Knee News

In diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection during two-stage exchange, results showed C-reactive protein had the highest diagnostic utility, while erythrocyte sedimentation rate and synovial biomarkers had acceptable diagnostic utility.

For the 2020 to 2021 academic year, the Coalition for Physician Accountability released recommendations for residency and fellowship programs to commit to online interviews and virtual visits for all applicants due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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According to published results, an intraosseous infusion of antibiotics combined with morphine offered postoperative pain relief for up to 2 weeks in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty.

Even modest osteoarthritis pain reductions through intervention would substantially reduce the number of knee replacements, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

According to presented results, patients with hepatitis C who undergo total joint arthroplasty and are Childs-Pugh class B or C have increased 2-year mortality rates compared with patients who are Childs-Pugh class A.

Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention was more successful when performed by a fellowship-trained adult joint reconstruction surgeon compared with a non-fellowship-trained surgeon, according to presented results.

Results showed septic knee revisions, specifically explantations, were more expensive and had longer length of stay vs. aseptic revisions. Single-stage reimplantation had the best societal value for periprosthetic joint infection treatment.

Onodera’s prognostic nutritional index may be a valid and excellent predictor of complications after total knee arthroplasty, according to results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting.

Enovis has announced the commercial launch of an augmented reality surgical guidance headset for total hip and knee replacement surgery, according to a company press release.