Joint Replacement Surgery
Tranexamic acid seen as effective blood conservation strategy in TJA
ORLANDO — Tranexamic acid is an efficacious and economical strategy to reduce bleeding among patients who undergo total joint arthroplasty, a presenter at the Current Concepts in Joint Replacement Winter Meeting said, here.
Joint replacement program may reduce margin for savings vs bundled payment model
Published results showed use of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model may substantially reduce the margin for savings compared with the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement model.
FDA advisory committee: More data, consistent testing needed for metal-containing implants
The Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee recently met to provide advice and recommendations to the FDA about immunological responses to metal-containing products regulated as medical devices, including metal-containing implants and dental amalgam.
Rheumatologists challenged to embrace nonoperative options for OA
SAN DIEGO — Reducing use of accepted surgical and pharmacological interventions in favor of diet and exercise may be the way forward in osteoarthritis, according to a presentation at the 2019 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.
Surgeon preference for selective vs routine patellar resurfacing linked with greater revision risk
Compared with surgeons who prefer to routinely resurface the patella, results of this study indicated that surgeons who prefer selective patellar resurfacing were linked with a greater risk of patellar revision and surgeons who infrequently resurfaced the patella had the highest revision risk among groups.