SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tesa Medical, a San Francisco-based medical technology start-up focused on developing rapid and precise graft tensioning systems for ACL reconstruction and other ...

July 14, 2008 (Orlando, Florida) — With an estimated 80,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears each year in the United States, including the recent one to famed golfer Tiger Woods, choosing the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using a replacement ligament from a cadaver has a high failure rate in young, active adults, according to a study reported ...

Beth Thiele remembers what her foot felt like after having her fourth foot surgery 2 1/2 years ago to try to fix damage caused by osteoarthritis. "It's like being electrocuted," she says. It was like ...

Doctor, I have been told I need a ligament reconstruction in my knee. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is torn. My brother had this reconstruction and they borrowed tissue from his kneecap to ...

Whether it is from trauma or as the result of an athletic injury, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears affect up to 200,000 Americans each year. However, data from the Shelbourne Knee Center’s ...

14 continuing education credits available.This two-day seminar is designed for the clinician that has placed an implant or has already restored an implant and is looking to increase their knowledge of ...

KIDNEY transplantation now offers a hope for patients dying in chronic uremia. The use of cadavers avoids many of the ethical problems encountered with living donors. The production of urine within ...

Bone grafts treat traumatic injuries and help rejuvenate aging joints. Autografts use tissue from a person’s own body, while allografts use tissue from another person’s body. The different types of ...