Recent advances in Ti-6Al-4V additively manufactured by selective laser melting for biomedical implants: Prospect development

AN Aufa, MZ Hassan, Z Ismail - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, additive manufacturing (AM), being part of IR4. 0, received great attention
for the fabrication of customized implants with outstanding quality, which are used in hard …

[HTML][HTML] Projections and epidemiology of primary hip and knee arthroplasty in medicare patients to 2040-2060

I Shichman, M Roof, N Askew, L Nherera… - JBJS Open …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: National projections of future joint arthroplasties are useful for understanding
the changing burden of surgery and related outcomes on the health system. The aim of this …

[HTML][HTML] Lack of superiority of epidural injections with lidocaine with steroids compared to without steroids in spinal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NN Knezevic, L Manchikanti, I Urits… - Pain …, 2020 - institutionalrepository.aah.org
BACKGROUND: Multiple randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews have
been conducted to summarize the evidence for administration of local anesthetic (lidocaine) …

[HTML][HTML] Surgical activity in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide observational cohort study

TD Dobbs, JAG Gibson, AJ Fowler, TE Abbott… - British journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background A significant proportion of healthcare resource has been diverted to the care of
those with COVID-19. This study reports the volume of surgical activity and the number of …

Institutional surgical response and associated volume trends throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and postvaccination recovery period

S Ghoshal, G Rigney, D Cheng, R Brumit… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with decreased surgical procedure
volumes, but existing studies have not investigated this association beyond the end of 2020 …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of COVID-19 on interventional pain management practices: a physician burnout survey

S Shah, MD Calderon, A Soin… - Pain …, 2020 - painphysicianjournal.com
Background: Burnout has been a commonly discussed issue for the past ten years among
physicians and other health care workers. A survey of interventional pain physicians …

The initial impact of COVID-19 on total hip and knee arthroplasty

CL Barnes, X Zhang, BM Stronach, DA Haas - The Journal of arthroplasty, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a massive disruption
in elective arthroplasty practice in the United States that to date has not been quantified. We …

Elective inpatient total joint arthroplasty case volume in the United States in 2020: effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

ND Heckmann, GJ Bouz, AS Piple, BC Chung… - JBJS, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Despite known surgical volume reductions in 2020 during the height of the
COVID-19 pandemic, no study has fully quantified the impact of the pandemic on the …

Unintended consequences of COVID-19 safety measures on patients with chronic knee pain forced to defer joint replacement surgery

AF Cisternas, R Ramachandran, TL Yaksh… - Pain …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
In recent months, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American College of
Surgeons and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended …

An Investigation for Future Practice of Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasties during COVID-19 in Romania

F Moldovan, A Gligor, L Moldovan, T Bataga - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Elective arthroplasty in Romania has been severely affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic, and its effects are not quantified so far. The aim of this paper is to …