Knee News

Antibiotic stewardship may increase preferred prophylaxis and cefazolin use in patients with non-severe penicillin allergies who undergo total joint arthroplasty, according to recently presented results.

A 4-month, multimodal protocol of patient-specific preoperative education and unsupervised postoperative rehabilitation “dramatically reduced” patients’ narcotic use, therapy needs and length of stay following total knee arthroplasty.

Physicians should encourage adults to use NSAIDs, particularly topical ones, to treat acute non-low back pain that stems from musculoskeletal injuries, according to a new guideline from the ACP and American Academy of Family Physicians.

Similar outcomes and recurrence rates were found in skeletally immature and mature patients who underwent medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction for recurrent lateral patellar instability, according to presented results.

Use of laminar air flow for OR ventilation is not associated with reduced incidence of periprosthetic joint infection following total hip and knee arthroplasties, according to recently presented results.

Patients diagnosed with hepatitis C virus are at a higher risk for periprosthetic joint infections and revision for aseptic failure after total hip and knee arthroplasties, according to recently presented results.

The FDA has approved Olinvyk — the first new IV chemical opioid agonist in decades — for adults with acute pain, the drug’s manufacturer announced.

Only when quality evidence dictates it, should orthopedic surgeons change how they use antibiotics for prophylaxis and treatment after surgery, symposium participants said at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting.

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate may not be a reliable indicator for timing of stage-two reimplantation for hip and knee arthroplasty, according to recently presented results.

Extending oral antibiotics use to 7 days postoperatively in patients at high risk for prosthetic joint infection was effective at reducing infection rates, findings of a retrospective study of prospectively collected data showed.