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    Sarah Witter had two operations to repair bones in her lower left leg after a skiing accident last February. The second surgery was needed to replace a stabilizing plate that broke.
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    Bill Of The Month Update: Skier To Get $6,358 Refund After Surgery For Broken Leg

    Dec 24, 2018
    Ski buff Sarah Witter will get $6,358 back from her hospital and insurer after a review of her bill following the NPR-Kaiser Health News story about her case.
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    Sarah Witter fractured two bones in her lower left leg while skiing in Vermont last February. She had two operations to repair the damage. The second surgery was needed to replace a metal plate that broke after it was implanted.
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    Bill Of The Month: $43,208 For Repeat Surgery To Replace Broken Medical Device

    Dec 18, 2018
    If implanted medical devices fail, patients and their insurers usually have to pay for repairs. That financial responsibility falls to them even when the problems were solely with the devices.
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    Ochsner Baptist Hospital in New Orleans hasn't needed device reps' help since it started using technology from a company called Sight Medical that handles inventory management.
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    Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room

    Nov 23, 2018
    It has been an open secret that salespeople are present for surgeries at many hospitals, especially for hip and knee implants. But does the reps' expertise outweigh concerns about ethics and costs?
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    Field surgeons kept records of patients' names and wounds, which have helped narrow down the possible identities of some of the soldiers.
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    Civil War Battlefield 'Limb Pit' Reveals Work Of Combat Surgeons

    Jun 19, 2018
    Scientists have been analyzing bones first uncovered by a utility crew digging at the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia. The remains provide insights into surgery during the Civil War.
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    "Hang in there," Dr. Levy tells his students. "This is going to work."
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    When Everything Clicks: The Power Of Judgment-Free Learning

    Jun 04, 2018
    There can be a lot of psychological noise involved in learning. And mental chit chat can make learning hard. One solution, silence it with a click.
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    Michael Frank assembled detailed paperwork for his challenge to charges for his hip surgery.
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    Why Your Health Insurer Doesn't Care About Your Big Bills

    May 25, 2018
    Patients may think their insurers are fighting on their behalf for the best prices. But saving patients money is often not their top priority. Just ask Michael Frank about his hip surgery.
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    Shots - Health News
    An X-ray of Young's foot shows the four implanted screws — each of which cost more than a high-end computer.
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    Sticker Shock Jolts Oklahoma Patient: $15,076 For 4 Tiny Screws

    May 14, 2018
    A woman with foot pain was floored by the high cost of titanium screws used in her surgery. "Unless the metal [was] mined on an asteroid, I do not know why it should cost that amount," she said.
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    One kind of cell "was actively and aggressively eating the bone," says Harvard orthopedic surgeon Dr. William H. Harris. "It became a medical detective mystery: What in the world is this disease and how does it come about?"
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    The Mysterious Case Of 'Vanishing Bone' And Hip Replacements Gone Wrong

    Mar 11, 2018
    Hip replacements in hundreds of thousands of people began to fail after what seemed like successful surgery. In some cases, people's bones became so weak, just walking could make them snap. Why?
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    Doctors think the chronic pain of "shoulder impingement" may arise from age-related tendon and muscle degeneration, or from a bone spur that can rub against a tendon.
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    Popular Surgery To Ease Chronic Shoulder Pain Called Into Question

    Nov 20, 2017
    U.K. scientists say arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs or bits of ragged tissue in sore shoulders offered no more pain relief than than sham surgery in their randomized test.
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    No, he's not Popeye. He's a 79-year-old man with a surprisingly common injury.
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    Pop-Ow! 'Popeye' Deformity Can Be A Painful Armful

    Nov 15, 2017
    Tendons quietly do their jobs for decades, connecting muscle to bone. Then suddenly — it's done. Here's what happens when a biceps tendon calls it quits.
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    Arthritis of the knee is very common, and isn't helped by arthroscopic surgery, a study finds.
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    Arthroscopic Surgery Doesn't Help With Arthritis Knee Pain

    May 11, 2017
    This is the latest study to find that arthroscopic surgery doesn't reduce pain for people with knee arthritis, and can cause other problems. The procedure remains popular in the U.S.
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