Knee Joint

Published results showed Black men had the highest 30-day mortality rates after elective surgery compared with Black women, white men and white women.

This blog reviews the function and importance of menisci in protecting articular cartilage.

According to published results, patients with limited English proficiency are less likely to undergo revision surgery within 1 to 2 years of total joint arthroplasty compared with patients who are proficient in English.

THINK Surgical Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its TSolution One Total Knee Application for use in total knee arthroplasty, according to a press release.

Dysplasia of the femoral trochlea is complex and variable. Why it occurs is poorly understood. Some believe that trochlea dysplasia is genetically determined and some believe that it is a result of aberrant forces through the joint (form follows function) during growth. Recent evidence suggests that aberrant forces lead to dysplasia.

According to recently published results, manipulation under anesthesia with lysis of adhesions is an effective procedure for patients with arthrofibrosis after sulcus-deepening trochleoplasty.

THINK Surgical Inc. announced FDA approval to market its active robot, TSolution One Total Knee Application, for use in total knee replacement.

Patients with knee osteoarthritis who received a high sprifermin dose of 100 g administered every 6 or 12 months, demonstrated significantly improved total femorotibial joint cartilage thickness after 2 years, although it remains unclear whether these findings are clinically important, according to phase 2 data published in JAMA.

According to recently published results, mechanically out-of-range alignment was linked with higher tibial component migration after total knee arthroplasty.

According to recently published results, mechanically out-of-range alignment was linked with higher tibial component migration after total knee arthroplasty.