Total Knee Arthroplasty

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results showed most patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty achieved the minimum clinically important difference at all theoretical patient-reported outcome measure thresholds with low complications and readmissions.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Use of a smartphone-based care platform after partial or total knee arthroplasty had similar 1-year clinical outcomes as standard of care and less health care resource utilization.

A 69-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of left knee pain. She had a total knee arthroplasty performed 13 years ago and subsequently underwent a one-stage revision surgery for infection 2 years later.

A systematic literature review found the use of intraoperative ketamine during total hip and knee arthroplasty may reduce postoperative opioid consumption, pain, nausea and vomiting; however, it should be used cautiously in older patients.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — At one center, tibial tubercle osteotomy was performed in 20% of 700 total knee arthroplasty cases in a 10-year period, Sébastien Lustig, MD, PhD, said at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — A speaker recommended risk-adjusted surgeon reimbursement after data showed mean reimbursement following total joint arthroplasty was lower for high-risk Medicare patients compared with their healthy counterparts.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results showed patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty who received two perioperative doses of dexamethasone had significantly lower overall inpatient opiate consumption compared with patients who received one dose.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Machine Learning Laboratory trained deep learning artificial intelligence algorithms to correctly identify arthroplasty implants from plain radiographs, a presenter said.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — The American Joint Replacement Registry released its 2022 report on Nov. 4, which included procedural trends and patient outcomes, according to a press release.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Study results presented here showed patients who are non-responders to requests for patient-reported outcome measures 1 year after total joint arthroplasty are reachable with some effort.