Total Knee Arthroplasty

Published results indicated a possible link between cannabis use with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis, revision, pneumonia, cerebrovascular accidents and cardiac complications after total joint arthroplasty.

Surgeons should consider suppressive antibiotic therapy after debridement, antibiotics and implant retention in patients with periprosthetic joint infection to maximize reoperation-free survival, according to published results.

Revision total knee arthroplasty with full metal component revision yielded lower re-revision rates but higher complication rates compared with liner exchange revision, according to results published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Published results showed most morbidly obese patients being evaluated for total knee arthroplasty were not able to achieve a BMI loss of 5 kg/m2 to 10 kg/m2 without a formal weight optimization program.

Published results showed a digital intervention package, which included an activity tracker, exercise app and health coach, yielded improvements in pain intensity, pain disability, quality of life and activity after total knee arthroplasty.

According to published results, patients who underwent total joint arthroplasty within 1 month of COVID-19 infection were at increased risk for postoperative thromboembolic events, such as deep vein thrombosis and venous thromboembolism.

A warm air blanket is preferred to a heated mattress during arthroplasty surgery as

Results showed use of beta-blockers was associated with a reduced chance of patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, which could be due to a possible relationship between the autonomic nervous system and progression of osteoarthritis.

A remote monitoring system for collecting postoperative patient-reported outcome measures was associated with improvements in quality of life and fatigue after total hip and knee replacement, according to published results.

According to results published in the Journal of Arthroplasty, patients with obesity had greater improvements in patient-reported outcome measures after total knee arthroplasty compared with patients without obesity.