Borkhoff et al (2008) sent two standardized (scripted) patients to visit 38 family doctors and 29 orthopedic surgeons within a 3 hour drive of Toronto, ON. The patients were scripted to have identical symptoms and circumstances related to osteoarthritis. However, the male patient had arthroplasty recommended 67% of the time, compared to only 33% ( Read more... )

Megan Rauscher (2007), reporting for Reuters, discusses new findings by Yale medical student Peter Fabricant that indicate that women have poorer short-term recovery from "keyhole" knee surgery (arthroscopic partial meniscectomy). Age and body mass index (BMI) were not shown to have any effect on short-term recovery, but gender and arthritis did ( Read more... )

Differences in body shape and gait mean that use-related injuries for men and women also differ. However, until recently, this difference was not reflected in the design of replacement joints. Jennifer Wider, reporting for HealthNewsDigest.com, discusses some of the advances that have been made in redesigning replacement joints for women: "the ( Read more... )