol....

Research Shows PRP Better than Hyaluronic Acid for OA

Orthopedics Today reported on a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. “Matthew J. Kraeutler, MD, and colleagues randomly assigned 32 hips with early OA in 30 patients to receive treatment with either...

Hip Replacement Can’t Keep Alabama’s Nick Saban Down

University of Alabama head football coach, Nick Saban, was back to work less than 48 hours after total hip replacement surgery. Saban played 18 holes of golf Monday morning and checked in to Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham for his...

What Patients are Watching: Opioid Alternative Plan

ABC affiliate, KRDV 12 in Oregon, featured an interview with AAHKS member, James R. Van Horne, MD, who has created a treatment plan for patients to stop using narcotics for pain control within the first week after hip or knee replacement surgery. Part of the plan is...

What Patients are Reading: NY Times “Guide to Knees”

A thorough guide to preventing and treating knee pain has been published by The New York Times. Described as a “user manual for knees,” the online guide provides patient-friendly animations and videos designed to help those with sore, stiff knees. There are sections...