Results presented here showed patients undergoing revision total joint replacement may have a lower risk for postoperative ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is very prevalent yet sometimes very poorly understood, the post-operative complications of total knee arthroplasty. Total knee arthroplasty or total ...

Combining the data on costs and QALYs, Beard and colleagues concluded that partial replacement was clearly the most ...

Some complications are more common when total knee replacement surgery is done as an outpatient or same-day procedure, reports a study in the December 6, 2017 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint ...

A “quiet knee” rehabilitation protocol that limits passive range of motion, restricts ambulation and mandates aggressive ...

Patients who used any form of prescription sleep medication within 90 days of undergoing total knee replacement were at an increased risk for complications of the procedure, a new study found. The use ...

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who undergo total knee replacement are at higher risk for complications than non-SCD patients, according to a large-scale, retrospective study by researchers ...

Two expert MDs say it's a telltale sign that you might be ready for surgery once you start experiencing this type of ...

(Reuters Health) - Total knee replacement is increasingly being performed in younger people, and new research suggests younger patients have higher complication rates. "The number of knee replacements ...

According to the latest research, more than three-quarters of a million people have undergone total knee replacement surgery, also referred to as total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This number is expected ...

This article describes the approach that a large primary care group at risk for value-based payments chose to deploy in managing clinical and financial outcomes of knee osteoarthritis jointly with ...

(Reuters Health) - Patients having knee replacement surgery sometimes hope to regain or improve their sexual activity afterward, but that doesn't always happen, a new study finds. A year after surgery ...