Repairing cartilage damage. Orthopaedic surgeons are using innovative techniques to treat osteoarthritis, a condition that can dramatically impact the quality of people's life. Variety of management strategies help people with arthritis. If you are one of the estimated 36 million people in the U.S. who suffer from osteoarthritis, you are aware of its painful symptoms and its effect on your quality of life. Many people will get relief without surgery.
New apparatus enables paralyzed muscles to move.
New devices which control muscles in the extremities and spine are enabling some paraplegics and quadriplegics to regain use of their bodies after paralysis. Repairing broken bones. About 800,000 surgical procedures are performed each year to help repair fractures, and surgeons are using medical advances in new techniques and devices to help repair the trauma from broken bones. New minimally-invasive hip fracture repair method. A new surgical technique to repair some hip fractures requires smaller incisions, less blood loss and a shorter hospital stay.