Total Knee Arthroplasty

Opinions on performing patella resurfacing during total knee arthroplasty differ worldwide, with registries showing about 90%, 72% and 3% of orthopedic surgeons resurface the patella in the United States, Australia and Sweden, respectively.

While the majority of surgeons in the United States routinely resurface patellae during every TKA, the data and modern understanding of TKA fail to support this practice.

Pixee Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Knee+ augmented reality, surgical navigation device for knee arthroplasty, according to a press release.

Heron Therapeutics Inc. announced it received FDA approval for Zynrelef to provide postsurgical analgesia for up to 72 hours after bunionectomy, open inguinal herniorrhaphy and total knee arthroplasty.

According to published results, preoperative vitamin D deficiency may adversely affect early functional outcomes and increase the risk of moderate to severe knee pain in postmenopausal women who undergo total knee arthroplasty.

According to published results, tranexamic acid use in high-risk patients during total hip and total knee arthroplasties was associated with decreased odds of blood transfusion with no increased risk for complications.

This case involves a 64-year-old diabetic woman who had a left total knee placed in 2001 by an outside surgeon.

For patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis, total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty improved psychosocial and physical aspects of sexuality, according to published results.

Medicare physician fee reimbursement for septic revision total knee arthroplasty has not kept up with inflation and has been devalued at a greater rate than aseptic revision TKA, according to published results.

Patellar fracture after total knee arthroplasty with a retained patella is uncommon and may provide better clinicoradiological results than total knee arthroplasty with a resurfaced patella, according to published results.