Tag: Artificial Knees
Losing 20 lb Improves Knee Replacement Outcomes
Findings based on group of morbidly obese patients with varying weight loss before surgery
Operating Time for Hip, Knee Replacement Overestimated
Relative Value Scale Update Committee overestimates time for original, revision replacements
VTE Risk Reduced With Partial Knee Replacement
But risk for five-year revision higher for those undergoing partial versus total knee replacement
Opioid Safety Initiative Can Decrease Opioid Prescriptions
Reduction seen in opioid prescriptions among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty
Poverty Ups Risk for Amputation After Knee Replacement
No racial or sex disparities seen for risk for amputation after periprosthetic joint infections
FDA Permits Marketing of Test to Detect Periprosthetic Joint Infection
Synovasure Lateral Flow Test Kit could help patients avoid unnecessary revision surgery
U.K. Study IDs Risk Factors Tied to Knee Replacement Revision
Findings point to modifiable, nonmodifiable factors associated with revision due to joint infection
Over Half of Hip Replacements Expected to Last 25 Years
Second review shows 82.3 and 69.8 percent 25-year survival for total, unicondylar knee replacement
Texting Intervention Engages Patients After Joint Arthroplasty
Patient outcomes improved compared with traditional perioperative education
Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Cuts Costs
Institutional spending decreased more in hospitals in treatment areas versus control areas
