Modern medicine has made some major advances. Procedures that used to require a three-day inpatient stay are now done in outpatient ASCs, and patients go home the same day. Surgeries that required large incisions are now minimally invasive or laparoscopic.…
By Dr. David J. Soomekh, DPM, FACFAS Guest Contributor “I think I have a hairline fracture of my foot.” “I hurt my foot, but it can’t be broken, because I can still walk on it.” “I may have fractured my…
Preoperative plans for arthroplasty and corrective osteotomies rely on a weight-bearing long leg AP X-Ray. However, the modality has several limitations when it comes to surgical pre-planning in programs like mediCAD 2D: A true AP on weight bearing X-Ray is…
The 28th International Symposium for Foot Surgery in Munich will have a special focus on Digital Volumetric Tomography (DVT), the German moniker for cone beam CT imaging. Orthopedic surgeons can attend a live session Dec. 3 that will focus on…
To access the full-length webinar, please click here. COVID-19 is still causing ripple effects across the globe – but standing CT technology played a role in helped one United Kingdom orthopedic service adapt quickly. In a recent webinar, orthopedic foot…
Dr. Chris O’Grady wants to see joints. The Florida-based Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in shoulder reconstruction and replacement has experienced first-hand how helpful it is to have 3D images when he prepares to perform a procedure. While O’Grady is…
The Queen’s University Skeletal Observation Laboratory in Kington, Ontario, Canada, is exploring some critical topics – namely, from the shoulder to the feet, how do we move? How does that movement impact our musculoskeletal health? “We’re one of the…
A loose body is a bone or cartilage fragment that has chipped off inside a joint. If left in place, a loose body can damage a joint surface, cause pain, and restrict movement. A 2D radiograph is typically the first…
A study found that performing 2D radiographs & traditional medical CT imaging for foot & ankle exams took an extra 800 hours of imaging time per year, as compared to performing only a pedCAT weight bearing CT scan for the…
A study published in the International Journal of Biomedicine concludes Cone Beam CT (CBCT) imaging is the “method of choice” for compound anatomical structures, such as the wrist, and post-traumatic changes in bone tissue. “Considering the low dose radiation and…
