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Regional anesthesia technique significantly improves outcomes of hip and knee replacement

A highly underutilized anesthesia technique called neuraxial anesthesia, also known as spinal or epidural anesthesia, improves outcomes in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement, according to a new study ...

Surgery created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity alone may not affect knee replacement outcome or increase overall complication risk

Obesity alone may not diminish outcomes or increase the risk of complications in total knee replacement (TKR) patients, according to two research studies presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy ...

Surgery created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

98 percent of total knee replacement patients return to life, work following surgery

Ninety-eight percent of total knee replacement (TKR) patients who were working before surgery returned to work after surgery, and of those patients, 89 percent returned to their previous position, according to new research ...

Surgery created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study looks at longevity of total knee replacements in younger patients with juvenile arthritis

When you think of knee replacement surgery, you generally envision an older adult with painful arthritis. But the procedure is also used for younger patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) whose joints have been ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current and past smokers face greater risk for hip replacement failure

Smoking has been linked to prolonged healing time and greater risk for complications in orthopaedic and other surgeries, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...

Surgery created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AAOS: Most knee replacement patients return to same jobs

(HealthDay)—Most patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty (TKA) return to work, with the majority successfully returning to the same job, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the ...

Surgery created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI may predict adverse tissue reaction in metal-on-metal hip replacement patients

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can detect a failing, or potentially failing, metal-on-metal hip implant (MoM) early on, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...

Other created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests women have higher risk of hip implant failure

Women appear to have a higher risk of implant failure than men following total hip replacement after considering patient-, surgery-, surgeon-, volume- and implant-specific risk factors, according to a report published Online ...

Surgery created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

General anesthesia ups knee replacement complications

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, use of general anesthesia is associated with a significant increase in complications compared with spinal anesthesia, according to a study published ...

Surgery created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lower cuff pressure reduces wound complications in TKA

(HealthDay)—Lower tourniquet cuff pressure, achieved using a limb-occlusion pressure method, is associated with reduced postoperative wound complications after total knee arthroplasty, according to research ...

Surgery created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce knee pain, cartilage loss in patients with osteoarthritis

In a two year randomized trial, patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who received vitamin D supplementation did not have a significant difference in knee pain or cartilage volume loss compared to patients who received ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Landmarks ID'd to orient humerus in elbow arthroplasty

(HealthDay)—The posterior humeral cortical line (PCL) is better than the transepicondylar axis (TEA) as a reference point and reproducible landmark for orienting the humerus during elbow arthroplasty, but ...

Surgery created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

ProDisc-C device doesn't change facet joint pressures

(HealthDay)—Local facet joint contact pressures are not significantly altered during sagittal bending after the implantation of a ProDisc-C device at the C5 to C6 level in cadaveric human cervical spines, ...

Other created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survivorship of uncemented acetabular parts compared

(HealthDay) -- For total hip arthroplasty revisions, titanium wire mesh cups and cross-linked polyethylene liners are among new uncemented acetabular components that improve long-term implant survival, according ...

Other created Jun 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coexistent lumbar disorders complicate hip arthroplasty

(HealthDay) -- Patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) who have coexistent lumbar spine disorders (LSDs) do not report as much improvement in pain and function after arthroplasty compared with patients ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0