Knee News

Nearly 1 billion people will be burdened with osteoarthritis by 2050, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

According to results published in the Journal of Arthroplasty, patients with obesity had greater improvements in patient-reported outcome measures after total knee arthroplasty compared with patients without obesity.

Hospital for Special Surgery has appointed David J. Mayman, MD, chief of the adult reconstruction and joint replacement service and Daniel W. Green, MD, MS, chief of the pediatric orthopedic surgery service, according to a press release.

Patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis who exercise fare better than patients who do not, with those demonstrating worse severity and function at baseline benefitting most acutely, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Published results showed implementation of a surgical site infection prevention bundle may decrease rates of deep incisional or organ space Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections after total joint arthroplasty.

Cutibacterium-positive prosthetic joint infection cultures after total hip and total knee arthroplasty may lead to subtle clinical and laboratory changes, according to a presentation at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed single-stage arthroplasty exchange may be an alternative to two-stage exchange in patients without prior infection surgery and bone or soft tissue compromise.

Results published in the Journal of Arthroplasty showed surgeons may be disproportionately referring Medicaid patients to non-local care centers for revision total hip and revision total knee arthroplasties.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed use of extended oral antibiotics may decrease the rate of prosthetic joint infections after total joint arthroplasty.

For the 14th straight year, Hospital for Special Surgery has been named the top hospital in the United States for orthopedic care, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” survey.