Five important news items from the AAHKS Annual Meeting

Healio.com/Orthopedics features the top five news items from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting. More live coverage, including video interviews with researchers, can be found by clicking here.

Presenter: Re-evaluate the use of opioids

DALLAS — Orthopedic surgeons should think carefully before prescribing opioids to patients for postoperative total joint arthroplasty pain, according to a speaker here. Read more.

Hospitals preferred decolonization for treatment of periprosthetic joint infection

DALLAS — Although nasal-only Staphylococcus aureus screening may be considered the most cost-effective treatment option for periprosthetic joint infection from the patient and societal perspective, universal decolonization was deemed as more cost-effective from the hospital perspective, according to study results presented here. Read more.

Several risk factors associated with increased hospital charges for TJA

DALLAS — Anemia, malnutrition, obesity, diabetes, narcotic use and tobacco use were identified as modifiable risk factors associated with increased 90-day cost-of-care for patients after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), according to a speaker. Read more.

THA for fracture associated with higher rates of morbidity than for OA

DALLAS — Patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) for hip fractures showed an increased risk of postoperative morbidity compared to patients who underwent THA for osteoarthritis (OA), according to a speaker here. Read more.

Sustained-release triamcinolone acetonide yielded positive clinical outcomes for knee OA

DALLAS — A phase 3 study of sustained-release triamcinolone acetonide showed improvements in pain, stiffness and function for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a speaker here. Read more.