Osteoarthritis

Published results showed antibiotic-loaded bone cement may not be warranted for prophylaxis with total knee arthroplasty due to the additional cost and similar rates of revision for periprosthetic joint infection vs. plain bone cement.

DESTIN, Fla. — “Sprouting” of new nerve endings in certain areas of the knee could be a key to understanding osteoarthritis and developing new treatments, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

The month of May serves as Arthritis Awareness Month, drawing attention to this all-too common, yet misunderstood, condition.

A blood test successfully predicted most knee osteoarthritis cases up to 8 years before signs of the disease first appeared on X-ray, according to data published in Science Advances.

Healio spoke with Matthew Lewis, MD, about the risk for psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis.

Ultrasound can differentiate spondyloarthritis-related enthesitis from other entheseal pathologies such as mechanical enthesitis, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Incident cases of early-onset osteoarthritis have doubled globally over the last 3 decades, with the proportion of years lived with disability attributable to high BMI rising from 9.41% to 15.29%, according to data.

A pair of research initiatives for arthritis and osteoarthritis are receiving tens of millions of dollars from the U.S. government.

CT detection of intra-articular mineralization in knee cartilage, resulting from calcium crystal deposition, may predict MRI detection of worsening cartilage in the same area, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Ankle distraction arthroplasty is a mechano-biological treatment for osteoarthritis of the ankle that serves as an alternative to ankle arthrodesis and prosthetic arthroplasty, or total ankle replacement.