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Patients can recover from orthopedic surgery just as well without using opioid-based painkillers. Study results showed that by prescribing a combination of three non-opioid painkillers to patients, researchers successfully reduced approximately tenfold the amounts of opioids consumed over a six-week post-operative period, without altering their pain levels. Co-principal investigator Olufemi Ayeni and his team gleaned their results by enrolling 193 patients between March 2021 and March 2022. The patients were randomly assigned to either a control group of 98 receiving standard opioid-based painkillers or an opioid-free group (93) receiving a combination therapy of naproxen, acetaminophen and pantoprazole and a patient...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 2008 – A civilian orthopedic surgeon who has seen servicemembers’ sacrifices firsthand said he believes the nation owes them a debt of gratitude, and that he’ll bring techniques he saw in the military health system to his own practice. "I firmly believe as citizens we owe [our troops] great thanks," said Dr. Brendan M. Patterson, chairman of the orthopedic surgery department at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Patterson returned in mid-December from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany after completing the two-week Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program. Patterson is the 18th scholar to participate in this program...

Afghan Hospital Accepts Orthopedic Supplies Equipment donation will help medical corps continue to evolve, grow. Press release Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2006 -- Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia recently teamed with U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan to donate and transport much-needed orthopedic devices to the Afghanistan National Military Hospital in Kabul. In a ceremony Oct. 18 with U.S. military medical personnel and their Afghan counterparts, Maj. Gen. Yaftali Ahmad Ia, Afghanistan’s surgeon general, gratefully accepted the gift on behalf of the Afghan government and people.The donated supplies consist of specially made equipment called...

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