Arthritis News

SAN DIEGO — Use of an aragonite-based scaffold for the treatment of chondral or osteochondral defects of the knee had superior outcomes compared with debridement or microfracture at 4-year follow-up, according to results.

Orthopedic surgery is a marvelous field because we can make meaningful improvements in the comfort and function of patients disabled by arthritis, instability, tendon tears, developmental disorders and fractures.

Orthopedic surgery is a marvelous field because we can make meaningful improvements in the comfort and function of patients disabled by arthritis, instability, tendon tears, developmental disorders and fractures.

Published results showed patients with obesity who took anti-obesity medications and had postoperative weight loss within 1 year after total joint arthroplasty may be at significantly decreased risk for revision at 5 and 10 years.

Surrogate measures of insulin resistance, based on the triglyceride-glucose index, can be used to predict the development of osteoarthritis, according to data published in Scientific Reports.

An upcoming study will aim to identify how joint replacement affects a patient’s golf game with use of a golf simulator paired with markerless motion analysis.

WASHINGTON — Pain in patients scheduled for total knee arthroplasty demonstrates no relation to physical activity, suggesting pain relief alone may not improve activity after the procedure, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2024.

Published results showed patients who underwent unilateral ACL reconstruction had less dynamic gait biomechanics waveforms bilaterally at 1 year postoperatively compared with healthy controls.

WASHINGTON — The use of colchicine for gout flare prevention imparts a “modest” decrease in the risk for knee or hip replacement over several years, according to a study presented at ACR Convergence 2024.