Total Knee Arthroplasty

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed no differences in functional outcomes or radiographic failure between kinematic alignment or mechanical alignment for total knee arthroplasty at 10-year follow-up.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed low-dose enteric-coated aspirin was inferior to uncoated chewable aspirin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in total knee arthroplasty, but not total hip arthroplasty.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Peter A. Gold, MD, discusses a randomized controlled trial that showed no significant differences in functional outcome scores between robotic-assisted and conventional total knee arthroplasty.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting showed patients with higher resiliency prior to total knee arthroplasty had lower levels of regret postoperatively.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Extended use of oral tranexamic acid may improve early motion, pain and functional scores after total knee arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results presented here showed several comorbidities were independent risk factors for development of late periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Use of intraoperative soft tissue balancing sensors to guide soft tissue release may improve clinical outcomes in the early postoperative period after total knee arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Javad Parvizi, MD, president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, recaps and discusses the AAHKS Annual Meeting, which took place Nov. 2 to 5.

According to published results, patients with osteoporosis had a two-fold increased risk for revision for periprosthetic fracture at 5 years after total knee arthroplasty compared with patients without osteoporosis.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — One-stage and two-stage exchange for treatment of periprosthetic joint infection had similar success rates at 1 year, according to interim results presented here.