Knee News

CHICAGO — Results showed patients who utilized a virtual physical therapy program after total knee arthroplasty had similar outcomes, but significant cost and time savings, compared with patients who used a formal physical therapy program.

Starting SGLT2 inhibitors among older patients did not increase risk for skeletal fractures compared with the use of dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors, according to this study.

In honor of Osteoporosis Awareness Month in May, advocacy organizations used social media to spread the word about the disease, including tips for patients on how to better manage their disease.

Social media allows people to share, inform and highlight information. Social media platforms have unique “personalities” and goals, and participation in social media is a daily activity for most people.

A 90-year-old woman presented to the ED after sustaining a ground-level fall onto her right knee earlier in the day.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Patient factors that can impact outcomes after same-day total joint reconstruction should be modified, if possible, and patients who cannot be optimized should be excluded from same-day surgery, a presenter said.

Routine, proactive therapeutic drug monitoring for patients receiving biopharmaceuticals for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases is not recommended, according to new points-to-consider published by EULAR.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Cryoneurolysis prior to total knee arthroplasty may improve function and reduce the number of opioids prescribed and used, according to a presenter at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A health care organization with nationwide sites at which robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery is performed has seen key increases in the use of this technology, the organization’s chief medical officer said.

CHICAGO — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Claudette M. Lajam, MD, discussed the impact of changes to the inpatient-only list on patients from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.