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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > July, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 7

Is Knee Navigation Right for You?

Studies and this surgeon agree: Image guidance leads to better outcomes.

David A. Dodgin, MD

Any surgeon who does a hundred knee replacements a year has 80 that he loves and 20 that he's, well, less in love with. Sometimes it's that the patient didn't take proper care of himself post-op, but more often it's that the implant is misaligned a smidge, causing the soft-tissue imbalance that leads to a less-than-optimum outcome.

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