Arthritis News

Ankle distraction arthroplasty is a mechano-biological treatment for osteoarthritis of the ankle that serves as an alternative to ankle arthrodesis and prosthetic arthroplasty, or total ankle replacement.

Osteochondral defects of the knee articular cartilage are injuries frequently seen in orthopedics and sports medicine.

Weather changes are not risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis or knee, hip or low back pain, but do appear to influence gout flares, according to a meta-analysis published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results showed patients older than 65 years with acetabular fractures had a higher rate of complications and readmissions after total hip arthroplasty compared with those who had femoral neck fractures.

There is much written about the virtue of compassion, which literally means “to suffer together.” A more practical definition would be sympathetic awareness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed Lapidus bone-block fusion had a high nonunion rate despite restoring many markers associated with foot collapse and alignment.

SAN FRANCISCO — Patients younger than 55 years who underwent total ankle arthroplasty had higher complication rates and rates of implant failure compared with patients older than 55 years, according to results presented here.

A free online training program for primary care providers focusing on knee osteoarthritis boosted participants’ confidence in diagnosing and managing the condition, according to data published in ACR Open Rheumatology.

According to published results, gluteal tendinopathy was commonly observed in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty with the posterior approach and was associated with inferior patient-reported outcomes at 1 year after surgery.

According to published results, older adults who are considering elective surgery reported concerns about the physical aspects of surgery, as well as the financial and employment consequences.