Knee News

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Use of a smartphone-based care platform after partial or total knee arthroplasty had similar 1-year clinical outcomes as standard of care and less health care resource utilization.

A 69-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of left knee pain. She had a total knee arthroplasty performed 13 years ago and subsequently underwent a one-stage revision surgery for infection 2 years later.

A systematic literature review found the use of intraoperative ketamine during total hip and knee arthroplasty may reduce postoperative opioid consumption, pain, nausea and vomiting; however, it should be used cautiously in older patients.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — At one center, tibial tubercle osteotomy was performed in 20% of 700 total knee arthroplasty cases in a 10-year period, Sébastien Lustig, MD, PhD, said at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — A speaker recommended risk-adjusted surgeon reimbursement after data showed mean reimbursement following total joint arthroplasty was lower for high-risk Medicare patients compared with their healthy counterparts.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results showed patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty who received two perioperative doses of dexamethasone had significantly lower overall inpatient opiate consumption compared with patients who received one dose.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Machine Learning Laboratory trained deep learning artificial intelligence algorithms to correctly identify arthroplasty implants from plain radiographs, a presenter said.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The American Joint Replacement Registry released its 2022 report on Nov. 4, which included procedural trends and patient outcomes, according to a press release.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Study results presented here showed patients who are non-responders to requests for patient-reported outcome measures 1 year after total joint arthroplasty are reachable with some effort.

Results presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting showed patient factors, such as sex, race and insurance status, may influence receipt of regional anesthesia during surgery.