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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital examined the two-year natural history of spinal metastases in cancer patients treated operatively or non-operatively and found that both types of treatment yielded improvements in health-related quality of life, but there was no survival advantage with surgery.
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Several studies of patients undergoing joint arthroplasty and insured by Medicaid report systematically worse patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) scores than patients with other insurance. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital found the same is true among patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.
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Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Elena Losina, PhD, co-director of the Brigham’s OrACORe, and colleagues conducted the first cost-effectiveness analysis of surgery for spinal metastases that accounts for ambulatory function at presentation.
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Elena Losina, MD, PhD, of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and colleagues estimate the total lifetime cost of opioid use among patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is $14 billion. 47% of that cost is unrelated to pain management or other clinical care.
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Jeffrey N. Katz, MD, MS, Elena Losina, PhD, and colleagues found that structural changes in the knee detected after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy are not clinically meaningful during the first years of follow-up.
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital investigators led by James D. Kang, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Shuichi Mizuno, PhD, are exploring new technology and a groundbreaking approach to slow down and even prevent intervertebral disc degeneration without resorting to surgery.
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Ensuring seamless, multidisciplinary care for patients from pre-injury wellness to diagnosis all the way through rehabilitation and healing is the mission of Mass General Brigham’s new integrated sports medicine program.
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Spine Center, a collaborative effort among orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, pain medicine specialists and physiatrists, launched in July 2021. The team is focused on delivering world-class spine care while making it as easy as possible for patients and referring physicians to navigate the process.
Benzodiazepines are effective in treating anxiety, insomnia, panic, seizures and muscle stiffness. While they are not commonly prescribed preoperatively by orthopaedic surgeons, they may be part of an orthopaedic patient’s medication regimen, and clinicians should consider their adverse effects.
Mechanical problems with the knee, which patients may describe as locking, grinding or clicking, have traditionally been associated with meniscal tears. But a new study from investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that these symptoms are more often driven by cartilage damage rather than meniscal pathology.