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BOSTON - For patients who have experienced certain common types of stroke, a small chip inserted under the skin may help physicians predict their likelihood of experiencing a second stroke, and therefore their likelihood of benefiting from preventive therapy. The findings come from a recent clinical trial published in the
Journal of the American Medical Association and led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Each year, approximately 800,000 strokes occur in the United States, and as many as one-fourth occur in people who experienced a previous stroke. Investigators have been searching for ways to identify patients who are likely to experience a recurrent stroke, as these individuals could be candidates for taking certain medications such as blood thinners. One group of patients who face an elevated risk of recurrent strokes are those with atrial fibrillation an irregular and often rapid heart r
ExsoMed Corporation Announces Milestone 10,000th INnate™ Intramedullary Threaded Nail Used for Metacarpal Fractures
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ExsoMed Corporation, a privately held U.S.-based medical device company providing orthopaedic surgeons with innovative solutions in hand surgery, today announced that 10,000 metacarpal fractures have been successfully treated with the INnate Intramedullary Threaded Nail. This milestone reflects the rapid adoption of ExsoMed’s technology, which is quickly becoming the new standard for metacarpal fracture fixation.
“There are very few new products that are based on anatomy, that completely change the way that we are doing things in orthopaedics. The INnate Intramedullary Threaded Nail is that game changer,” said David Ruch, MD (Chief of Hand Surgery at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC).
A 31-year-old woman in Washington state has been accused of “medical child abuse” for subjecting her 6-year-old adopted daughter to nearly 500 medical appointments and multiple invasive surgeries since 2016, including inserting a feeding tube and a surgical placement to stop early onset of puberty. Sophie Hartman also put her daughter in leg braces and […]