Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Meeting

ORLANDO, Fla. — Arun B. Mullaji, MD, FRCS (Ed), MS, discusses correcting knee deformities at his institution in this video taken at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The use of handheld navigation should be adopted by surgeons performing total knee replacement because it is easy to use and adds little additional time to surgery, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting, here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Although there are many benefits of head-neck modularity used in total hip arthroplasty, a speaker here highlighted the risk of mechanically assisted crevice corrosion at the head-neck junction.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orthopedics Today Editorial Board member A. Seth Greenwald, DPhil (Oxon), discusses the origins of the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) meeting and what the future holds for the meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The use of tranexamic acid in total joint replacement successfully reduces blood loss both topically and intravenously, and more surgeons should adopt the antifibrinolytic for these procedures, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting, here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hip instability can be successfully managed using a six-part algorithm that helps surgeons identify and treat variations in instability, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting, here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Obese patients who undergo total joint replacement have a higher risk of complications, but there is no body mass index level where the surgery would be contraindicated, according to a recent presentation, here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The cost to manage the treatment of risk factors related to venous thromboembolism for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty may be greater than the cost of readmission for the complication, according to a presenter, here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Data from joint replacement registries can be misleading when comparing implant types or designs because the information contained within the registries do not include factors such as indications for surgery or technique used, according to a presenter at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting, here.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two surgeons have developed a new classification system called the UCS, or Universal Classification System, which will help simplify existing periprosthetic classification systems, according to a presenter, here.