Doc, Will My New Joint Outlive Me?
When discussing total joint replacement (TJR) with patients, I and most other surgeons who perform TJRs are invariably asked, “How …
Guest Post: New AUC for Surgical Management of Knee OA
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Richard Yoon, MD and Grigory Gershkovich, MD.
The …
No Surprise: Infection Biggest Culprit in Amputation for Failed TKA
Of the hundreds of thousands of total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) performed annually around the world, very few result in failure …
Read Key Knee Content from JBJS
The recently launched JBJS Knee Spotlight offers highly relevant and potentially practice-changing knee content from the most trusted source of …
Patient Pain Perception: Two New Studies
The connection between patient pain and clinical orthopaedic outcomes has received much attention lately. Here are relevant findings from two …
Time-to-Drive after TKA?
There are currently no standards or regulations governing when it’s safe to drive after a knee replacement. But researchers reporting …
Un-Hyping Recent Joint Replacement–MI Findings
A late-August headline on MedPage Today ominously read, “MI Risk Soars After Joint Replacement.” The article cited a recent Arthritis …
7 Million People in US Walking on Artificial Knees or Hips
We know that more than 1 million total hip and total knee replacements are performed each year in the US. …
Chronic Oral Antibiotics Boost 5-Year Infection-Free Implant Survival after Certain PJIs
Along with the sharply rising number of total hip and knee arthroplasties performed in the US comes an increasingly compelling …