Technology assistance in primary total knee replacement: hype or hope?
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 22. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2287576. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Total knee replacement (TKR) reduces pain, it increases quality of life and it generally lasts a long time with revision rates of less than 5% at 10 years. Some authors have suggested that outcomes may be further improved by technology assistance.AREAS COVERED: Technology assistance in primary TKR includes technologies such as navigated TKR, patient specific instrumentation TKR and robotic TKR.EXPERT OPINION: In general technology assistance results in higher accuracy of component positioning and alignment, ...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 22, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Bart G Pijls Source Type: research
Assessing the Sentimag system for guiding sentinel node biopsies in patients with breast cancer
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 21:1-9. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2284790. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer is a method to localize and excise the first draining lymph node from an invasive cancer of the breast. The histopathologic evaluation of the sentinel lymph node is used for predicting recurrence and survival and thus, guiding oncologists for treatment-decision making to administer adjuvant therapies. The ability to identify the sentinel node depends on methods to map lymphatic drainage from the breast to the sentinel node and accurately discriminate that node...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 22, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Hira Abidi Richard J Bold Source Type: research
Assessment of the carpal tunnel and associated neural structures with superb microvascular imaging: a scoping review
CONCLUSIONS: This review highlighted the ability of SMI to provide detailed vascular structures in both healthy wrists and those with CTS. Additional research is crucial to determine the typical SMI findings of the carpal tunnel and within that context, tailor more precise diagnostic/therapeutic applications for the CTS population.PMID:37978908 | DOI:10.1080/17434440.2023.2285856 (Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices)
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 18, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Ting-Yu Lin Peng-Chieh Shen Ke-Vin Chang Wei-Ting Wu Levent Özçakar Source Type: research
Assessment of the carpal tunnel and Associated Neural structures with superb microvascular imaging: a scoping review
CONCLUSIONS: This review highlighted the ability of SMI to provide detailed vascular structures in both healthy wrists and those with CTS. Additional research is crucial to determine the typical SMI findings of the carpal tunnel and within that context, tailor more precise diagnostic/therapeutic applications for the CTS population.PMID:37978908 | DOI:10.1080/17434440.2023.2285856 (Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices)
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 18, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Ting-Yu Lin Peng-Chieh Shen Ke-Vin Chang Wei-Ting Wu Levent Özçakar Source Type: research
Cochlear implants: the effects of age on outcomes
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 16:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2283619. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Cochlear implants (CIs) provide access to sound for children and adults who do not receive adequate benefit from hearing aids. Age at implantation is known to affect outcomes across the lifespan.AREAS COVERED: The effects of age on CI outcomes are examined for infants, children, adolescents, and older adults. A variety of outcome measures are considered, including speech perception, language, cognition, and quality of life measures.EXPERT OPINION/COMMENTARY: For those meeting candidacy criteria, CIs are...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 16, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Emily R Spitzer Susan B Waltzman Source Type: research
Cochlear implants: the effects of age on outcomes
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2283619. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Cochlear implants (CIs) provide access to sound for children and adults who do not receive adequate benefit from hearing aids. Age at implantation is known to affect outcomes across the lifespan.AREAS COVERED: The effects of age on CI outcomes are examined for infants, children, adolescents, and older adults. A variety of outcome measures are considered, including speech perception, language, cognition, and quality of life measures.EXPERT OPINION/COMMENTARY: For those meeting candidacy criteria, CIs are bene...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 16, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Emily R Spitzer Susan B Waltzman Source Type: research
< sup > 18 < /sup > F-FDG PET/CT technology for the assessment of brown adipose tissue: an updated review
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 15. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2283618. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: This review provides an update of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F] FDG) for Brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity quantification, whose role is not completely understood.AREAS COVERED: We conducted an unstructured search of the literature for any studies employing the [18F] FDG PET in BAT assessment. We explored BAT quantification both in healthy individuals and in different pathologies, after cold exposure and as a metabolic biomarker. The assessment of possible BAT modulators by using [18F] FDG PET is shown. F...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 15, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Maria Ricci Maria Silvia De Feo Giorgia Maria Granese Viviana Frantellizzi Bruno Carabellese Ennio Lubrano Andrea Cimini Source Type: research
Recent advances in the use of ultrasound in Crohn's disease
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 14. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2283166. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: A clear consensus exists on the role of IUS for the assessment and monitoring of Crohn's disease (CD) in the 'treat-to-target' strategy.AREAS COVERED: IUS is an accurate tool for the management of CD. It is noninvasive and well tolerated. IUS has good-to-optimal inter-operator reliability either for assessing disease activity either for evaluating treatment response, especially combining Bowel Wall Thickness (BWT) and Color Doppler Signals (CDS). IUS is able to evaluate transmural remission (TR), the ultimat...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alberto Barchi Ferdinando D'Amico Alessandra Zilli Federica Furfaro Tommaso Lorenzo Parigi Gionata Fiorino Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet Silvio Danese Arianna Dal Buono Mariangela Allocca Source Type: research
Mechanical complications after total knee arthroplasty
Expert Rev Med Devices. 2023 Nov 10. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2023.2282744. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: With the increasing demand for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and the burden of revision TKA on the healthcare system, as well as the quality of life implications for patients, it is extremely important for surgeons to be able to anticipate and prevent TKA mechanical complications. Surgeons must be familiar with the different causes and mechanisms of TKA complications so that they can properly treat patients with failed TKAs and better avoid these complications.AREAS COVERED: This review addresses TKA mechani...
Source: Expert Review of Medical Devices - November 11, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Patrick Connolly Stefan Coombs Ran Schwarzkopf Source Type: research
