Actemra Side Effects Increase Risk Of Blood Loss After Knee Replacement Surgery: Study
Actemra side effects may cause more bleeding in rheumatoid arthritis patients during knee replacement surgery, a new study warns.
Tag Archives: Knee Replacement
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Opioid Use Among Hip And Knee Replacement Patients Declining, Study Finds
A new study finds that doctors are beginning to shy away from heavy dependence on opioid pain killers to treat post-operative hip and knee replacement pain.
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Total Knee Replacement Surgeries Often Inefficient Unless Used In Most Severe Cases: Study
A new study warns that knee replacement systems are only truly cost effective and show the best quality of life benefits in patients with the most severe functionality problems.
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Knee Replacement Patients Overcharged For Unnecessary Procedures: Study
A new study finds that Americans are wasting millions of dollars on unnecessary knee procedures and treatments in an effort to avoid knee replacement surgery.
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Zimmer Biomet Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Hip, Knee Supply Chain Problems
A class action lawsuit accuses Zimmer Biomet of misleading investors about supply chain problems that affected revenue from its hip and knee implant businesses.
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OtisKnee Lawsuit Filed Over Problems with Illegal Knee Replacement Cutting Guides
A product liability lawsuit filed against OtisMed, a subsidiary of Stryker, indicates that the company illegally sold cutting guides for knee replacement surgery that resulted in a woman's knee implant…
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Knee Surgery Infection Resulting in Two-Stage Revision Caused by 3M Warming Blanket, Lawsuit Alleges
The makers of the Bair Hugger warming blanket face a lawsuit by a California woman who had to undergo two-stage revision surgery following an infection allegedly caused by the forced…
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Knee Replacement MRSA Infection Lawsuit Filed Over 3M Bair Hugger Surgical Warmer
The makers of the Bair Hugger face a lawsuit from a New Mexico woman who says she developed a MRSA infection due to the forced air warming device being used…
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Deep Joint Infection Lawsuit Filed Over Bair Hugger Knee Surgery Warmer
A Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against 3M, saying that the forced air warming device caused her to suffer a deep joint infection and resulted in antibiotic therapy and…
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Surgical Warming Blanket Lawsuit Centralization to be Considered by JPML on December 3
Oral arguments over the consolidation of Bair Hugger infection lawsuits will be heard by the U.S. JPML on December 3 in New Orleans, Louisiana.