Knee News

SAN DIEGO — A single injection of TLC599, a liposomal formulation of dexamethasone sodium phosphate, bested placebo for osteoarthritis knee pain over 24 weeks, while a second injection extended benefits to week 52, according to data.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed patient-reported outcome measures stabilized 1 year after total joint arthroplasty, while the clinical relevance ratio began to decrease.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed no differences in functional outcomes or radiographic failure between kinematic alignment or mechanical alignment for total knee arthroplasty at 10-year follow-up.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Nicholas A. Bedard, MD, discusses results that showed patients with an infection in a single joint had a low risk for infection in an ipsilateral prosthetic joint at 5 years.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed low-dose enteric-coated aspirin was inferior to uncoated chewable aspirin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in total knee arthroplasty, but not total hip arthroplasty.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Peter A. Gold, MD, discusses a randomized controlled trial that showed no significant differences in functional outcome scores between robotic-assisted and conventional total knee arthroplasty.

Intra-articular injections of autologous adipose-derived stem cells or adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction significantly improve pain and function in knee osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting showed patients with higher resiliency prior to total knee arthroplasty had lower levels of regret postoperatively.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Extended use of oral tranexamic acid may improve early motion, pain and functional scores after total knee arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed several comorbidities were independent risk factors for development of late periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty.