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In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 2 weeks ago
Patients undergoing hip and knee replacement often do so not only to alleviate pain, but also to participate in low impact-type sports. Golf is a spor...
In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 9 weeks ago
A recently published article from the University of Western Ontario in the New England Journal of Medicine, calls into question the efficacy of arthro...
In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 11 weeks ago
Biomechanics is a branch of medicine that evaluates loads and stresses on a joint. The manner in which a joint is loaded will have direct effect on th...
In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 12 weeks ago
A study presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in San Francisco, California, March 2008, described a prospective stu...
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In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 13 weeks ago
An article published in the July 2008 issue in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, by Bitsch et al, outlined improved wear characteristics with cro...
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In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 14 weeks ago
In a recent article published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, July 2008, authors Richard Iorio, et al, outlined the growing concern regardin...
In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 17 weeks ago
While the success rate of total hip replacement is very high and patient satisfaction is in excess of 90%, complications can occur. Some of the early ...
In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 19 weeks ago
As the problem of obesity becomes more prevalent, with over 30% of the population meeting the definition of obesity as defined by a body mass index of...
In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 20 weeks ago
Computer assisted joint replacement surgery has been around for almost 10-years. This began in Europe and spread to the United States over 5-years ago...
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In Dr. William Barrett's Blog - Posted 23 weeks ago
One of the most frequently asked question by patients is how will they know when the time is right to proceed with joint replacement. This is a multif...
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