Tag: Artificial Knees
Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Tied to Higher Complication Rates
Complications include pulmonary embolism, stroke, transfusion, and readmission
TKA Complications Increased for Sickle Cell Disease Patients
Patients with sickle cell disease have longer length of stay, incur greater health care costs, have increased need for step-down health care facilities
Guidance Issued for Optimal Timing of Knee, Hip Total Joint Arthroplasty
Conditional recommendations include not delaying surgery to pursue additional nonoperative treatments
BMI Impacts Long-Term Outcomes of Partial Knee Replacement
Cementless fixation tied to lower long-term revision rates versus cement fixation in overweight and obese groups
Intraoperative Staff Turnover Linked to Procedural Inefficiency
In total knee arthroplasties, decrease in procedure time, room time seen with presence of preferred anesthesiologist or surgical technician
AAOS: Patients Aged ≥75 Years Report Better Pain Relief Than Younger Patients
Younger adults reported slightly worse pain, function, quality of life than late elder patients one year after TKA
AAOS: Demand for Arthroplasty to Outpace Surgeon Capacity
Number of joint replacements performed per surgeon could double by 2050 to meet projected demand
Plasma D-Dimer Can Diagnose Periprosthetic Joint Infection
Plasma D-dimer had comparable accuracy to CRP, ESR, fibrinogen for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection in patients with revision hip or knee arthroplasty
Older Knee Replacement Implants as Good as Newer Models
No significant difference seen in six-month Oxford Knee Score for newer Journey II BCS versus older Genesis II
Faster Recovery Seen With Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
Recovery faster in terms of 2-minute walk test, Timed Up-and-Go test for unicompartmental versus total knee arthroplasty
