Central Ohio
Surgeons At The Ohio State University First To Implant Plastic Meniscus in Knee
According to a press release issued by the The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, surgeons at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center implanted a plastic device designed to treat knee pain from damaged cartilage of the knee meniscus. A knee meniscus once injured or torn has limited ability to heal on its own. This damage can lead to arthritis, which then may be need to be treated with knee replacement surgery. The NUsurface Meniscus Implant is being used in a clinical trial at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center and is being compared to the current standard-of-careRead More
Central Ohio Surgical Team Performs First Spinal Fusion With SpineMask to Improve Screw Placement
Mount Carmel Health System’s Bradford Mullin, MD, FAANS, FACS and a surgical team at Mount Carmel East just recently completed the first spinal fusion procedure using SpineMask, which is a tool that maps the spine for safer and more accurate screw placement. The device is made up of a thin sheet of plastic that is surrounded with circuits, and the device creates a map of a patient’s spinal area using LED lights to be used for surgical navigation. The lights indicate to the surgeon where their surgical instruments are positioned and whereRead More
Flu Update for Columbus and Central Ohio Areas
According to the Columbus Health Department, influenza-like illnesses are increasing and becoming more common in the Columbus and Central Ohio area, resulting in more hospitalizations. There were 91 hospitalizations during a week in mid-December in our our area. Hospitalizations are already five times what they were last year. Public health officials are strongly recommending people to get the flu shot. “While we know the virus has drifted and the shot doesn’t provide full protection against the most common H3N2 virus, the flu vaccine can provide cross protection and help lessen theRead More
Central Ohio Teens Face New Tanning Rules
Ohio Governor John Kasich recently signed House Bill 131, which requires an operator or employee of a tanning facility to determine if a customer seeking tanning services is at least 18 years old. The bill requires parents to be at the tanning facility to sign a consent form each time anyone younger than 18 years old wants to use the tanning beds. And for children under the age of 16, a parent must stay at the tanning facility while their child uses the tanning beds. House Bill 131 goes into effect this March. In the past, aRead More