Medical Studies

More Women Undergo Total Knee Replacements than Men in India

Patricia Walter — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:53:49 +0000

Read Complete Article Here CHENNAI: More women undergo total knee replacement procedure than men… …The Indian Joint Registry (IJR), launched as a pilot project in 2007 has over 1,18,854 procedures documented till date. “So far data findings show that 70 per cent of women had underwent total knee replacement surgery… Read the Rest

Joint replacement surgery patients benefit from reduced opioid use

Patricia Walter — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:29:38 +0000

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March 6, 2016 Decreased opioid use prior to joint replacement surgery has been linked with improved patient satisfaction and outcomes, fewer complications and a reduced need for post-surgical opioids, according to two new studies.

They found nearly 59 percent of the patients (49,617) did not use … Read the Rest

Steroid injections administered too close to knee replacement surgery may increase infection risk

Patricia Walter — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 02:42:45 +0000

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ORLANDO, Fla.March 2, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Injections received in the months prior to total knee (TKR) or total hip replacement (THR) surgery may increase the risk for infection and related complications, according to two studies – among the largest conducted on this topic – presented at … Read the Rest

Mobile and Fixed Bearing TKAs Outcomes Similar at 10 years 2016 Study

Patricia Walter — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:55:03 +0000

March 1, 2016 ORLANDO, Fla

All-polyethylene fixed-bearing, modular metal-backed fixed-bearing and mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasties showed similar durability, range of motion and function at 10-year follow-up, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here by Matthew P. Abdel, MD.

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Medial mobile bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty provides high level of activity 2015

Patricia Walter — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:07:08 +0000

Read Complete Article Here Patients younger than 60 years who underwent medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty with a mobile bearing prosthesis returned to activities with most achieving a high level of activity…… Read the Rest

Fixed Bearing TKA Has Less Complications than Mobile Bearing Study 2013

Patricia Walter — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:01:44 +0000

Read Complete Study Here Patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty with a fixed bearing component experienced better implant survival with respect to revision for any reason and a lower number of manipulations than patients who had a mobile bearing procedure, according to study results.… Read the Rest

Simultaneous bilateral TKA has higher complication rates vs unilateral medical study 2015

Patricia Walter — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 13:53:22 +0000

Read Complete Study Here …researchers found patients who underwent simultaneous bilateral TKA experienced increased overall complications, medical complications and reoperations. Simultaneous bilateral TKA was also associated with a significantly longer hospital stay, according to study results…… Read the Rest

Unicompartmental Knee vs Total Knee Arthroplasty in Same Patient

Patricia Walter — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:08:39 +0000

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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Compares Favorably to Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Same Patient 2009

There are several surgical management options for medial knee arthritis, and it is often difficult to decide whether a unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is appropriate. Few studies … Read the Rest

1 0f 17 Over 70 Patients Experience Adverse Outcomes

Patricia Walter — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:50:48 +0000

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Researchers found that delirium alone contributes significantly to adverse outcomes after surgery …

…The prospective cohort study included 566 participants aged older than 70 years..

…Forty-seven patients (8.3%) developed major complications and 135 (23.9%) developed delirium…

…The researchers suggest managing delirium and major postoperative complications … Read the Rest

Young Men Greater Risk Infection after TKR

Patricia Walter — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:34:31 +0000

Young age and male gender cited as risk factors for in-hospital SSI after THA, TKA

Orthopedics Today, September 2012 Read Study Here

A recently presented study identified age, gender and racial minority status as risk factors for perioperative surgical site infection following total hip and knee arthroplasty.

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