Knee News

According to study results, one-fifth of patients who underwent primary and revision total knee arthroplasty were classified as frail and were at a significantly higher risk for complications.

KOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Jack M. Bert, MD, spoke about the concept of injectables for arthritis. Injectables, such as cortisone injections, have become important; however, he noted, these can cause damage to the joint surface. There are other injectables that will postpone the need for total knee replacement and include platelet-rich plasma and high-molecular-weight viscosupplements.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Medially stabilized TKR designs are more sagittally stable and studies have shown better patient-reported outcomes with their use, according to a presenter here at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.

KOLOA, Hawaii — Medially stabilized TKR designs are more sagittally stable and studies have shown better patient-reported outcomes with their use, according to a presenter here at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.

No decrease occurred in the risk of infection or reoperation for infection when dilute povidone-iodine irrigation was used in primary or revision total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty cases, published results showed.

Cartilage volume in the tibiofemoral joint decreases at a faster rate with increasing age and higher BMI in both men and women, especially in the medial compartment, according to findings published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

DALLAS — Patients who underwent preoperative mindfulness training prior to total joint arthroplasty as part of a three-arm randomized trial involving different behavioral pain management techniques showed a clinically and statistically significant improvement in patient-reported function outcome scores at 6 weeks postoperatively, according to a speaker at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Genicular artery embolization is safe and potentially efficacious in the treatment of knee pain secondary to osteoarthritis, according to data published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

ORLANDO — Use of an articulating spacer in patients with chronic periprosthetic joint infection undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty yielded improved outcomes compared to use of a static spacer, according to results presented at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting.

According to study results, a preoperative bone scan to confirm isolated patellofemoral arthritis may be useful to help select patients for patellofemoral joint arthroplasty.