Knee News

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Christopher L. Peters, MD, spoke about PCL management strategies in total knee replacement.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Christopher L. Peters, MD, spoke about the increasing role of digital technologies in total knee replacement.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Douglas A. Dennis, MD, spoke about alignment of a total knee replacement to a 0° mechanical axis.

Most buprenorphine treatment provided in the U.S. was prescribed by a small proportion of clinicians, an analysis of retail pharmacy records showed.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021 kicked off with an outdoor meeting room for almost 400 attendees and a full schedule of case-based presentations on the latest in knee and hip arthroscopy, as well as the use of biologics for knee disease and pathology.

Once-daily atorvastatin 40 mg fails to significantly reduce cartilage loss over 2 years in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, compared with placebo, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Opinions on performing patella resurfacing during total knee arthroplasty differ worldwide, with registries showing about 90%, 72% and 3% of orthopedic surgeons resurface the patella in the United States, Australia and Sweden, respectively.

While the majority of surgeons in the United States routinely resurface patellae during every TKA, the data and modern understanding of TKA fail to support this practice.

Patients who received automated text messages that encouraged exercise adherence reported improvements in their knee osteoarthritis pain at 24 weeks, according to results from randomized clinical trial.

Pixee Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Knee+ augmented reality, surgical navigation device for knee arthroplasty, according to a press release.