Total Knee Arthroplasty

SAN FRANCISCO — Asymptomatic COVID-19 may not significantly affect postoperative outcomes in patients who undergo total knee or total hip arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — In patients with periprosthetic joint infections of a total hip or total knee arthroplasty, the risk for ipsilateral PJI within 5 years of the index infection was low, according to results presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — With the current trend in reimbursement rates for primary and revision total joint arthroplasty, surgeons may earn below minimum wage for primary TJA by 2030, according to results presented here.

According to published results, a recently introduced cementless total knee arthroplasty implant yielded similar “excellent” clinical and radiographic outcomes at 4 years compared with a cemented implant.

According to results published in The Journal of Arthroplasty, patients who received an enhanced recovery protocol had safe same-day discharge and improved functional outcomes after outpatient simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results showed patients had a decrease in anxiety and depression after total knee arthroplasty. However, the level of decrease depended on patients’ preoperative psychological well-being, preparedness and expectations.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Results showed use of a smartphone application after total joint arthroplasty may improve compliance in completion of patient-reported outcome measures compared with other electronic and paper collection methods.

Published results showed implementation of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement bundled payment program may reduce sex disparities in total joint replacement.

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Patients with low activity prior to total knee arthroplasty had greater improvements in activity and patient-reported function postoperatively compared with patients with high activity, according to results.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Ormonde M. Mahoney, MD, discussed how surgeons can use robotics to interpret posterior cruciate ligament function and knee kinematics during total knee arthroplasty.