i-Limb Hand / Touch Bionics
Bionic prosthetics are one of those high-profile scientific developments that seem to capture our imagination and elicit "ooohs" and "aaahs." See how one company, Scotland's Touch Bionics, is tackling the task of making robotic arms more human-like and ultimately, more useful.
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Eagle Condor Humanitarian and Innovasis, a spinal implant and device manufacturer are bringing treatments to villagers of Peru and changing villagers lives….and their own. Sometimes to get back to medical basics you have to travel.
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At the intersection of war, orthopedics, and art lives the Soldier in the Pink Dress—an American hero, although she would never agree to that label. Through art, her story was brilliantly told. AAOS honored her, all of our wounded veterans. See how art tells their stories. Please read on.
Car Crash / Wikimedia Commons
Could investigating car crashes be good training for negotiating with the FDA? One of orthopedics’ leading biomechanics expert and consultant says that handling ambulance chasing attorneys was great preparation for the FDA. Makes sense to us.
Source: www.newbiscuit.com
Wound care; it doesn’t do your surgery—it makes your surgery better. With nanocrystaline silver dressings, 1,000 miles per hour water jets and negative pressure dressings, Smith & Nephew’s Tom Dugan makes a great case that it’s not your father’s wound care anymore.
Grounds at Hôpital de la Communauté Haitienne/Hospital for Special Surgery
Dr. Christopher Born went to Haiti on a government mission (protected by the 82nd Airborne). Dr. David Helfet organized his own team. Their vastly different experiences illuminate the need to streamline and organize disaster preparedness.
Japan Air Self-Defense Force / Wikimedia Commons
The debate over the government’s medical response to Haiti and the involvement of civilian surgeons continues. Without civilian surgeons, thousands of injured might have gone untreated. How will this debate impact how surgeons join relief efforts in the future? See what we found.
Regenerative Medicine: Re-Growing Body Parts
MAKOplasty Robotic Knee Surgery
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