Hip Replacement

Medacta announced it has received FDA clearance for its MyHip Planner and MyHip Verifier, according to a press release.

Hospitals that were enrolled in Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement program saved about 2% for each major hip or knee replacement they performed compared with hospitals that were not enrolled in the program, data showed.

Treatment with warfarin is associated with a significantly greater risk for hip or knee replacement compared with direct oral anticoagulants, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence.

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto, Janssen/Bayer) vs. enoxaparin for prevention of venous thromboembolism during immobilization after lower-limb nonmajor orthopedic surgery.

Obesity and the use of analgesics prior to hip or knee replacement are the strongest predictors of postoperative analgesic use among patients with osteoarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Treatment with rivaroxaban was more effective than enoxaparin for preventing venous thromboembolism during immobilization after lower-limb nonmajor orthopedic surgery, according to results of the PRONOMOS trial.

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Among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty, acute kidney injury occurs in 1.5% of hospitalizations, and is associated with increased implant infection, health care use and death following surgery, according to findings published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Researchers did not find an association between initiation of CMS mandatory bundled payment policies and decreased access to hip and knee replacements for Medicare patients, according to published results.

Social support appears to be a prognostic factor for some outcomes, including long-term beneficial impacts on certain WOMAC and Oxford Knee scores, following total hip or knee replacement, according to findings published in The Lancet Rheumatology.