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Vitamin D supplementation can not stop knee osteoarthritis

15.03.2018 16:10:00

Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce pain or cartilage loss in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee joint. This is the result of a two-year study at Boston's Tufts Medical Center, now published in JAMA. The double-blind study included 146 patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis in the knee. Half of them received additional supplements of vitamin D, the other half a placebo. There were no significant differences between the two groups at any time during the study.

The osteoporosis drug strontium ranelate also works in knee osteoarthritis

02.05.2018 14:00:00

Strontium ranelate may prove to be an alternative to knee arthrosis surgery. The substance has been ...

Knee pain in osteoarthritis: Motivated patients benefit most from conservative therapy

02.04.2018 13:54:52

What is the best conservative therapy for patients with knee pain and knee osteoarthritis? Possible ...

MAGGOTSTHERAPY: OFTEN THE LAST RESCUE OF WOUNDS

25.04.2018 12:32:15

Admittedly, the word "madness therapy" does not sound very appealing. However, fly maggots can actua...

For the First Time a Knee Joint Prosthesis Has Been Implanted by Means of a Robot

26.02.2019 09:16:30

At the University Clinic for Orthopedics in Innsbruck, for the first time in Austria, a knee joint p...

When is Meniscus Surgery Necessary?

19.12.2018 09:39:30

A meniscus tear is the most common cause of surgery in Germany. However, this surgery is not always ...

What to Pay Attention to Before Knee and Hip Replacement Surgery?

18.12.2018 09:19:41

The most frequently performed orthopaedic operations in Germany include placement and replacement of...

The First Endoscopic Spine Surgery in the Land Clinic

06.12.2018 15:10:55

For the first time at the Wiener Neustadt Land Clinic the spine was stabilized (spinal fusion) by us...

Surgeons Installed a Spinal Implant Printed on a 3D Printer

06.12.2018 15:06:08

Perhaps another page in the history of medicine was written in the City Clinic of Görlitz. Accordin...

At Last Nothing Hurts. Freedom of Movement for the Shoulder

05.12.2018 13:08:25

Twelve years ago Wilfried Richter had pain in his shoulder, which was accompanied by reduced mobilit...

Ankle Cyst Removal - New Surgical Method

04.12.2018 14:10:52

By using the surgical technique that has been performed so far only in the United States, a patient ...

The meniscus is operated too often

14.11.2018 02:31:27

The number of meniscal operations has almost doubled in the last decade. At the same time, studies t...

Knee: Meniscus surgery promotes osteoarthritis

14.11.2018 02:28:38

Surgery dramatically increases risk of joint wear and cartilage loss...

Meniscus: The knee and its two dampers

14.11.2018 02:25:57

Among the human joints, the knee in its construction is considered to be very complicated. That it c...

What to do after meniscal tear: physiotherapy or arthroscopy?

13.11.2018 15:53:06

After a meniscal tear, there are two treatment options: physiotherapy or arthroscopy. A Dutch study ...

Exercise relieves pain. In knee arthorosis exercises strengthen the joints and improve function

13.11.2018 15:23:45

Even if it hurts at first: People with knee osteoarthritis need exercise. Strengthening and flexibil...

Topfit despite new hip joint? The SuperPath technology makes it possible

08.11.2018 15:57:21

Around 210,000 hip prostheses are used each year in Germany. The most common cause is severe joint w...

Small cut, big effect

08.11.2018 15:41:37

Klinikum Gütersloh is a pioneer in the region for minimally invasive hip surgery using the AMIS met...

Fabricius Clinic uses new technology in hip surgery

08.11.2018 15:36:49

The team around Dr. Henning Quitmann, chief physician of the Fabricius Clinic and specialist in orth...

Joint expert Christian Neuhäuser takes over as chief medical officer at SRH Klinikum Karlsbad-Langensteinbach

08.11.2018 08:28:25

Christian Neuhäuser has been taking on the duties of Chief Physician of the Department of Orthopedi...

Osteoarthritis: When do I need an artificial knee joint?

07.11.2018 15:39:55

Artificial joints enable many millions of osteoarthritis patients in Germany to move painlessly. The...

Self-blood plasma therapy:

07.11.2018 15:32:15

The doctors of the Bad Abbach Orthopedic University Clinic increasingly rely on the self-healing pow...

Acute and chronic joint pain - what to do?

07.11.2018 15:23:19

Thomas Wißmeyer, Chief Physician Orthopedics and Traumatology / Endoprosthesis center and Dr. med. ...

Klinikum Bielefeld: First hospital in North Rhine-Westphalia with robotic surgery system for knee joint replacement

07.11.2018 15:10:30

The Bielefeld Clinic introduces the robotic arm-assisted surgical technology Mako, thereby assuming ...

Radeberger Clinic - leader in hip surgery

07.11.2018 14:57:08

The Asklepios Clinic in Radeberg is one of the best in Germany for hip surgery. This certifies the h...

Do not be afraid of hip surgery!

07.11.2018 14:49:52

Artificial replacement of hip joints is one of the most common orthopedic surgeries besides knee sur...

Hip in a Day

05.10.2017 15:26:05

According to the surgeons from Seligenstadt, they were the first in Germany to start practicing inno...

Yoga helps people with arthritis reduce their pain

15.05.2017 15:46:49

Arthritis is a disease that is increasingly common among the inhabitants of megacities and suburbs. ...

Preparing for joint replacement surgery

29.04.2017 16:05:51

The newest method of Dr. Vinod Dasa lets easy pain. He can freeze the nerves to avoid nerve damage o...

The newest invention for people with limb disabilities

09.03.2016 10:37:03

For over ten years Dr. Bao is developing the newest material, which is similar to the properties of ...