Many countries have strict regulations to ensure new drugs are effective and are worth the money before doctors can prescribe them. But surgical procedures are often less strictly regulated. This can ...

Objective To determine the benefits and harms of subacromial decompression surgery in adult patients with subacromial pain syndrome lasting for more than 3 months. Design Systematic review with ...

POSIMIR ® (bupivacaine solution) for infiltration use reduced mean pain over 72 hours after arthroscopic subacromial decompression surgery compared with vehicle control and improved several measures ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Durect Corporation has announced the FDA approval of Posimir, a post-surgical, non-opioid local analgesic for ...

Arthroscopic subacromial decompression surgery does not reduce pain any more than arthroscopy alone in people with shoulder impingement, researchers say. "[T]he findings from our study suggest that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subacromial decompression with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair yielded a 21% risk reduction for revision ...

In a landmark study published this week in the BMJ, Finnish researchers show that one of the most common surgical procedures in the Western world is probably unnecessary. Keyhole surgeries of the ...

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved POSIMIR® (bupivacaine solution) for ...

1 Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden 2 Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, SE-581 85, Linköping STUDY ...

Many countries have strict regulations to ensure new drugs are effective and are worth the money before doctors can prescribe them. But surgical procedures are often less strictly regulated. This can ...

Tim Jones receives funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Department of Health and Social Care, UK. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not ...