Hospitals form orthopedic care partnership.

Waterbury Republican-American (Waterbury, CT);  March 22, 2006 ;     601 words ......entered a partnership with Manhattan-based NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases to form a new orthopedic...resources and working in partnership with NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, we're bringing advanced...not well integrated, Capobianco said. NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases used its ...

New surgery keeps old joints jumpin' [Corrected 09/03/03]

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  August 25, 2003 ;     682 words ......too old for a new knee? Surgical ligament reconstruction used to be for the young. But...back. Surgeons used to perform ligament reconstruction with tendons taken from another...surgery four years ago. Her latest ligament reconstruction, which took a mere 45 minutes...

OsteoBiologics, Inc. Announces Launch of TruTunnel(TM) BGS Plug for...

PR Newswire;  September 15, 2005 ;     474 words ......product can be used in certain ligament reconstruction procedures, such as for the anterior...expressed concerns with existing ligament reconstruction procedures, where excessive graft...one of our first products for ligament reconstruction procedures. Numerous clinicians...

Bionx Implants, Inc. Announces the Release Of `The Wedge(TM)'...

PR Newswire;  July 17, 2000 ;     643 words ......bioresorbable implant for Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. The Wedge is a bioresorbable...attach a graft during Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, including Bone-Patella Tendon-Bo...fixation implants for Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Made from a patented, Self-Reinforcing...

Bionx adds resorbable plastic screw to sports medicine range.

Biomedical Materials;  March 1, 2000 ;     174 words ......implantable screw for cruciate ligament reconstruction is the latest product that Bionx...attach a graft during cruciate ligament reconstruction, including bone-patella tendon-bo...anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The Bionx screw is on sale in...

Baby survives heart surgery

Filipino Express, The;  November 12, 2000 ;     280 words ......27 and is now recovering well at the NYU hospital. A repair of AV canal was performed...monitored by Dr. Monika Rutkowski, both of NYU hospital. Barrion is now recuperating at the...very critical case. To cheer up kids, NYU hospital provided children with a halloween costume...

Bionx Implants, Inc. Announces the Release of Its SmartScrew(TM) ACL...

PR Newswire;  January 26, 2000 ;     525 words ......bioresorbable implant for Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. The SmartScrew ACL is a cannulated...attach a graft during Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, including Bone-Patella Tendon-Bo...fixation implants for Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Made from a patented, Self-Reinforcing...

Norma Smith and Dr. Steven A. Stuchin honored at 2008 Founders Gala for...

PR Newswire;  October 27, 2008 ;     421 words ......philanthropist Mrs. Norma Smith, at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases' (NYUHJD) 2008 Founders...critical roles in the transformation of NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases into the most preeminent...he brings to his work. On behalf of NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, we express our ...

Coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction using a gracilis tendon graft for...

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......patients after coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction. Methods. Five patients aged 21...dislocation underwent coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction with autogenous gracilis tendon...Conclusion. Coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction using an autogenous gracilis tendon...

'Blue Baby' to undergo lifesaving open-heart surgery at NYU hospital

Filipino Reporter;  November 2, 2000 ;     504 words ......undergo lifesaving open-heart surgery at NYU Hospital A two-year-old "blue baby" girl from...lifesaving open-heart surgery this week at NYU Hospital in Manhattan. Alessandra S. Barrion...researching for help, Cario found the NYU Hospital which referred the case to the Gift...

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Medical Textiles;  January 1, 1993 ;     304 words ......Hospital and the Bolton Royal Hospital in the UK have been investigating fabric-induced neoligament in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The research was based on 200 cases, out of which 8 were failures. The Leeds-Keo ligament (A mock Lens construction...

Bionx launches implant for cruciate ligament repair.

Biomedical Materials;  September 1, 2000 ;     286 words ......currently launching its bioresorbable implant for cruciate ligament reconstruction in both US and European markets. The implant, called...devices used during anterior and posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, said Bionx. The company estimates that one out of 3...

HOCKEY

The Washington Post;  October 1, 1987 ;     41 words ...A bad back might force right wing Mike Bossy, 30, of the New York Islanders to quit. He underwent tests Monday at NYU Hospital and the results have not been made public. "I just don't want to say anything," he said. "It'll be decided in the next couple of days."

War on the World: I battled for lives.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  September 17, 2001 ;     69 words ...A BELFAST-born paramedic has told how he battled to save victims of the terrorist attacks. Roger Smith, 30, who works at NYU Hospital in Manhattan, said: When I arrived at the hospital I was designated to an ambulance and we took care of a burns victim. We...

Accelerated rehabilitation viable after knee surgery.(Clinical...

Internal Medicine News;  October 1, 2005 ;     262 words ...KEYSTONE, COLO. -- Rehabilitation from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction can be shortened without harm, so that patients may...a study in which 21 patients with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were randomized to a regular 32-week program of rehabilitation...