Knee Replacement

There is no evidence that delaying surgery for nonoperative treatments such as physical therapy, injections or oral anti-inflammatories leads to improved outcomes, the authors of a new clinical practice...

Patients aged 75 years and older achieve better pain relief and improved quality of life compared with patients younger than 55 years, investigators say.

Faster increase seen for total hip arthroplasty, while total knee arthroplasty has slightly higher odds of complications

Readmission rates higher for preoperative marijuana users compared with nonusers at 90 days and at one year following total knee arthroplasty

There’s an upward trend in opioid prescriptions after joint replacement surgery, despite limited effectiveness and against federal, state and payer advice, researchers say.

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Rheumatoid arthritis patients who undergo joint replacement surgery may be at high risk for non-surgical site infections such as sepsis and pneumonia.

My grandmother decided to have an elective knee replacement — at 89 years of age — followed by a stay for rehab in a skilled nursing facility. Quality matters to her and therefore I wanted to know...

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Nearly one-third of knee replacement surgeries in the U.S. may be classified as “inappropriate,” Virginia researchers found in a new study.